Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that he was feeling &#8220;optimistic&#8221; about the &#8220;One, Big Beautiful Bill&#8221; after a meeting with Senate Republicans in which they discussed the legislation that seeks to provide funding and support for President Donald Trump&#8217;s second-term priorities.
In an exchange with reporters on Capitol Hill, Vance acknowledged there remain some kinks to work out.
&#8220;They recognize that it&#8217;s important to prevent the largest tax increase in American history and give working families some tax relief in this country,&#8221; Vance said. &#8220;They also know we&#8217;ve gotta reform some of our important programs, and I think that they&#8217;re in a mood to do that.&#8221;
He added: &#8220;They&#8217;ve got obviously some things they&#8217;re going to work through as a natural part of the legislative process, but I was very gratified and optimistic about what I just heard, so I think we&#8217;re going to be able to get this thing passed and get on with the next step of the president&#8217;s agenda.&#8221;
Medicaid remains a major point of contention among GOP lawmakers who are negotiating the finer details of the bill, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-doge-cuts-targeting-foreign-aid-npr-and-pbs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> the House last month. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), for instance, has been <a href="https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-op-ed-dont-cut-medicaid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insistent</a> that the program not face cuts that have been proposed.
Vance, who is a former Republican senator from Ohio, said he told members that he wants to &#8220;work with&#8221; some of the concerns they have about the legislation and he understands there are &#8220;some details about how you actually work on the Medicaid reforms.&#8221; But, he stressed, there is already broad consensus in certain areas— particularly when it comes to illegal immigrants getting coverage and work requirements.
&#8220;I think pretty much everybody agrees you don&#8217;t want illegal aliens to receive Medicaid,&#8221; Vance said. &#8220;You don&#8217;t want people who choose not to work to receive largess from the government. There&#8217;s broad alignment there, but some of the details are going to matter, and that&#8217;s what they&#8217;re all working on right now.&#8221;
That view is shared by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).
&#8220;It shouldn’t be available for illegal immigrants,&#8221; Thune recently <a href="https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/thune-joins-the-will-cain-show-on-fox-news6.11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of Medicaid on &#8220;The Will Cain Show&#8221; on Fox News. &#8220;There are people who are ineligible. There are people, able-bodied males who are of working age, there ought to be a work requirement attached to it. These are all reforms to a program that was desperately in need of reform.&#8221;
Vance said he met with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, on Monday.
&#8220;She&#8217;s got some concerns and other folks have concerns,&#8221; Vance said. &#8220;You just have to work through them. You have to identify what are the ways that we can address those concerns. If we can&#8217;t address that concern in your preferred way, is there another way that we can fix it? That&#8217;s just the legislative process, of course. A lot of these guys have seen this work for longer than I&#8217;ve seen it.&#8221;
He also emphasized: &#8220;They&#8217;re all very confident we&#8217;re eventually going to get there, but we just got to work through some issues. Each member, each state is different. They&#8217;re doing a good job of constituent services for the people they represent, and part of that is making this bill as good as it possibly can [be].&#8221;
While the Trump administration expressed hope for the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; making it through Congress by July 4, that may prove to be overly ambitious. Vance said he believes Congress is in a &#8220;good place&#8221; to get it passed by the &#8220;end of the July 4th recess.&#8221;
Still, progress is being made.
The Senate Finance Committee <a href="https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/chairman-crapo-releases-finance-committee-reconciliation-text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> on Monday text for the legislation that falls under its jurisdiction.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) touted how the panel included a provision he offered that seeks to stop taxpayer funding of transgender surgeries from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
&#8220;No American taxpayer should have to fund radical gender transition surgeries, and I am proud that my bill to prohibit federal dollars from funding these dangerous procedures has been included in the Senate’s One Big Beautiful Bill,” Cornyn said in a statement. &#8220;I will continue to fight alongside President Trump to protect our most vulnerable and ensure taxpayer dollars are no longer used to advance the far left’s woke agenda.&#8221;
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has said he would consider backing the bill if its proposed debt ceiling increase is removed.
&#8220;I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I&#8217;m willing to negotiate if the White House strips the massive $5 TRILLION, long-term debt ceiling increase and replaces it with short-term extensions tied to real spending reforms. Fiscal responsibility isn’t a talking point. It’s a principle,&#8221; Paul <a href="https://x.com/RandPaul/status/1934612881045180638" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> Monday on X.

