Congress had pushed back last year against a similar rescissions package.
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Politico first reported that the rescissions proposal would not move forward.
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American people by presiding over the largest rescissions of federal land
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Former President Bill Clinton was the last president to propose rescissions.
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Collins said in a statement Wednesday that the rescissions package was unnecessary.
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President Bill Clinton was the last president to propose a rescissions package.
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The deadline extension itself was unconstitutional, and the ratifications rescissions are valid.
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Normally, the president's rescissions expire if Congress doesn't act within 45 days.
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Creating and passing a serious rescissions package would be a good start.
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So while rescissions aren't a magic-bullet solution, they're an important first step.
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Republicans recently cobbled together a "rescissions" bill, which cancels spending Congress already allocated.
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Those "rescissions" require positive approval by both houses of Congress within 45 days.
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The White House suggested this week's rescissions could be the first in a series.
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The House had narrowly approved the measure, known as a rescissions package, this month.
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The package is indeed the largest amount of rescissions proposed at one time since 1981.
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Still, Democrats insisted that Republicans wait for more information before moving the rescissions bills ahead.
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Essentially, the House and Senate's rescissions of the unimplemented rules restored the privacy status quo.
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Support for the rescissions package should be bipartisan, and there are signs it actually is.
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On August 22, news reports indicate Mulvaney and the administration had relented on rescissions, however.
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Congress would then have 85033 days to either consider the proposed rescissions or ignore them.
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The House voted 210 to 206 to pass the measure, a so-called rescissions package.
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A 45-day clock starts ticking for Congress to act once the rescissions are formally submitted.
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There are three additional reasons why the Trump administration should not go forward with these rescissions.
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In this first round the $220006 billion rescissions delivered to Congress Tuesday targets un-obligated funds.
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Indeed, the Democrats had backed billions of dollars in CHIP rescissions in the March omnibus bill.
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Pressed if the rescissions package was a top priority right now, he shook his head no.
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The White House first proposed the rescissions package in May, but revised its request this week.
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Activists claim the rescissions are invalid and should be ignored, but it is not that simple.
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Unlike regular spending bills, a presidential rescissions package is given fast-track authority in both chambers.
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Congress will technically have 45 days to consider the rescissions package when it arrives on Capitol Hill.
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Aid to Europe and Eurasia could be part of OMB's rescissions, taking away a valuable diplomatic tool.
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The administration also tried to use rescissions to cut foreign aid last year, but lawmakers thwarted that plan.
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Senate Republicans can't afford any defections if they want to pass the rescissions package without help from Democrats.
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Congress will technically have 45 days to consider the rescissions package when it arrives on Capitol Hill. 7.
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Congress should put an end to these attacks on children and should start by rejecting the proposed CHIP rescissions.
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Capito and Shelby are among several lawmakers who remain publicly undecided on whether they'll ultimately support the rescissions package.
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Clawing back spending through rescissions is "certainly an issue for a lot of the conservatives," a GOP lawmaker said.
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The OMB request checking in on State Department accounts could be the first step in a new rescissions process.
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Congress had until Friday to pass the rescissions package, which passed the House last week, by a simple majority.
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Now, a "rescissions package" that cancels $15 billion in spending doesn't sound like much when you're $21 trillion in debt.
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The White House would be responsible for drafting the package of rescissions and then sending it to Congress for approval.
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The House is expected to review the changes and could vote on the rescissions package as soon as this week.
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Its analysis found that the rescissions would not affect any spending on children's health, and would not affect any coverage.
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Hoyer said any such rescissions would betray the spirit of the bipartisan agreement and poison future negotiations on similar bills.
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Advancing a substantively harmful and politically damaging rescissions package would be a counterpoint showing that optimism may have been misplaced.
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The White House's decision to focus the rescissions request on non-obligated funds has put Democrats in a tough spot.
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The rescissions also included funding no longer needed in the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund because enrollment in the program isn't expanding.
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An internal survey of dozens of House Republican Study Committee members found that lawmakers overwhelmingly support the largest possible rescissions request.
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There are some signs that the rescissions package isn't set in stone and that changes could be made to win over lawmakers.
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This rescissions package certainly will not solve our longstanding fiscal problems, but it would be a small step in the right direction.
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Behind the scenes, top budget officials have wrestled for weeks with Republican lawmakers on the size and scope of the rescissions package.
