Republicans Uneasy about Locking in DOGE Cuts

I went at this before here….

The DOGE cuts probably will NOT survive in their orginal form…

They ARE under STRONG Legal Challenges…

They would be LOSER”S for a LOT of Blue and Even Red State Republicans…

And?

This IS the reason Trump wants a singular Bill…

To rope the doubters in….

 

Multiple Republican lawmakers are voicing concerns about backing a high-profile measure later this week to codify Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts – raising questions about whether it can pass the House at all….

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Johnson said on Monday that he’s “working on” getting enough votes for the Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts package he hopes to bring to the floor this week.

“The only concern I heard initially was some wanted a little more specificity and detail on what was in the package,” Johnson continued.

Asked how he would persuade members that wanted more specificity in the package, Johnson replied, “I’m gathering up all their questions and we’ll try to get them all answered. I mean, that’s what we do in every piece of legislation.”

If it can survive the House, it will face major obstacles in the Senate. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine told CNN on Monday that she has major misgivings about the global health cuts, including PEPFAR.

“I think we can change it. We’re still figuring out what the set rules are,” Collins said.

The White House sent its long-awaited spending cuts request to Congress as it seeks to formalize a slew of DOGE slashes to federal funding.

The $9.4 billion package – known as “rescissions” on Capitol Hill – would claw back previously appropriated government funding. The move to cancel the funding through Congress would insulate the administration from legal challenges related to its cuts to federal funding.

Johnson said on Monday, “We’d like to do multiple rescissions packages, and this first one I’m sure will be successful.”

This initial request, however, is far more limited in scope than the more than $1 trillion in spending cuts that DOGE has promised. The lengthy time it took the White House to send over a first round of cuts underscores the uphill battle for even a Republican-led Congress to codify DOGE’s work….

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