Vought Pushes for Adoption of Budget Rescissions as Key Senators Remain Unconvinced

White House Office of Management and the Budget Director Ross Vought on June 25 appeared before a skeptical Senate Appropriations Committee to make the administration’s pitch for a $9.4 billion rescissions package.
“This package reflects the Trump administration’s steadfast commitment to cutting wasteful federal spending antithetical to American interests in correcting our fiscal trajectory,” Vought told the panel.
The legislation, which passed the House in a 214–212 vote on June 12, faces a difficult battle in the Senate, where some Republican senators, as well as their opposition Democrat colleagues, remain unconvinced by the package to implement possible cuts identified by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)…. 

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