Vice President JD Vance

Vance Feels ‘Optimistic’ About ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ After Meeting Senate Republicans

Congress

Donald Trump

JD Vance

Politics

Spending Bill

The GOP-led House moved on Thursday to cut billions in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, aligning with the Department of Government Efficiency&#8217;s (DOGE) recommendations to cut programs Republicans deem to be wasteful and ideologically driven.
A <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20250609/SCALIS_004_xml[6].pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rescissions bill</a> that seeks to take back $9.4 billion in discretionary spending allocated toward foreign aid projects and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funds to NPR and PBS, passed in a <a href="https://x.com/HouseDailyPress/status/1933251522961313997" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a> of 214-212 <a href="https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/1933254246561935683" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mostly along</a> party lines.
&#8220;President Trump promised to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government, and today House Republicans took a strong step in delivering on that promise,&#8221; House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) told The Daily Wire. &#8220;By solidifying savings found by DOGE, we’re reining in reckless spending and getting our fiscal house in order.&#8221;
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) <a href="https://www.majorityleader.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4551" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> the bill after President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dei-insect-powder-and-trans-resilience-trump-unveils-woke-spending-cuts-request" target="_blank" rel="noopener">submitted</a> a rescissions package seeking the cuts last week. Under the Impoundment Control Act, lawmakers have 45 days to act on the request, and it requires only a simple majority in the House and Senate — meaning the filibuster threshold can be ignored.
The legislation proposes cutting $8.3 billion from U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department programs, including funding for &#8220;Net Zero Cities&#8221; in Mexico, Iraqi &#8220;Sesame Street,&#8221; and global LGBTQ+ initiatives, and $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, targeting NPR and PBS following choices such as <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/npr-ceo-admits-outlet-was-mistaken-in-refusing-to-cover-hunter-biden-laptop-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ignoring</a> the Hunter Biden laptop story and trans-focused programming.
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While the House debated the bill, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/DailyCaller/status/1933236626433716523" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held up</a> a doll of Elmo from &#8220;Sesame Street.&#8221; He bemoaned how lawmakers were debating legislation that &#8220;targets Elmo, and Big Bird, and Daniel Tiger, and &#8216;Sesame Street'&#8221; rather than a bill &#8220;designed to make this country and our economy more affordable.&#8221; Scalise <a href="https://x.com/search?q=jeffries%20elmo&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivered</a> a rebuttal in which he affirmed &#8220;Sesame Street&#8221; is &#8220;doing just fine&#8221; after being <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/business/media/sesame-street-netflix-pbs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">picked up</a> by Netflix. &#8220;What will go away is some of the far-Left, radical views that are being espoused,&#8221; he added.
A continuation of the cuts is possible if they make it into fiscal 2026 legislation. Sources on Capitol Hill and the White House expect more requests to implement the so-called DOGE cuts to follow, assuming the first bill manages to pass through both chambers of Congress. It&#8217;s part of a wider effort to reduce the deficit, including income from tariffs and reining in the budget with the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; and the appropriations process.
In a post on Truth Social before the vote, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114671982391481893" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the rescissions bill a &#8220;NO BRAINER&#8221; and encouraged Republicans to vote for it to &#8220;&#8216;claw back&#8217; $9.4 BILLION DOLLARS in funding for wasteful Foreign Aid, used for Radical &#8216;DEI&#8217; and the Green New SCAM, and the &#8216;Corporation for Public Broadcasting,&#8217; which funds the highly biased NPR and PBS.&#8221;

House Republicans, including Mike Johnson, Steve Scalise, and Tom Emmer

House Passes DOGE Cuts Targeting Foreign Aid, NPR, And PBS

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

Hakeem Jeffries

National Public Radio (NPR)

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Steve Scalise

U.S. House of Representatives

USAID

White House

Senate Republicans unveiled their plan to secure the border, unleash domestic energy, and make President Donald Trump&#8217;s tax cuts permanent, hitting back against Democrats&#8217; backlash to Republican efforts to stop funding entitlement programs for illegal aliens. 
A <a href="https://www.republican.senate.gov/strongandprosperous/">website</a> launched on Wednesday outlines Senate Republican priorities for the bill while addressing panicked claims from Democrats about Republican plans for Medicaid. The page also allows visitors to check how much additional taxes they will have to pay if the 2017 Trump tax cuts are allowed to expire. For example, the expiration of the cuts would cost the average Floridian around $3,650. 
“Every single Senate Democrat supports the biggest tax hike in history, illegal aliens on Medicaid rioting in the streets, and more inflation— and we will make sure everyone knows it,” Senator Tom Cotton told The Daily Wire. “Americans support our plan for Safety and Prosperity because it does the opposite: keeps taxes low, reduces spending, and protects Medicaid for those who need it.”
Senate Republican priorities include funding Trump’s executive orders, securing the border, funding a border wall, and allocating funds to hire more ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents, as well as funding Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense project and building more Navy ships and drones. 
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They also want to make the Trump tax cuts permanent, which they say will help Americans avoid a $4 trillion tax hike; make the small business tax deduction permanent; and increase oil and gas lease sales.
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Some Senate Democrats, like Brian Schatz (HI) and Martin Heinrich (NM), have <a href="https://x.com/SenBrianSchatz/status/1932828301820674458" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that millions of people will be kicked off Medicare if the Republican proposal passes. Senate Republicans say they are only looking to cut fraud and waste, and ensure that illegal aliens aren’t benefiting from entitlement programs. 
The House has already passed its reconciliation bill, including reforms to entitlement programs. For Medicaid, these reforms include making illegal aliens ineligible and imposing basic work requirements for able-bodied Americans. 
Some Republicans are also pushing to end the funding of transgender procedures for both kids and adults in the bill. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced a bill last month ending funding for transgender procedures he said he hoped to get into the reconciliation bill, while Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and James Lankford (R-OK) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-senate-gop-proposal-would-end-federal-funding-for-genital-mutilation-procedures?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Senate+GOP+Proposal+Would+End+Federal+Funding+For+‘Genital+Mutilation’+Procedures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a similar bill on Tuesday.