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Mike Lee, R-Utah, said that spending rescissions were a common practice in past decades and usually were done on a bipartisan basis.
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The rescissions package included $16 million in Land and Water Conservation Fund money designated for the Forest Service and promised to specific projects.
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Restoring fiscal discipline is a tall order, but it can be done – and a rescissions package gives our nation the start it needs.
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"I'm willing to discuss with the administration the possibility of some kind of (spending) rescissions package," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters.
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House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy, whom Ryan has endorsed as his replacement, wants to use a rescissions bill to implement big spending cuts.
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To most outside of Washington, budget rescissions are an arcane tool that belongs to the policy wonks, and less to the public arena.
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Congress should run with the president's rescissions package and claw back funds that might otherwise be used to fuel even more excessive spending.
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The omnibus rescissions are not the only effort Republicans are considering to temper the fallout from the ballooning deficit spending under their watch.
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The meeting comes several days after Frelinghuysen told reporters that there had been no communication with the White House about the rescissions proposal.
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To do that, McCarthy would need the support of conservative House Republicans, who spoke last month of taking an "aggressive" approach to budget rescissions.
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The request was included in a broader rescissions package that sought to claw back some $15.4 billion in unobligated funds sitting in old accounts.
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He urged Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to consider new "rescissions" legislation with spending cuts sought by fiscal conservatives in the House of Representatives.
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Presidents proposed rescissions totaling $76 billion between 1974 and 2000, of which Congress accepted $25 billion, according to the Committee for a Responsible Budget.
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Budget: The Hill — Republicans in the House are collaborating with the White House to unveil an $11 billion rescissions package as early as today.
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They argue that rescissions were not ever meant to be used on the grand scale that Trump and McCarthy are now talking about now.
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And 94 percent of RSC members surveyed said the rescissions package should cut at least some domestic funding from this year's $1.3 trillion omnibus.
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Clear (or try to clear) a legislative backlog in the House In the House, conversations will continue over immigration, rescissions and the failed farm bill.
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The administration, backed up by an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), says the rescissions would not impact CHIP spending over the next decade.
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Congress has until Friday if they want to approve the $15 billion rescissions package by a simple majority, allowing them to avoid a Democratic filibuster.
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Congress has until Friday if they want to approve the $85033 billion rescissions package by a simple majority, allowing them to avoid a Democratic filibuster.
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These protections embodied within ObamaCare include the Patient Bill of Rights, portability of health insurance and the elimination of health insurance policy rescissions without cause.
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"Between fiscal years 1974 and 2000, presidents proposed rescissions totaling $76 billion for every fiscal year except 1988, of which Congress accepted $25 billion," CRFB writes.
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"We will get the rescissions package passed," House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters after a closed-door meeting with his fellow rank-and-file Republicans.
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Rescissions Senate Republicans are expected to bring Trump's plan to claw back spending up for a vote this week, even as they appear short on votes.
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What's next: The administration plans to roll-out a "large" rescissions package later this year, but the official repeatedly declined to explain what might be included.
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Democrats complained that the rescissions plan would take away $7 billion from the popular Children&aposs Health Insurance program so it couldn&apost be used later. Sen.
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And the Trump administration included more than $250 million in unused funds from the Ebola epidemic in 2014 and 2015 in a rescissions package released this week.
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Collins also noted after the meeting with Mulvaney that she "remained concerned" about CHIP rescissions, adding that even if the funding wasn't needed it could be repurposed.
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"The President's rescissions request is a straightforward approach to begin cleaning up a bloated federal budget and respecting hardworking taxpayer dollars," McCarthy said in a statement Wednesday.
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President Trump's rescissions proposal cuts wasteful programs, including more than a dozen that Citizens Against Government Waste has identified in its annual database and congressional pig book.
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Why it matters: There's not much chance that Congress will actually pass the "rescissions" package, since Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says it's not a good idea.
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Balanced budget amendment & budget rescissions The House will vote next week on an amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced budget, according to two GOP leadership aides.
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In such requests, the administration is typically allowed to freeze funds during the 45-day period allotted for Congress to approve the rescissions in a fast-track process.
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A rescissions vote could also raise the prospect of another embarrassing Republican failure in the 100-seat Senate, which the party controls by only a 51-49 margin.
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The House Rules Committee added the revised rescissions package to its schedule for Wednesday afternoon, a day after the White House sent the latest package to Capitol Hill.
