DC: President Donald Trump’s administration is going to roll out a recision package Monday that will claw back $11 billion from what Congress has already agreed to spend, a GOP aide told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
TheDCNF was the first to report on May 2 the president was looking to roll back $25 billion, but that figure changed later in the week.
The final $11 billion recision package is expected to touch mostly previously appropriated funds, like former President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill — funds from disaster relief bills no longer relevant (i.e., the area in question is no longer suffering from the effects of the disaster).
“While discussions are ongoing and the final number is still in flux, it’s important to note that this package will be the first in a series,” an administration official told TheDCNF.
There’s been a push on the part of some senators and congressmen not to repeal anything from the March 22 $1.3 trillion omnibus for fear they will be reneging on a commitment they’ve already made. read more
FTA, “There’s been a push on the part of some senators and congressmen not to repeal anything from the March 22 $1.3 trillion omnibus for fear they will be reneging on a commitment they’ve already made.”
That’s rich. A congressman or senator showing concern about not keeping a commitment.
They could easily stop any funding for Planned Parenthood. I wouldn’t mind.
Yeah, God forbid the GOP would dare emulate the dems modus operandi.
That’s sure an itsy-bitsy teensy-tiny axe ya got there, pal.
@Uncle Al
Just thinking that myself. Eleven billion is less than 1%. A precision cut like that requires a scalpel, not an axe.
That’s all they can cut?
It does say this is the first in a series of cuts. Let’s not criticize. Things are moving in the right direction.