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House Republicans are set to lose Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, following another vote on the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; expected in the coming weeks.
“It is with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from Congress. Recently, I was offered an opportunity in the private sector that was too exciting to pass up,&#8221; Green said in a <a href="https://markgreen.house.gov/press-releases?id=C02CE940-281B-4FEE-85F7-A6E7134F4FAF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Monday.
He continued, &#8220;As a result, today I notified the Speaker and the House of Representatives that I will resign from Congress as soon as the House votes once again on the reconciliation package.&#8221;
The GOP-led House narrowly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-one-big-beautiful-bill-in-massive-win-for-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> the bill, which contains myriad tax cuts and spending provisions seeking to boost President Donald Trump&#8217;s second-term agenda, a few weeks ago.
Senators are expected to make some changes to the legislation, meaning the House will have to approve it again, in its revised form. The Trump administration hopes to have the bill completed by July 4.
First elected to the House in 2018, Green oversaw as chairman of the Homeland Security panel efforts to pass a major border security bill and impeach Biden DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
&#8220;Though I planned to retire at the end of the previous Congress, I stayed to ensure that President Trump’s border security measures and priorities make it through Congress,&#8221; Green said in his statement.
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The chairman added, &#8220;By overseeing the border security portion of the reconciliation package, I have done that. After that, I will retire, and there will be a special election to replace me.&#8221;
A source told Fox News reporter Aishah Hasnie that the <a href="https://x.com/aishahhasnie/status/1932211198155489557" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;plan&#8221;</a> is to have Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) return as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee until the end of this session of Congress.
Green&#8217;s departure will decrease the GOP&#8217;s majority in the House. As it stands, there are 220 Republicans and 212 Democrats. There are <a href="https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three vacant seats</a> left behind by Democrats who recently died.
&#8220;I have no doubt that my colleagues in this Congress will continue to strengthen the cause of freedom,&#8221; Green said. &#8220;May God bless them, and the United States of America.&#8221;

Rep. Mark Green (R-TN)

House GOP Chairman To Retire After ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Vote

House Committee on Homeland Security

Mark Green

Tennessee

U.S.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is not giving up on Elon Musk, saying he texted the tech billionaire who was feuding with President Donald Trump on Thursday &#8220;a lot of information&#8221; about the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; that led to the dispute.
Holding what he said was his chief of staff&#8217;s baby, Johnson told reporters in the U.S. Capitol that Musk &#8220;is a friend,&#8221; indicating there remains hope for a resolution to the conflict, and said he had been trying, unsuccessfully, to get on the phone with Musk.
&#8220;I sent him a lot of information via text, hoping he reads it and considers it,&#8221; Johnson added. &#8220;And this isn&#8217;t personal. Policy differences should not be personal.&#8221;
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Mike Johnson tells us: “Elon said I’ve changed? No, I’m the same guy who has always been a deficit hawk.”
Also downplays Musk’s attacks against bill and pushes back on Musk saying that Rs held House because of him. “If there’s one person (deserves credit), it’s Donald J. Trump.” <a href="https://t.co/CXIedngRey">pic.twitter.com/CXIedngRey</a>
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Last week, Musk began to criticize the bill as he wrapped up a stint as a special government employee helping to oversee Trump&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort last week, and the conflict came to a boiling point on Thursday when Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hes-very-disappointed-with-elon-musk-fires-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> that he was &#8220;very disappointed&#8221; with Musk.
In a series of posts to X, Musk fired back at Trump and also highlighted old comments from Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) in which they railed against the growing national debt — a central focus for Musk as he critiques how the bill is expected to impact the U.S. deficit.
&#8220;I super agree with this guy,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930694901857153479" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in one post, pointing to a 2018 tweet from Johnson saying, &#8220;At some point, Congress has to stop this endless cycle of out-of-control deficit spending.&#8221; To a March 2023 post from Johnson warning about a federal debt topping $31.4 trillion (it is now approaching $37 trillion), Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930691406533972391" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a>, &#8220;Where is the Mike Johnson of 2023?&#8221;
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Johnson <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1930712689560506659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot back</a> in a post that said, &#8220;The Mike Johnson of 2023 is the SAME Mike Johnson who has always been a lifelong fiscal hawk &#8211; who now serves as Speaker and is implementing a multi-stage plan to get our country back to fiscal responsibility and extraordinary economic growth.&#8221;
He continued, &#8220;It begins with the critically important One Big Beautiful Bill that includes the LARGEST mandatory spending cut to the federal government in history (by almost 400%), the LARGEST tax cut in history, the LARGEST investment in border security in a GENERATION, along with arguably the STRONGEST collection of pro-growth provisions EVER passed. The same CONSISTENT Mike Johnson who has ALWAYS supported the America First Agenda.&#8221;
X, which is owned by Musk, applied a Community Note to Johnson&#8217;s response, <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1930712689560506659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;Multiple non-partisan groups have put out reports showing the reconciliation package will add over $2T in debt and potentially over $3T when you add increased debt payments.&#8221;

