OPINION:
Senate moderates are having a bad week. They are feeling the squeeze from the public and the White House over a bill that would claw back a thin slice of the pork they have been shoveling into the federal budget. Already, the squishes are howling about a mere 0.13% cut.
Through a budgetary process known as rescissions, previously enacted spending can be deleted with a simple majority vote: 50 in the Senate with the vice president’s help. The deadline is Friday.
Last month, the House narrowly approved a $9.4 billion list of reductions. If adopted, it would withdraw cash from foreign aid programs at the State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development and Institute of Peace. It would also slash the PBS subsidy.
President Trump determined that supporting nongovernmental organizations that flood the United States with illegal aliens isn’t in line with his “America First” agenda. It’s equally senseless