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But the power of the president to suggest budget rescissions to Congress represents a tangible way in which the executive can influence Congress when it comes to spending.
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And GOP leaders, who are facing fire for the soaring deficit spending under their watch, are billing the rescissions as a common-sense strategy for reducing red ink.
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The revision stripped out provisions targeting federal highway funding after a Government Accountability Office analysis raised red flags that such funds may not legally be eligible for rescissions.
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The White House has decided not to request a second round of budget rescissions, a controversial move allowing lawmakers to claw back spending authority, according to key senators.
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What to watch: As early as this week, President Trump could send Congress details of the administration's requested rescissions, which a bipartisan group of lawmakers have vocally opposed.
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The conservative-leaning states argued that Ferriero was "acting illegally" by continuing "to hold open the ratification process" and refusing to recognize some states' rescissions of the amendment.
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The 499 admissions rescissions issued this summer caused a small furor in the UC Irvine community, and current students and alumni organized a petition of the university's actions.
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Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House speaker, wrote to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday citing the Government Accountability Office's finding that such a use of rescissions was not legal.
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"None of the CHIP programs that have just been reauthorized would be impacted in any way should this rescissions package pass," Mulvaney told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday.
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The high-water mark for rescissions came under President Reagan, who proposed more than $23 billion in spending cuts, and Congress rescinded more than 65 percent of his request.
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If the Senate passes the rescissions bill, it will be the largest single presidential rescission request to pass since 1974, when the current budgetary process was put in place.
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They were not present during the numerous committee hearings and debates on the Patient Bill of Rights, unjust rescissions of individual health insurance policies, or the portability of insurance.
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Even the introduction or debate about a rescissions package would force agencies to put on hold grants, contracts, hiring, capital investments, and other routine actions of a functional government.
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Senate GOP leaders have until Friday to pass the so-called rescissions measure with a simple majority, before their special procedural powers expire and a 60-vote threshold sets in.
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Current law allows spending cuts or "rescissions" to be proposed under fast-track procedures in the House and Senate, meaning only 51 votes are needed in the Senate for approval.
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There were many falsehoods being immediately reported and written about in the left media but none of these rescissions will affect current programs including the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
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The proposal was part of a broader "rescissions" package the Trump administration sent to Congress last month aimed at clawing back $15 billion in unspent funding Congress appropriated years ago.
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Recall Trump's failed $15 billion rescissions package from earlier this year, where the president's attempt at forcing some fiscal austerity was thwarted at the last minute by fellow Republican, Sen.
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Unlike a vote on a bad amendment that will never be added to the Constitution, a vote in support of a rescissions package could actually save real dollars right now.
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"[But] a lot of it has to do just with the fact that we have directed that spending and rescissions effectively take that away from us as the Congress," Murkowski said.
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House Republicans are preparing to take action on a $15 billion rescissions package in coming weeks amid a conservative push for Congress to claw back spending as lawmakers return from recess.
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And she's urging her members to fight any Republican efforts to rescind certain spending hikes contained in the $1.3 trillion omnibus bill — rescissions under discussion by Trump and House GOP leaders.
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Advancing a rescissions package would cause further postponement of the 2019 appropriations process, which is already significantly late as a result of the six-month delay in enacting the 2018 Omnibus.
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More than 90 non-governmental organizations signed a letter sent to congressional leaders on Monday urging Congress to end the administration's repeated efforts to use rescissions to cut congressionally approved aid funds.
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" Asked about Trump's proposed rescissions of $7 billion from the Children's Health Insurance Program, Mulvaney told reporters that some of "that money could not be spent even if the rescission package fails.
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The process also includes a special bonus for fiscal hawks: Whenever the president submits a rescissions request, that spending is frozen automatically for 45 legislative days, or until Congress formally rejects it.
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Trump's budget "rescissions" will likely encompass cuts in the range of $11 billion to $15 billion, said senior aides, well short of the $60 billion in reductions Republicans floated a few weeks ago.
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Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives, wrote to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Friday citing the Government Accountability Office's finding that such a use of rescissions was not legal.
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Asked if the administration should have gotten his sign-off as the chairman of the Appropriations Committee before pitching a spending-related package, he noted that rescissions "haven't done very well" in Congress.
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The reason it has appeared plausible is that, unlike the omnibus itself, a rescissions bill only requires a simple majority in the Senate, instead of the usual 60-vote threshold to move forward.
