Senator Eric Schmitt

Well, we can't do that. There's some stuff in Social Security we can't get to. So there's some of the no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security that may not fit within the Byrd rule. We're going through that process. Either way, we're still going to bring it back in a separate package because the president said he wants that. American people said they wanted that.

Well, we can't do that. There's some stuff in Social Security we can't get to. So there's some of the no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security that may not fit within the Byrd rule. We're going through that process. Either way, we're still going to bring it back in a separate package because the president said he wants that. American people said they wanted that.

So we're going to try getting it done. If we can do it in reconciliation, that's great. Now, and this is the way I describe the bird rule. The House doesn't have to deal with the bird rule. We do. So what the budget did is it instructed the Senate more than instructed the House on what can and can't go into the bill. Remember, you only get one shot at it.

So we're going to try getting it done. If we can do it in reconciliation, that's great. Now, and this is the way I describe the bird rule. The House doesn't have to deal with the bird rule. We do. So what the budget did is it instructed the Senate more than instructed the House on what can and can't go into the bill. Remember, you only get one shot at it.

If you get the bill and you send it up and it's against the bird rule, you've got to scrap the bill, redo the whole thing all over again. So we have to work with the parliamentarian moving forward. The best way to describe it is the House can put it in there.

If you get the bill and you send it up and it's against the bird rule, you've got to scrap the bill, redo the whole thing all over again. So we have to work with the parliamentarian moving forward. The best way to describe it is the House can put it in there.

The House can put whatever they want into a bill, but that's kind of considering the House can walk into a warehouse through the open, you know, a dock door, and once they get in, they have to close it, and then the Senate has to knock the glass out of the top part of it and try to squeeze everything in through the bird rule. So we don't know if it can get in there or not.

The House can put whatever they want into a bill, but that's kind of considering the House can walk into a warehouse through the open, you know, a dock door, and once they get in, they have to close it, and then the Senate has to knock the glass out of the top part of it and try to squeeze everything in through the bird rule. So we don't know if it can get in there or not.

We've got a bill that addresses it, that tries to make it in, but remember, it's an appropriation bill, so some of the stuff with Social Security can't be touched in it.

We've got a bill that addresses it, that tries to make it in, but remember, it's an appropriation bill, so some of the stuff with Social Security can't be touched in it.

Yeah, so there's two ways. Absolutely. Our target is $1.5 trillion. That's our target of cuts, $1.5 trillion. I feel like we can hit that, but it's hard once you really get in there because everybody's got great ideas, but when you actually put the concept down on how it's going to be delivered, it's tough.

Yeah, so there's two ways. Absolutely. Our target is $1.5 trillion. That's our target of cuts, $1.5 trillion. I feel like we can hit that, but it's hard once you really get in there because everybody's got great ideas, but when you actually put the concept down on how it's going to be delivered, it's tough.

Now, through rescission, not through reconciliation, we may be able to get even more cuts through rescission. So basically, rescission and reconciliation runs together, right? In fact, we're doing rescission, we're doing reconciliation, we're doing budget.

Now, through rescission, not through reconciliation, we may be able to get even more cuts through rescission. So basically, rescission and reconciliation runs together, right? In fact, we're doing rescission, we're doing reconciliation, we're doing budget.

Rescission, basically, and Elon and I had a conversation about this yesterday, that anything that isn't appropriated by Congress, meaning that USAID that wasn't reauthorized by Congress and we didn't directly appropriate dollars for those programs they were doing, they can be rescinded. And when they're rescinded, now they can also be taken away and the president chooses not to spend it.

Rescission, basically, and Elon and I had a conversation about this yesterday, that anything that isn't appropriated by Congress, meaning that USAID that wasn't reauthorized by Congress and we didn't directly appropriate dollars for those programs they were doing, they can be rescinded. And when they're rescinded, now they can also be taken away and the president chooses not to spend it.

But when you rescind it and he sends it to Congress as a rescission package, if Congress votes on it to rescind it, then the next president can't come up and just restart the program. So rescission makes this stuff permanent. So we're working really close with Doge and Elon to get this done.

But when you rescind it and he sends it to Congress as a rescission package, if Congress votes on it to rescind it, then the next president can't come up and just restart the program. So rescission makes this stuff permanent. So we're working really close with Doge and Elon to get this done.

Then reconciliation, we can go back in farther and make cuts to the agencies themselves, which is where we're going to be targeting $1.5 trillion. And really, I'm telling you, that's our target. We may be able to do more than that. I don't want to give people false hope. But when we really start putting the pen and paper together, that's our target, $1.5 trillion.

Then reconciliation, we can go back in farther and make cuts to the agencies themselves, which is where we're going to be targeting $1.5 trillion. And really, I'm telling you, that's our target. We may be able to do more than that. I don't want to give people false hope. But when we really start putting the pen and paper together, that's our target, $1.5 trillion.