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Tax Cuts

On Thursday, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hes-very-disappointed-with-elon-musk-fires-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">railed</a> against Elon Musk over the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” pinning the tech billionaire&#8217;s opposition to its plan to phase out federal electric vehicle tax credits. But is it really to blame?
Musk, whose Tesla company sells electric vehicles, “only developed the problem [with the bill] when he found out we’re going to have to cut the EV mandate because that&#8217;s billions and billions of dollars,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://x.com/theblaze/status/1930659597905170561" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters at the White House.
&#8220;And it really is unfair,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;We want to have cars of all types — electric — we want to have electric, but we want to have gasoline combustion. We want to have different — we want to have hybrids. &#8230; We want to be able to sell everything.&#8221;
The bill accelerates the phase-out of the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric vehicles from December 31, 2032, to the end of this year. It also outlines terms for a one-year reprieve, but Tesla has already surpassed the 200,000 sales cap to qualify.
In response to Trump, Musk declared that he does not care whether the bill retains cuts for credits on electric vehicles — as well as solar, which is expected to impact the Tesla Energy division with its solar panels and battery storage products.
&#8220;Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil &amp; gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK in the bill,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930660788739698878" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X.
He added, &#8220;In the entire history of civilization, there has never been legislation that both big and beautiful. Everyone knows this! Either you get a big and ugly bill or a slim and beautiful bill. Slim and beautiful is the way.&#8221;
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Musk also <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930680655173882078" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tagged</a> the president in another post, asking if he remembered their joint appearance outside the White House in March, when Trump <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc-p9zG00G8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised</a> Musk for not complaining that he &#8220;ended&#8221; the EV mandate.
In a post from &#8220;Tesla Owners Silicon Valley,&#8221; Musk is seen in an old video <a href="https://x.com/teslaownersSV/status/1930683013257634170" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> claiming the tax credits actually pose a &#8220;competitive disadvantage&#8221; for Tesla in comparison to companies that might sell EVs for a much lower price.
Last week, as Musk was ending his time helping to oversee the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort, he started to harshly criticize the legislation — focusing on how it is estimated to inflate the national debt, not the EV credits.
Despite the attack on the bill, Musk appeared with Trump in the Oval Office on Friday, getting a warm send-off after completing his stint as a special government employee. &#8220;Elon&#8217;s really not leaving,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://x.com/DailyMail/status/1928568349606215888" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;He&#8217;s going to be back and forth, I think.&#8221;