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Given the near certainty that a rescissions package would target non-defense discretionary investments important to Democrats, it would render bipartisan deals in the future impossible – not just on appropriations, but on anything.
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Democrats pounced, noting that the rescissions come roughly a week before Trump is expected to announce his pick to succeed Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who is slated to step down on July 31.
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While it passed the House but unlikely to go far in the Senate, even though rescissions only need a simple majority and not subject to the normal 60-vote threshold to avoid a filibuster.
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The backdrop: The proposal to cut funding is connected to a $15 billion "rescissions" package the White House sent to Congress in early May for approval, but has since lost traction on the Hill.
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The administration, backed up by an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, says the rescissions would not impact CHIP spending over the next decade but that's done little to stem criticism over its inclusion. Sen.
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Losing even one GOP senator means Republicans wouldn't be able to pass the rescissions bill without help from Democrats, who are making it clear they will not put up votes to help McConnell overcome defections.
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When ERA advocates attempted to dispute their rescissions in 1982, appealing a case up to the Supreme Court, justices refused to hear the case because they said the ERA's expired deadline made the matter moot.
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When President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE initiated the first rescissions request since the Clinton administration this year, congressional budget-writers were concerned he would use a loophole to cancel spending on his own by making the rescissions request during the last 45 days of the fiscal year.
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But because most of the funds in question were not expected to be spent anyway, passing the rescissions package would only reduce federal spending by $1 billion over a decade, the CBO analysis released Friday found.
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But because most of the funds in question were not expected to be spent anyway, passing the rescissions package would only reduce federal spending by $28503 billion over a decade, the CBO analysis released Friday found.
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The president cannot independently cut spending — that power is reserved for Congress, as they control the purse strings — but under the Impoundment Control Act of 28500, the president has the authority to propose rescissions to Congress.
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The president is throwing Congress a life raft with a package of rescissions that will hopefully restore a small amount of fiscal sanity to a Congress that has, when it comes to spending, lost its mind.
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President Donald Trump's package, known as a rescissions request to kill existing budget commitments, rekindled partisan fiscal conflict in Congress on the heels of relative calm with the March 23 enactment of a government-wide funding bill.
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Ten GOP senators announced Friday that they had introduced the rescissions package, saying they were rolling out the legislation to help ensure it reaches the Senate floor within the 2628-day window to avoid a Democratic filibuster.
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The measure includes $4 billion in cuts to a defunct loan program designed to boost fuel-efficient, advanced-technology vehicles, rescissions of various agriculture grant programs, and cuts to conservation programs at the Department of Agriculture, among others.
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James Dyer, the longtime Republican staff director of the House Appropriations Committee, said Congress passed rescissions packages at the end of the Clinton administration but they were much smaller than what Trump and McCarthy are now talking about.
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The T.C. Williams Law School graduates noted that Ohio and New Jersey tried to pull back their consent for the 85033th Amendment in 1868, but the U.S. secretary of State ignored the rescissions and declared the amendment ratified.
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"Support for the President's rescissions request is growing by the day and Leader McCarthy continues to actively support the whip operation to send these spending cuts to the Senate," McCarthy spokesman Matt Sparks told The Hill in a statement.
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President Obama proposed it in 2010, but said he would have "a limited time after a bill is passed to submit a package of rescissions that must be considered by Congress in straight up or down votes," Politico reported.
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Quick hits from a packed day: Senate Republicans warm to Trump's rescissions package...Lawmakers have feisty exchange on House floor amid chaplain vote...Dems grill Trump's Homeland Security chief...Conservatives and White House pressure McConnell to work longer hours.
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The attorneys general of Alabama, Louisiana and South Dakota had sued the archivist in December, arguing that he is "acting illegally" by continuing "to hold open the ratification process" and refusing to recognize some states' rescissions of the amendment.
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A senior administration official said the rescissions package would involve more than $4 billion and likely would be sent to Congress early next week, although it was not yet determined how much of that money would end up being cut.
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"Approving this initial $85033 billion rescissions request in full -- pulling back funds sitting in useless accounts that can only otherwise be used to spend more in the future -- is a task that conservatives in Congress should wholeheartedly endorse," Brandon continued.
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If House Republican leaders really want to demonstrate fiscal discipline, they should end this charade and instead work to pass a rescissions bill to claw back tens of billions of dollars they never should have appropriated in the first place.
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"Normally, when Congress does supplemental [bills] in the spring, they look at what the president has submitted in the budget that year for rescissions or unexpended balances, and create an offset with that, and who's going to object?" he said.
