https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20478143
President Trump has proposed cutting $9.4 billion in previously allocated funds for things like USAID, NPR and PBS, and more.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/what-is-a-rescission-package-heres-how-republicans-plan-to-make-more-cuts
Posted 4:09 PM, Jul 09, 2025
"Congress recently passed a significant tax and spending bill that increases funding for defense, the border, and includes tax cuts. However, this summer, Congress is shifting gears—standing poised to cut already allocated funds.
President Trump is calling on Congress to approve what's known as a "rescission package" in the coming days. This request allows the president to cancel previously allocated funds, a power granted by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Congress has until July 18 to respond to Trump's proposal.
The president is seeking a total cut of $9.4 billion. Proposed cuts include defunding the U.S. Agency for International Development, former President George W. Bush's AIDS relief program, and federal support for PBS and NPR.
... While the House has already approved this legislation despite Democratic opposition, the Senate has yet to take action. Legal experts warn that Congress must vote by next Friday, or the White House will be required to spend the allocated funds..."
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4/text
H.R.4 - Rescissions Act of 2025
"Sponsor: Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] (Introduced 06/06/2025)
Committees: House - Appropriations | Senate - Appropriations; Budget
Committee Meetings: 06/10/25 2:00PM
Latest Action: Senate - 07/10/2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred jointly to the Committee on Appropriations; the Budget pursuant to the order of 1/30/1975 as amended by the order of 4/11/1986. (All Actions)
Roll Call Votes: There have been 2 roll call votes"
Trump Rescission Proposal Builds on Illegal Impoundments, Would Undermine Future Funding Deals
JULY 10, 2025 | BY DEVIN O’CONNOR, SAM BERGER AND JACOB LEIBENLUFT
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/trump-rescission-proposal-builds-on-illegal-impoundments-would-undermine
"... But this rescission package did not come to Congress under normal circumstances. The Administration illegally impounded the funds at issue for months before proposing the package. Moreover, the Administration is unlawfully withholding much larger amounts of funding that it has not proposed for rescission, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought has indicated an intention to ignore existing spending directives in the future “without having to get an affirmative vote [from Congress].”[4] In short, this rescission package is part of a broader Administration effort that threatens to fundamentally upend Congress’s spending power under the Constitution and undermine lawmakers’ ability to negotiate future spending deals in good faith..."
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