Trump Set to Unveil $15 Billion Spending Cut To Congress

[longknife]

Everybody talks about the Omnibus Bill the President signed but ignore his comments at the time about a lot of spending not being right. It was either sign or shut down the government. So, what is he doing? He's following the leads of Presidents Ford and Clinton by sending a bill to Congress to rescind federal funding.

“Over 1000 rescissions have been sent to congress under this authority,” said a Senior Administration Official. “This is the largest proposed by a President.”

The money comes from unused funds from places like the Innovative Tech Loan program, a railroad program that expired in 2012, excess funds from the 2015 Ebola outbreak and tech assistance after hurricane Sandy.

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[DustyInfinity]

The sad thing is that all it took was just a little bit of willpower. If congress had just a tiny desire to cut spending, this would have happened a long time ago. This doesn't even involve tough policy decisions, it is just cutting waste. Why hasn't either side made the slightest effort to cut waste?