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Tesla

The most radical thing Washington can do right now is stop spending. President Trump’s proposed $9.4 billion rescissions package won’t accomplish that on its own, but it at least, finally, moves us in the right direction.
For decades, members of both parties have treated spending growth as a measure of success. The assumption has been that government must grow, and that any program, once funded, must be permanent. That mindset has left us with a bloated federal bureaucracy that has replaced free-market policy and individual freedom with centralized control and pushed the country to <a href="https://www.usdebtclock.org/">nearly $37 trillion in debt</a>.
Still, most sitting lawmakers have never voted to cut a single dollar of federal spending. This package gives them that chance. More than that, it gives them an opening to start restoring the habits of a functioning legislature.
It’s also the first time the Department of Government Efficiency has had its work put into legislative form. Elon Musk built and led DOGE under the simple premise to stop wasting taxpayer money. Musk has since returned to the private sector, but he and the president have made clear that the mission remains. The rescissions package, which would codify spending cuts proposed by DOGE, reflects that mission. It targets corrupt USAID programs, taxpayer subsidies for ideologically biased public broadcasters NPR and PBS, and other programs that fail even a basic test of necessity in a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/02/us/trump-budget-2026">$1.7 trillion discretionary budget</a>.
Fiscal conservatives, especially those complaining this package doesn’t go far enough, should not let the perfect be the enemy of the essential. Fiscal discipline, like any discipline, requires a starting point. You don’t run a marathon by starting with 20 miles, you start with one. This bill is that first mile.
Congress should treat it as such: start small, bank the win, and keep cutting wherever the rules allow. That means more rescissions, which require only a simple majority to pass. It also means using the appropriations process and, when necessary, continuing resolutions, to keep pushing the issue. Not every tool requires a supermajority, but even the ones that do are worth using to force the debate. Progress in this fight can come steadily if congressional Republicans stay united and focused.
It also means that if passed, this package should be the first of a longer series of cuts. Each one can go further, targeting programs that stray from constitutional purpose or national interest. Repetition in this case can build momentum and credibility.
It can also build legislative muscle memory. Too many lawmakers now assume the only way forward is through bipartisan overspending. A successful rescission would challenge that assumption. It would remind Congress that not every federal dollar is sacred and that cutting even a fraction of the budget is still possible with political will.
Moreover, follow-through matters just as much as passage. House and Senate Republicans must ensure these cuts aren’t restored elsewhere. Cuts that DOGE has made or proposed shouldn’t be backfilled through continuing resolutions or omnibus bills, especially those that are widely popular across America. What gets cut should stay cut. The goal is a permanent shift in direction.
DOGE’s broader purpose has always been to realign government toward greater efficiency and accountability. That vision reflects a basic expectation of public service – that government should function effectively, that leaders should make responsible decisions rather than defer them, and that taxpayers should have confidence their money is being used with care, not lost to inefficiency or corruption.
Congressional Republicans should also keep in mind that a win here sets the tone for the 2026 midterm elections. It signals that the Trump administration’s second-term agenda, as well as the party’s broader movement, is not just about executive action but real, legislative reform. Therefore, they should view these cuts not as the finish line, but as the starting point.
The stakes are about whether the federal government serves the American people or the other way around; whether Congress retains the capacity to exercise restraint, or whether inertia has become the default; and whether a new generation of lawmakers can relearn the forgotten skill of saying no.
This rescissions bill offers the chance to begin answering those questions. Conservatives should take it, and then keep going.
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Paul Teller is the Executive Vice President of Advancing American Freedom.
John Shelton is a policy director for Advancing American Freedom. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump is not pleased with how Elon Musk <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-cant-stand-it-anymore-goes-nuclear-on-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slammed</a> the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221;
In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0epEIXjmOA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a>, Johnson told reporters that he &#8220;obviously&#8221; spoke to the president about Musk&#8217;s diatribe on Tuesday against the massive package that contains many provisions in line with Trump’s second-term agenda.
&#8220;As you know, he&#8217;s not delighted that Elon did a 180 on that,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what happened in 24 hours. Everybody can draw their own conclusions about that, okay? But I look forward to talking to my friend about it again.&#8221;
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The speaker noted that he defended the bill and the plan moving forward in a talk with Musk on Monday. He claimed Musk was &#8220;encouraged&#8221; by the conversation and pledged to help House Republicans keep their majority in the midterm elections.
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Johnson also said he called Musk on Tuesday night, but did not get an answer.
&#8220;I hope to talk to him today,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;It&#8217;s very friendly. And we can — and we&#8217;ve laughed about our differences on policy before. I&#8217;m not upset about this.&#8221;
Although Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-rand-paul-opposition-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chided</a> GOP lawmakers who have taken a stand against the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; he has not publicly commented on Musk roughly 24 hours after the tech billionaire harshly criticized the measure and the House Republicans who voted to pass it.
&#8220;I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1929954109689606359?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X. &#8220;This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.&#8221;
Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1929955052527202503" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> in another post, &#8220;It will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America (sic) citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt.&#8221; He also <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1929984535456035202" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people.&#8221;
Johnson said Musk was &#8220;flat wrong.&#8221; He insisted that &#8220;every single American is going to do better&#8221; once the bill is enacted into law and predicted House Republicans will grow their majority &#8220;because we&#8217;re delivering for the American people and fulfilling our campaign promises.&#8221;
Not passing the legislation would be treacherous, the speaker warned, because retaining the 2017 tax cuts is part of it as well as raising the debt limit to steer clear of a default.
&#8220;All the things that are in this bill are so important for the U.S. economy. It&#8217;s going to be jet fuel for the U.S. economy. All boats are going to rise,&#8221; Johnson said.
The speaker pushed the idea that the bill will implement a historic $1.6 trillion in savings. Johnson also said he told Musk that Republicans have a &#8220;very specific plan&#8221; to end &#8220;wasteful spending, fraud, and abuse&#8221; beyond the one measure.
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shrugged off the critique when a reporter <a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/1929956609486401844" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> how &#8220;mad&#8221; Trump would be when he finds out what Musk said about the bill.
&#8220;Look, the president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill. It doesn&#8217;t change the president&#8217;s opinion. This is &#8216;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8217; and he&#8217;s sticking to it,&#8221; Leavitt said.
Some Republicans who oppose the legislation in its current form have touted Musk&#8217;s commentary.
&#8220;I agree with Elon. We have both seen the massive waste in government spending and we know another $5 trillion in debt is a huge mistake. We can and must do better,&#8221; Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) <a href="https://x.com/RandPaul/status/1929958105221132580" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X.
On the Democrat side, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/1929965141174481053" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;The GOP Tax Scam is a disgusting abomination. Truer words have never been spoken.&#8221;
In the days leading up to his explosive comments on X, Musk had already begun to express his dismay with the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; which is now being considered by the Republican-controlled Senate.
&#8220;I was like — disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decrease it. And it undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,&#8221; Musk told &#8220;CBS Sunday Morning&#8221; in an <a href="https://x.com/CBSSunday/status/1927535075144421527" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> clip published in the middle of last week.
Musk also said that when the bill came along, he thought &#8220;everything&#8221; accomplished by DOGE would get &#8220;wiped out&#8221; in the first year. He also said, &#8220;I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful, but I don’t know if it can be both. My personal opinion.&#8221;
Despite the attack on the bill, Musk appeared with Trump in the Oval Office on Friday, getting a warm send-off after completing his stint as a special government employee, overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort.
&#8220;Elon&#8217;s really not leaving,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://x.com/DailyMail/status/1928568349606215888" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;He&#8217;s going to be back and forth, I think.&#8221;
On Wednesday afternoon, after the initial publication of this story, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114626394056454893" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> on Truth Social a screenshot of an X post in which Musk expressed gratitude to the president and optimism for the future of DOGE.
&#8220;As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President [Trump] for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1927877957852266518" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in the May 28 post. &#8220;The [DOGE] mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.&#8221;
In addition, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114626260163622304" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> that he was in favor of scrapping the debt limit altogether, but did not mention Musk.
Meanwhile, Musk reacted to Johnson&#8217;s comments, <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930322148780101703" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declaring</a> on X, &#8220;We need a new bill that doesn’t grow the deficit.&#8221; He also <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1930324930861904260" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;No one who actually reads the bill should be able to stomach it.&#8221;

