rescission
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The D.A.’s office pushed for a rescission hearing, which was granted in August.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Federal officials said the rescission will remove the national designation of roadless areas but does not mandate timber cutting or road construction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Additionally, failure of consideration — where one party does not carry out their promised obligations in a way that significantly harms the other party — can justify rescission, the law firm adds.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
The ruling allows the agency to find no endangerment exists, but this rescission avoids arguing the science or challenging particulars of the 2009 finding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
A treatise on the rescission of contracts and cancellation of written instruments.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1956 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
“The appropriations bills, reconciliation, rescissions, all the different tools we are using. . . . It’s the end of futility,” Mr. Vought says in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
From then on, presidents had to request rescissions from Congress—essentially asking permission to withhold funds after they had been included in an appropriations bill.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2025
“Instead of this attempt to undermine the law, the appropriate way is to identify ways to reduce excessive spending through the bipartisan, annual appropriations process. Congress approves rescissions regularly as part of this process.”
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2025
Similarly, the significant health and climate benefits sacrificed with these rescissions disproportionately harm people with compromised health and communities with high exposure to pollution or weather impacts.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2025
No additional authorizations or appropriations will be necessary for the Maritime Commission since sufficient balances will be left after the above-mentioned rescissions to carry out the program now contemplated for the fiscal year 1947.
From State of the Union Address by Harry S. Truman
