President Donald Trump is about to trigger Democrats on Capitol Hill once more when he uses his powers to cut back spending previously approved by Congress.
According to The Washington Times, Trump and his White House "will soon send Congress a package of $9.4 billion in cuts to current federal spending, including NPR and PBS and a chunk of foreign aid from the U.S. Agency for International Development."
The maneuver is known as rescissions legislation, and it's sure to cause a stir in Washington D.C. this week.
Many of the cuts in the rescissions legislation were identified by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) would take a massive hit, as the move eliminates all of its programs with the exception of AMBER Alerts and tornado warnings.
Democrats have already pushed back, hard, arguing that cutting CPB is an attack on free speech, and ending other programs would eliminated "valuable" services and "harm" American citizens.
President Trump explained that the rescission cuts were just the first phase of the DOGE cuts becoming permanent.
“We’re totally committed to making the DOGE cuts permanent. … Most of it is going to come later," Trump said during a special ceremony honoring Musk for his service in leading DOGE. Musk is stepping away from the position to focus on his other companies.
On Monday, President Trump is sending a Rescissions Package to Congress to cut $9.4 BILLION in wasteful spending.
That includes cuts to USAID, NPR, and PBS.
No more taxpayer dollars for left-wing propaganda or woke foreign aid.
Promise Made, Promise Kept!!
— Rep. Mary Miller (@RepMaryMiller) May 31, 2025
The Washington Times noted:
The president said the rescissions package was just the first bite of the DOGE cuts and that more would come in the Big Beautiful Bill Act and other spending measures.
“We’re going to have it codified by Congress,” the president said. “It’s hundreds of billions of dollars.”
Users across social media reacted to the news of Trump's cuts to Congress.
"Exactly what I voted for!" one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Promises only kept if it passes. Do something. Tired of the talk."
It'll be interesting to see to what extent Democrats freak out when it's sent to Congress.