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But the three states in Wednesday's lawsuit that are suing the archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, argue that he is "acting illegally" by continuing "to hold open the ratification process" and refusing to recognize some states' rescissions of the amendment.
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While the rescissions package looks to slash budget authority worth a combined $85033 billion from CHIP accounts, the CBO found that neither would actually result in reduced spending, as the targeted funds were overages from contingency funds that were not slated to be spent.
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If one were to design in a laboratory specific legislation intended to encumber stable governing and inhibit responsible, bipartisan legislating, it would be hard to develop one as noxious as a rescissions package clawing back budget authority appropriated in the recently-enacted Omnibus Appropriations bill.
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But at this point, the congressional GOP has clearly made its bed — nobody bats an eye anymore at obviously abusive rescissions of former officials' security clearances, tossing pardons around without a hint of process or constraint, or open slanders of Justice Department and FBI personnel.
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Other common-sense rescissions in the proposal included expired funds for programs expanded under the Obama stimulus; unspent funds in the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, which has been inactive since 85033; and funding for response to an animal disease outbreak that has since been resolved.
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Instead, Trump talked about the legislative agenda for the rest of 2018, discussing with Senate and House GOP leaders possible military action in Syria, a spending rescissions package, trade, immigration reform, nominations, the Dodd-Frank banking law and the Veterans Affairs Choice Program, according to Cornyn.
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The idea -- using a 1974 law to slash the non-defense domestic spending increases just enacted last month -- is real: essentially, the White House can send a package of "rescissions," or provisions to effectively cancel the spending authority from the omnibus to Capitol Hill for approval.
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"These rescissions are for the most part relatively common, but the way they've been used recently is as a budget gimmick to get around and circumvent the budgetary caps," says Marc Goldwein, the head of policy at the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, a watchdog group.
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Mike LeeMichael (Mike) Shumway LeeMcConnell, allies lean into Twitter, media 'war' Conservatives buck Trump over worries of 'socialist' drug pricing Criminal justice reform should extend to student financial aid MORE's office said Monday that the Utah Republican had gathered enough support to force the rescissions package to the floor.
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As part of Mr. Trump's move to chip away at the enormous federal deficit by cutting money already allocated by Congress — the "rescissions" battle — he has proposed slashing support for the Children's Health Insurance Program, one of the most consistently popular federal programs since its creation in 1997.
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Trump's frustration with the $1.3 trillion omnibus is no secret, and during the recess that opened the door -- spurred heavily by Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney with help from House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy -- to the possibility of a rescissions package, multiple congressional aides tell CNN.
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And Mick Mulvaney, the President's acting chief of staff and OMB director, who had earned a reputation from his colleagues on the Hill as a take-no-prisoners budget slasher, had been pushing for a rescissions package throughout the summer that would have cut roughly $4 billion in foreign aid.
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McCarthy has been talking up making big spending cuts using a procedural tool known as rescissions, in which Trump could team up with Republicans to kill off non-military spending increases.. House of Representatives Republicans are waiting for the White House to propose such cuts, of up $60 billion, House Republican sources say.
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In the case of Bill Cosby, unproven accusations evolved into lynch mobs, who publicly and privately coerced cancellations of Bill Cosby's scheduled performances; syndications of "The Cosby Show"; rescissions of honorary degrees and a vindictive attempt to close an exhibition of our collection of African American art in the Smithsonian Museum of African Art.
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The majority leader has also been working with the Trump administration on a rescissions package to claw back some of the spending hikes that were adopted in the $1.3 trillion omnibus last month — a move that could appease some of the House conservatives who were outraged by the government funding bill's massive price tag.
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But as Georgetown University law professor David Super explains, in trying to make this proposal uncontroversial, the administration is actually contradicting its own messaging: ...the White House is, on the one hand, touting large savings from these rescissions while on the other hand insisting that they will do no harm because the money would not have been spent anyway.
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That's why I was proud to sign on as an original co-sponsor of President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE's rescissions package which he submitted to Congress last week.
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His staff has been working with the staff of House majority leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyI'm not a Nazi, I'm just a dude: What it's like to be the other Steve King Trump finds consistent foil in 'Squad' Tlaib says she won't visit Israel after being treated like 'a criminal' MORE (R-Calif.) to find potential rescissions.
