White House Sends Congress $9.4 Billion In DOGE Cuts After Musk Rages Against 'Big Beautiful Bill'
Update (1725ET): Well that didn't take long... hours after Elon Musk raged against the GOP's 'Big Beautiful Bill', the White House sent Congress a request to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting - the first move to codify cuts identified by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
According to White House budget director Russ Vought, the White House 'chose the easiest DOGE cuts to start recissions' which would cancel the $9.4 billion in previously appropriated funds.
The recissions include $1.1 billion in cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distribute funding to NPR and PBS, and $8.3 billion in cuts to USAID.
The recission process allows Congress to cancel previously allocated, yet unspent funds. Only discretionary funds can be rescinded, while mandatory spending such as Social Security and Medicare cannot be.
Recission bills in the Senate only require a simple majority.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) backs the recission package, calling it "the low-hanging fruit," but also stated the obvious...
"This is very, very small," he told "Face the Nation's" Margaret Brennan this weekend. "It really doesn't materially change the course of the country."
