Facing backlash after passing a $1.3 trillion spending bill that funded all of the Democrats' priorities, Republicans in the House of Representatives are working with President Trump to use an obscure budget law to roll back some of this egregious spending.
In the Washington Examiner, Joseph Lawler reports that President Trump and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., are strategizing to use the 1974 Impoundment Act to cut spending.
Congress could approve any spending revocations Trump proposes with a simple majority in both chambers.
The maneuver would effectively allow Trump and congressional Republicans to take back some agency spending that has been authorized as part of the omnibus spending bill, which was negotiated between Republican and Democratic leadership.
First, while it's likely a spending cuts package could pass through the House of Representatives, there is no guarantee that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., can put all 51 votes in the Senate GOP conference together to move President Trump's spending priorities through the Senate.
The time to fight to cut government spending was before passing the largest spending increase in American history.
If President Trump was serious about cutting spending, he should have vetoed the omnibus and told Congress to send him a bill that actually reflects what Republicans told voters they would do with their majorities.
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/trump-congress-cut-spending-now/
In the Washington Examiner, Joseph Lawler reports that President Trump and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., are strategizing to use the 1974 Impoundment Act to cut spending.
Congress could approve any spending revocations Trump proposes with a simple majority in both chambers.
The maneuver would effectively allow Trump and congressional Republicans to take back some agency spending that has been authorized as part of the omnibus spending bill, which was negotiated between Republican and Democratic leadership.
First, while it's likely a spending cuts package could pass through the House of Representatives, there is no guarantee that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., can put all 51 votes in the Senate GOP conference together to move President Trump's spending priorities through the Senate.
The time to fight to cut government spending was before passing the largest spending increase in American history.
If President Trump was serious about cutting spending, he should have vetoed the omnibus and told Congress to send him a bill that actually reflects what Republicans told voters they would do with their majorities.
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/trump-congress-cut-spending-now/
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