Trump to rescind portions of omnibus bill

[miketx]

Way to go! I hope it's true.

Trump Has HUGE Plans for Bloated Omnibus Bill and You’re Gonna LOVE IT!

“Waste of money.”

That’s what President Trump thinks of the bloated Omnibus spending bill that recently passed, and he’s about to gut it.

White House insiders told Daily Caller that Trump will be cutting a whopping $25 billion from the giant bill.

President Donald Trump’s administration is going to roll out a recision package in the coming weeks that will roll back $25 billion from the $1.3 trillion spending bill Congress passed in April, a source with first-hand knowledge told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

“I will never sign another bill like this again. I’m not going to do it again. Nobody read it. It’s only hours old. Some people don’t even know what is in it. $1.3 trillion dollars–it is the second largest ever,” the president said in late March when he signed the Republicans’ spending bill.

Trump Has HUGE Plans for Bloated Omnibus Bill and You're Gonna LOVE IT!

 

[miketx]

Yeah Del, saving taxpayers billions is funny to you traitors.

 

[there4eyeM]

It is to be hoped he really said this. It is good to hear.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Is it time for a civics lesson again?

The President doesn't have the power to "gut" a spending bill.

 

[Tehon]

Is it time for a civics lesson again?

The President doesn't have the power to "gut" a spending bill.

C'mon, a website named Truthfeed couldn't possibly steer the Trumpers wrong.

 

[del]

never happen

he can try recission, but i doubt it would get through the house, let alone the senate

plus, he doesn't have the attention span to go through the budget line item by line item

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Is it time for a civics lesson again?

The President doesn't have the power to "gut" a spending bill.

The Democrats took that away from Nixon in 1974

"The 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act created a set of institutional changes designed to help Congress regain power over the budget process. The Act was inspired by Richard Nixon's refusal to disburse nearly $12 billion of congressionally-appropriated funds in 1973-74 through the executive power of impoundment, as well as more generalized fears about the budget deficit. Nixon claimed that the deficit was causing high inflation and that as a result he needed to curb government spending."

1974 Budget and Impoundment Control Act - Timeline - Slaying the Dragon of Debt - Regional Oral History Office - University of California, Berkeley

 

[depotoo]

Is it time for a civics lesson again?

The President doesn't have the power to "gut" a spending bill.

WH considers using obscure law to gut omnibus spending bill -- Sott.net

The Impoundment Control Act allows the president to ask Congress to rescind funds that have been allocated in the budget. Congress is not required to vote on the request, but if they do agree to vote, a simple majority in both chambers is all that is needed to approve cuts the president requests.

Congress has 45 days to approve any or all rescission requests from the president.

A congressional Republican aide told the Examiner that conservatives have been lobbying for Trump to use the Impoundment Act.


A spokesman for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., confirmed to The Washington Post that McCarthy's office is working with the Trump administration on the idea.

White House legislative director Marc Short also confirmed the president is looking into requesting cuts to the budget.

"The administration is certainly looking at a rescission package, and the president takes seriously his promise to be fiscally responsible."

The Impoundment Control Act was put in place in 1974 in response to President Richard Nixon's practice of withholding funds for programs he opposed. Instead, the act requires any requests to withhold funding to go through Congress.

The Impoundment Control Act is considered obscure because it hasn't been used often in recent years. The Examiner report says it was never used by Presidents Barack Obama or George W. Bush, but was used frequently during the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton

 

[miketx]

Is it time for a civics lesson again?

The President doesn't have the power to "gut" a spending bill.

There's more than one way to accomplish things.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Trump has a pen and a phone

 

[Crepitus]

Way to go! I hope it's true.

Trump Has HUGE Plans for Bloated Omnibus Bill and You’re Gonna LOVE IT!

“Waste of money.”

That’s what President Trump thinks of the bloated Omnibus spending bill that recently passed, and he’s about to gut it.

White House insiders told Daily Caller that Trump will be cutting a whopping $25 billion from the giant bill.

President Donald Trump’s administration is going to roll out a recision package in the coming weeks that will roll back $25 billion from the $1.3 trillion spending bill Congress passed in April, a source with first-hand knowledge told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

“I will never sign another bill like this again. I’m not going to do it again. Nobody read it. It’s only hours old. Some people don’t even know what is in it. $1.3 trillion dollars–it is the second largest ever,” the president said in late March when he signed the Republicans’ spending bill.

Trump Has HUGE Plans for Bloated Omnibus Bill and You're Gonna LOVE IT!

You know that still leaves the bill at $1.275 trillion right?

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Is it time for a civics lesson again?

The President doesn't have the power to "gut" a spending bill.

WH considers using obscure law to gut omnibus spending bill -- Sott.net

The Impoundment Control Act allows the president to ask Congress to rescind funds that have been allocated in the budget. Congress is not required to vote on the request, but if they do agree to vote, a simple majority in both chambers is all that is needed to approve cuts the president requests.

Congress has 45 days to approve any or all rescission requests from the president.

A congressional Republican aide told the Examiner that conservatives have been lobbying for Trump to use the Impoundment Act.


A spokesman for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., confirmed to The Washington Post that McCarthy's office is working with the Trump administration on the idea.

White House legislative director Marc Short also confirmed the president is looking into requesting cuts to the budget.

"The administration is certainly looking at a rescission package, and the president takes seriously his promise to be fiscally responsible."

The Impoundment Control Act was put in place in 1974 in response to President Richard Nixon's practice of withholding funds for programs he opposed. Instead, the act requires any requests to withhold funding to go through Congress.

The Impoundment Control Act is considered obscure because it hasn't been used often in recent years. The Examiner report says it was never used by Presidents Barack Obama or George W. Bush, but was used frequently during the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton

Yes, Trump can ask Congress to rescind funds. But didn't he already do that during the budget process?