US EditionTrump budget director faces bipartisan heat in Senate on DOGE cuts
- Senators from both parties questioned Trump Budget Director Russell Vought on June 26 during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing about the administration's $9.4 billion rescission package involving foreign aid and public broadcasting cuts.
- The White House initiated this rescission process in early June, aiming for Congress to approve the clawback by the July 18 deadline or else the funds must be spent, while senators debated risks to programs and the appropriations process.
- Senators such as GOP Chair Susan Collins and Sen. Mike Rounds emphasized the importance of protecting rural public broadcasting stations from the proposed funding reductions, while Sen. Jon Ossoff strongly criticized the plan to reduce the CDC’s budget by roughly 50% and eliminate about a quarter of its workforce.
- Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell criticized some foreign aid programs as "absolute nonsense masquerading as American aid" and called the administration's attempt to address this "unnecessarily chaotic," while Ossoff said, "You're crushing morale, capability, and destroying my constituents' lives."
- The hearing displayed bipartisan skepticism about the rescission package's impact, signaling challenges ahead for the administration to secure enough votes in the Senate before the mandatory resubmission deadline.
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Senators in both parties raised pointed questions about the Trump administration's $9.4 billion DOGE cuts package at a hearing on Wednesday.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty ImagesCongress has until July 18 to pass a $9.4 billion DOGE cuts package.That includes cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting.It's running into resistance from GOP senators.With just over three weeks to go before a critical deadline, the push to codify DOGE cuts is h…
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Sen. Ossoff presses President Trump’s budget director on plans to gut CDC’s budget - Americus Times-Recorder
Today, Sen. Ossoff demanded answers in a U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee hearing from the Trump Administration’s Budget Director, Russell Vought, about the Administration’s plan to gut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) budget by over 50%. Under questioning from Sen. Ossoff, Director Vought refused to acknowledge that the Administration fired or tried to fire nearly a quarter of the CDC workforce. “You guys are making mist…
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