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"These Republican rescissions show the hypocrisy of a GOP Congress that insists on tight budgets for children and families while handing enormous, unpaid-for giveaways to corporations and the wealthiest," House Minority Leader Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiWhy President Trump needs to speak out on Hong Kong Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Pelosi warns Mnuchin to stop 'illegal' .
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It is not a guarantee they will, though House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyI'm not a Nazi, I'm just a dude: What it's like to be the other Steve King Trump finds consistent foil in 'Squad' Tlaib says she won't visit Israel after being treated like 'a criminal' MORE (R-Calif.) is apparently working with Trump to outline a rescissions package.
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"The President's rescissions request is a straightforward approach to begin cleaning up a bloated federal budget and respecting hardworking taxpayer dollars," House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyOmar says US should reconsider aid to Israel I'm not a Nazi, I'm just a dude: What it's like to be the other Steve King Trump finds consistent foil in 'Squad' MORE (R-Calif.) said in a statement.
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Increasingly unhappy with the $2628 trillion omnibus he signed last month, President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE is reportedly working on a package of budget rescissions to submit to Congress.
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Still, GOP leadership say they've warmed up to the rescissions package after Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi, Schumer press for gun screenings as Trump inches away The malware election: Returning to paper ballots only way to prevent hacking First House Republican backs bill banning assault weapons MORE (R-Ky.) rejected the idea of using it to take back money from the omnibus.
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"If enacted, these rescissions would decrease Federal outlays in the affected accounts by an estimated $28503 billion," Mick MulvaneyJohn (Mick) Michael MulvaneyDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report Chris Wallace becomes Trump era's 'equal opportunity inquisitor' Appropriators warn White House against clawing back foreign aid MORE, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, wrote in a letter to the president on the request.
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Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulGraham promises ObamaCare repeal if Trump, Republicans win in 85033 Conservatives buck Trump over worries of 'socialist' drug pricing Rand Paul to 'limit' August activities due to health MORE (R-Ky.) said Republicans had no excuses not to pass the bill, given that rescissions requested by the president only require a simple majority to pass in the Senate, and are not subject to a filibuster.
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Bob CorkerRobert (Bob) Phillips CorkerTrump announces, endorses ambassador to Japan's Tennessee Senate bid Meet the key Senate player in GOP fight over Saudi Arabia Trump says he's 'very happy' some GOP senators have 'gone on to greener pastures' MORE (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, questioned if it was legal for the administration to submit a rescissions package so close to the end of the fiscal year.
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But now, as he continues to flip the typical D.C. script, President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE has broken that streak by proposing more than $15 billion in budget rescissions to Congress.
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Congress has a chance to alleviate at least some of the concern over Washington's inability to cut spending by approving President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE's $22019 billion rescissions package before the statutory deadline of June 22.
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Office of Management and Budget Director Mick MulvaneyJohn (Mick) Michael MulvaneyDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report Chris Wallace becomes Trump era's 'equal opportunity inquisitor' Appropriators warn White House against clawing back foreign aid MORE told The Hill that the administration is still working out the details of a package of rescissions that will rescind some of the funding hikes that were recently adopted in the 2018 omnibus spending bill.
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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyI'm not a Nazi, I'm just a dude: What it's like to be the other Steve King Trump finds consistent foil in 'Squad' Tlaib says she won't visit Israel after being treated like 'a criminal' MORE (R-Calif.), who is running to succeed Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanEmbattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway Latina leaders: 'It's a women's world more than anything' MORE (R-Wis.) in 2019, is a leading proponent of the rescissions package and has been working closely with Trump on it.
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Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoTrump administration preparing for talks with Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen: report State Department opens interim Venezuela office in Colombia amid internal conflict Trump leans into deal-maker reputation MORE and Treasury Secretary Steven MnuchinSteven Terner MnuchinTrump already has won the trade war with China Hillicon Valley: US, France reach deal on tech tax | FEC vice chair resigns | Move leaves agency unable to vote on actions | Groups seek net neutrality pledge from 2020 Dems | Australia eyes blocking extremist content US, French officials reach deal on digital tax: report MORE were among those encouraging President TrumpDonald John TrumpOur justice system must reward success Former Biden economic adviser: 'I really like a lot of' Warren's tax proposals Roy Moore calls for Omar to go back from 'whence she came' MORE to at least scale back the cuts, and Democrats and Republicans alike had expressed concerns that any potential rescissions package could threaten a budget deal reached last month.
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