Vince Colonese
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That's 51 votes in the Senate. Baby, get it done. And then after that, I don't want to see new legislative priorities out of Congress. I don't want to see new big spending priorities or here's this great new thing the federal government's going to do for me. I don't believe it. I don't like it. And I don't want it. I don't want any of that.
That's 51 votes in the Senate. Baby, get it done. And then after that, I don't want to see new legislative priorities out of Congress. I don't want to see new big spending priorities or here's this great new thing the federal government's going to do for me. I don't believe it. I don't like it. And I don't want it. I don't want any of that.
Beyond this big, beautiful bill, the president's legislative agenda here, which they should pass. I mean, I know the Senate wants to do some tinkering with it. Go ahead. Tinker. But this thing has to pass both the House and the Senate. By hook or by crook, you got to get this thing through. What comes next has to be those spending cuts.
Beyond this big, beautiful bill, the president's legislative agenda here, which they should pass. I mean, I know the Senate wants to do some tinkering with it. Go ahead. Tinker. But this thing has to pass both the House and the Senate. By hook or by crook, you got to get this thing through. What comes next has to be those spending cuts.
Beyond this big, beautiful bill, the president's legislative agenda here, which they should pass. I mean, I know the Senate wants to do some tinkering with it. Go ahead. Tinker. But this thing has to pass both the House and the Senate. By hook or by crook, you got to get this thing through. What comes next has to be those spending cuts.
Every appropriations bill going forward needs to have the following in mind. We can't spend money like drunken sailors. We can't be spending money like it's a COVID emergency anymore. We have to cut all of that. You can appropriate spending, appropriate it for the basics and nothing else. Cut, cut, cut. And these rescissions packages, Congress, you've got a test in front of you right now.
Every appropriations bill going forward needs to have the following in mind. We can't spend money like drunken sailors. We can't be spending money like it's a COVID emergency anymore. We have to cut all of that. You can appropriate spending, appropriate it for the basics and nothing else. Cut, cut, cut. And these rescissions packages, Congress, you've got a test in front of you right now.
Every appropriations bill going forward needs to have the following in mind. We can't spend money like drunken sailors. We can't be spending money like it's a COVID emergency anymore. We have to cut all of that. You can appropriate spending, appropriate it for the basics and nothing else. Cut, cut, cut. And these rescissions packages, Congress, you've got a test in front of you right now.
President Trump sends over $9 billion yesterday to cut. Steve Scalise says, yeah, yeah, we're going to do it next week. All right, fine. But cut it, baby. Cut it. Every single Republican should be voting for this. Every single one. I've lost faith that any Democrat will support it, but I'm telling you, every Republican needs to do it, and they can.
President Trump sends over $9 billion yesterday to cut. Steve Scalise says, yeah, yeah, we're going to do it next week. All right, fine. But cut it, baby. Cut it. Every single Republican should be voting for this. Every single one. I've lost faith that any Democrat will support it, but I'm telling you, every Republican needs to do it, and they can.
President Trump sends over $9 billion yesterday to cut. Steve Scalise says, yeah, yeah, we're going to do it next week. All right, fine. But cut it, baby. Cut it. Every single Republican should be voting for this. Every single one. I've lost faith that any Democrat will support it, but I'm telling you, every Republican needs to do it, and they can.
We just need simple majorities in the Senate to do it. Beyond that, pocket rescissions, the spending cuts of pocket rescissions. I gave you a bit of a basic rundown of how these work yesterday, but I'll reemphasize here. that this 45-day window that the president has, the second he sends over these rescission requests, he sent it over yesterday. It started at 45-day clock.
We just need simple majorities in the Senate to do it. Beyond that, pocket rescissions, the spending cuts of pocket rescissions. I gave you a bit of a basic rundown of how these work yesterday, but I'll reemphasize here. that this 45-day window that the president has, the second he sends over these rescission requests, he sent it over yesterday. It started at 45-day clock.
We just need simple majorities in the Senate to do it. Beyond that, pocket rescissions, the spending cuts of pocket rescissions. I gave you a bit of a basic rundown of how these work yesterday, but I'll reemphasize here. that this 45-day window that the president has, the second he sends over these rescission requests, he sent it over yesterday. It started at 45-day clock.
But you know what that means? USAID, the U.S. Institute for Peace, and NPR and PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, that money is now frozen for 45 days. They don't get to spend it. The president's decision to send a rescission stops that funding from going out the door for 45 days. Congress can cut it right now, and they should.
But you know what that means? USAID, the U.S. Institute for Peace, and NPR and PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, that money is now frozen for 45 days. They don't get to spend it. The president's decision to send a rescission stops that funding from going out the door for 45 days. Congress can cut it right now, and they should.
But you know what that means? USAID, the U.S. Institute for Peace, and NPR and PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, that money is now frozen for 45 days. They don't get to spend it. The president's decision to send a rescission stops that funding from going out the door for 45 days. Congress can cut it right now, and they should.
But the way this works is the president can keep doing this to stop spending all the way through the end of the fiscal year. The end of the fiscal year is September 30th. Washington works in insane ways. September 30th is the end of the fiscal year.
But the way this works is the president can keep doing this to stop spending all the way through the end of the fiscal year. The end of the fiscal year is September 30th. Washington works in insane ways. September 30th is the end of the fiscal year.
But the way this works is the president can keep doing this to stop spending all the way through the end of the fiscal year. The end of the fiscal year is September 30th. Washington works in insane ways. September 30th is the end of the fiscal year.