President Trump Holds Press Conference With Elon Musk in White House’s Oval Office

Trump Is Pissed At Elon’s Attack On ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ Mike Johnson Says

President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration submitted its first rescissions package of the year to Congress, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced on Tuesday, accompanied by a list of instances of &#8220;waste, fraud, and abuse&#8221; singled out for the chopping block.
In a thread <a href="https://x.com/WHOMB/status/1929991228449312979" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X, OMB said lawmakers in the House and Senate &#8220;must act&#8221; on the request to claw back billions of dollars in &#8220;wasteful foreign aid and federal funding for NPR and PBS&#8221; previously appropriated by Congress, with &#8220;45 days to codify these massive cuts to woke, wasteful, and weaponized spending via a simple majority vote&#8221; using the Impoundment Control Act.
OMB specifically highlighted $67,000 for testing insect powder nutrition on children in Madagascar, $33,000 for “Being LGBTI in the Caribbean,&#8221; $643,000 for &#8220;LGBTQI+&#8221; programs in the Western Balkans, and $567,000 for &#8220;LBGTQI+&#8221; programs in Uganda.
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&#8220;Scores of DEI and Global Green New Deal funding&#8221; projects were also mentioned, including: $5 million for the &#8220;Minority Serving Institute Fellowship Cooperative Agreement,&#8221; $595,400 for training women in gender equity, $500,000 for electric buses in Rwanda, $6 million for “net zero cities” in Mexico, $2.1 million for climate resilience in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and East Africa, as well as $5 million for “green transportation and logistics” in Eurasia.
OMB&#8217;s list went on to mention $4 million for “legume systems research&#8221; and $3 million for Iraqi Sesame Street.
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In addition, OMB noted millions under the PEPFAR account for so-called LGBTQIA+ programs, condoms, and vasectomies: $833,000 for &#8220;transgender people, sex workers and their clients and sexual networks&#8221; in Nepal, $5.1 million for &#8220;resilience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans gender, intersex, and queer global movements,&#8221; $3 million for circumcision, vasectomies, and condoms in Zambia, $1 billion in contributions to &#8220;wasteful, corrupt, and anti-American international organizations,&#8221; including $135 million to the World Health Organization, and $1.1 billion for the &#8220;left-wing&#8221; Corporation for Public Broadcasting, &#8220;which uses your taxpayer dollars to fund PBS and NPR.&#8221;
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) confirmed receipt of the rescissions package, which his office said focuses on $9.4 billion in &#8220;wasteful spending&#8221; identified by the Trump administration&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative. He also gave a shoutout to Elon Musk, who earlier had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-cant-stand-it-anymore-goes-nuclear-on-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assailed</a> the lawmakers who voted to pass the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; last month, citing the &#8220;unsustainable&#8221; debt.
&#8220;The House will act quickly on this request,&#8221; Johnson said in a statement. &#8220;Under President Trump, every federal taxpayer dollar is actually being used to serve the American people, not to fund a bloated bureaucracy or purely partisan pet projects. We thank Elon Musk and his DOGE team for identifying a wide range of wasteful, duplicative, and outdated programs, and House Republicans are eager to eliminate them.&#8221;
He added: &#8220;This rescissions package reflects many of DOGE’s findings and is one of the many legislative tools Republicans are using to restore fiscal sanity. Congress will continue working closely with the White House to codify these recommendations, and the House will bring the package to the floor as quickly as possible.&#8221;
Johnson also took a shot at Democrats, who have largely opposed anything Trump supports, including DOGE.
“Democrats continue to wail and complain — NOT at the fraud, waste, and abuse — but at the Trump Administration simply for exposing it,&#8221; the speaker declared. &#8220;In fact, Democrats are the only ones in Washington who do not want to stop the egregious misspending of the people’s tax dollars. Democrats continue to defend corruption, while Republicans are delivering real accountability and real savings the American people demanded in November.&#8221;
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) criticized the spending cuts request.
&#8220;The reckless rescissions package introduced today is only the latest attempt by the Trump administration to attack the free press, decimate lifesaving humanitarian aid and hurt our national security,&#8221; Jeffries said in a statement. &#8220;House Democrats will continue to aggressively push back on the continued chaos, cruelty and corruption of this administration and on the far-right extremism being unleashed on the American people.&#8221;

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On Tuesday, tech billionaire Elon Musk unleashed his ire at the House-passed version of the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; which has the blessing of his former boss, President Donald Trump.
The massive bill, which is now being considered by the Republican-led Senate, contains many provisions in line with Trump’s second-term agenda, but also is estimated to add trillions of dollars to the national debt, already nearing $37 trillion.
&#8220;I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,&#8221; Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1929954109689606359?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X. &#8220;This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.&#8221; He <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1929955052527202503" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> in another post, &#8220;It will massively increase the already gigantic budget deficit to $2.5 trillion (!!!) and burden America (sic) citizens with crushingly unsustainable debt.&#8221;
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shrugged off the critique when a reporter <a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/1929956609486401844" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> how &#8220;mad&#8221; Trump will be when he finds out what Musk said about the legislation.
&#8220;Look, the president already knows where Elon Musk stood on this bill. It doesn&#8217;t change the president&#8217;s opinion. This is &#8216;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8217; and he&#8217;s sticking to it,&#8221; Leavitt said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) argued that Musk was <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1929985911682478217" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;simply wrong&#8221;</a> in his assessment of the legislation and emphasized that Congress is &#8220;working hard&#8221; to get the measure to Trump&#8217;s desk by July 4 &#8220;so we can deliver on the mandate the American people gave us.&#8221;
On the Democrat side, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/1929965141174481053" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;The GOP Tax Scam is a disgusting abomination. Truer words have never been spoken.&#8221;
After the bill narrowly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-one-big-beautiful-bill-in-massive-win-for-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> through the GOP-controlled House last month, Trump <a href="https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1925548216243703820" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hailed</a> it as &#8220;arguably the most significant piece of Legislation that will ever be signed in the History&#8221; of the United States. However, the president has given his <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/26/make-changes-they-want-trump-gives-senate-go-ahead-take-red-pen-big-beautiful-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blessing</a> to GOP senators, some of whom have also raised <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-rebuts-rand-pauls-debt-warning-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">objections</a> to the bill in its current form, to &#8220;make the changes they want.&#8221;
Musk, who just ended his stint as a special government employee helping to oversee the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative, made waves last week after he expressed concerns about the bill inflating the federal deficit that has already blown past $1 trillion in recent years.
&#8220;I was like — disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decrease it. And it undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,&#8221; Musk told &#8220;CBS Sunday Morning&#8221; in an <a href="https://x.com/CBSSunday/status/1927535075144421527" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>.
Musk also said that when the bill came along, he thought &#8220;everything&#8221; accomplished by DOGE would get &#8220;wiped out&#8221; in the first year. He also said, &#8220;I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful, but I don’t know if it can be both. My personal opinion.&#8221;
Russ Vought, the director of Trump&#8217;s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-budget-chief-responds-elon-big-beautiful-bill-critique" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivered</a> on Sunday a counterargument to Musk&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-disappointed-by-one-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warning</a> about the deficit.
&#8220;I love Elon,&#8221; Vought told CNN anchor Dana Bash in a &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; interview. &#8220;This bill doesn&#8217;t increase the deficit or hurt the debt. In fact, it lowers it by $1.4 trillion. What some of the watchdogs have done is, they have used CBO&#8217;s artificial baseline, which doesn&#8217;t allow and assume that current tax law will be extended because of sunsets that are in the law.&#8221;
Vought added later, &#8220;When you assume the extension of the president&#8217;s tax relief from 2017, this budget or this bill, and it&#8217;s really a reconciliation bill — it&#8217;s not really a budget bill. It is using a budget process. This is a $1.4 trillion over 10 years deficit reduction. It&#8217;s $1.6 trillion in mandatory savings. Obviously, we have a little bit of spending in there as well for border and defense. But that is the biggest mandatory savings package that we have seen since 1997. It&#8217;s very historic.&#8221;
The White House is poised to send its first rescissions package of the year to Congress as early as Tuesday, aiming to claw back spending for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and National Public Radio (NPR) — programs that Republicans view as being wasteful and partisan. Johnson has listed rescissions as being one of two actions the House will take based on findings from DOGE, in addition to using the appropriations process to “swiftly implement” Trump’s proposed 2026 budget.
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blasts-rand-paul-opposition-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">singled</a> out Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) for criticism in a dispute over how the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; claiming the lawmaker &#8220;has very little understanding of the BBB, especially the tremendous GROWTH that is coming.&#8221; Paul said on CNBC that he opposes legislation as it stands because it aims to raise the debt ceiling by several trillion dollars, but is &#8220;pretty much open to compromise on everything else in the bill.&#8221;

Elon ‘Can’t Stand It Anymore,’ Goes Nuclear On ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

President Donald Trump singled out Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) for criticism on Tuesday in a dispute over the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill.&#8221;
The scolding took place on Truth Social shortly after Paul made an appearance on TV in which the senator said he would not support the legislation in its current form because it aims to raise the debt ceiling by several trillion dollars.
&#8220;Rand Paul has very little understanding of the BBB, especially the tremendous GROWTH that is coming. He loves voting &#8216;NO&#8217; on everything, he thinks it’s good politics, but it’s not. The BBB is a big WINNER!!!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114619628833129608" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in one post.
Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114619648032728687" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> in another post, &#8220;Rand votes NO on everything, but never has any practical or constructive ideas. His ideas are actually crazy (losers!). The people of Kentucky can’t stand him. This is a BIG GROWTH BILL!&#8221;
On CNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Squawk Box,&#8221; Paul <a href="https://x.com/RandPaul/status/1929908175748088234" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the &#8220;main thing&#8221; he objects to in the massive bill, which contains many provisions in line with Trump&#8217;s second-term agenda, is how it would raise the debt ceiling by another $4-5 trillion. As it stands, the national debt is approaching $37 trillion.
&#8220;That&#8217;s an indication that we&#8217;ll borrow that much. It&#8217;s an indication that we&#8217;ll put the debt on the back burner,&#8221; said Paul, who added that he did not join &#8220;most of the Republicans&#8221; who voted to &#8220;continue the Biden spending levels&#8221; with the six-month continuing resolution Congress passed in March.
Paul said he believes there are three or four Republicans in the Senate who might oppose the bill as it stands. That amount could be enough to stall the legislation&#8217;s progress, given the GOP has only a 53-45 <a href="https://www.senate.gov/history/partydiv.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">majority</a>.
&#8220;If there are four of us who want it to be more fiscally conservative, I think we can really reduce the spending levels and perhaps separate out the debt ceiling as well,&#8221; Paul said.
The senator also noted that he is &#8220;pretty much open to compromise on everything else in the bill,&#8221; specifically expressing support for how it seeks to retain the 2017 tax cuts.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) also defended the legislation from Paul&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rand-paul-warns-big-beautiful-bill-explode-debt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">critique</a> on the debt ceiling in a recent &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; interview. He alluded to how the reconciliation process Republicans are using allows Congress to bypass the Senate&#8217;s 60-vote filibuster threshold.
&#8220;We have to do it,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-rebuts-rand-pauls-debt-warning-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;We&#8217;re not going to get any Democrats to assist on that. So, to get it through the Senate and make sure we don&#8217;t crash the U.S. economy and default on our debts for the first time in history, it has to be part of the reconciliation package.&#8221;

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Trump Puts Rand Paul On Blast Over ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Debt Ceiling

Rand Paul

A key group of fiscal conservatives is calling on the GOP-led House to immediately get to work on passing President Donald Trump&#8217;s first second-term rescissions package slated to be sent to Congress this week.
In an &#8220;Official Position&#8221; released Monday, the House Freedom Caucus argued that codifying spending cuts sought by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative should be a top priority for lawmakers, who just returned to Capitol Hill after the Memorial Day recess.
&#8220;When the White House submits its first rescissions package to enact DOGE spending cuts to Congress, the House of Representatives should immediately move this to the floor for swift passage,&#8221; the group <a href="https://x.com/freedomcaucus/status/1929628818060235147" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;The House Freedom Caucus strongly supports these critical rescissions, and we will support as many more rescissions packages the White House can send us in the coming weeks and months.&#8221;
Altogether, the rescissions package is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-budget-director-confirms-first-targets-for-clawing-back-spending" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to cover roughly $9.4 billion. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funds to NPR and PBS, as well as foreign aid are slated to be the targets of the first request to claw back funds appropriated by Congress. More rescissions packages could follow.
&#8220;These first DOGE cuts target taxpayer-funded public broadcasters notorious for their liberal bias like NPR and PBS, as well as billions in wasteful foreign aid dollars. Passing this rescissions package will be an important demonstration of Congress’s willingness to deliver on DOGE and the Trump agenda,&#8221; the House Freedom Caucus said.
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&#8220;While the Swamp will inevitably attempt to slow and kill these cuts, there is no excuse for a Republican House not to advance the first DOGE rescissions package the same week it is presented to Congress then quickly send it for passage in the Republican Senate so President Trump can sign it into law,&#8221; the group added.
Dealing with a narrow majority and Democrats who largely vote in a block against anything they do, House GOP leaders have been under pressure from many in the Republican rank-and-file to codify the DOGE cuts, particularly after the lower chamber narrowly passed the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; that is estimated to add trillions of dollars to the national debt.
Fiscal hawks who do not think enough is being done to rein in spending could revolt if the Senate makes changes to the legislation, and it gets sent back to the House. The Trump administration wants the bill ready to go by July 4.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-reveals-two-ways-house-act-doge-findings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listed</a> rescissions as being one of two actions the House will take based on findings from the DOGE initiative, in addition to using the appropriations process to &#8220;swiftly implement&#8221; Trump&#8217;s proposed 2026 budget. &#8220;When the White House sends its rescissions package to the House, we will act quickly by passing legislation to codify the cuts,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1927749395363045819" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a Wednesday post on X.

Chair Andy Harris (R-MD) and other Freedom Caucus members

Fiscal Hawks Make Urgent Demand For ‘DOGE Cuts’

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