The House of Representatives passed a budget resolution, which gives President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill its first win.
However, it once again shows Republicans are not as committed to cutting spending as they claim.
Cutting taxes is great, but it has to be accompanied by spending cuts that even it out or go below. You cannot keep spending at the same limit if you’re not bringing in the same amount.
I do not believe anything these people say. From Fox News:
“I’m happy to tell you that this morning, I believe we have the votes to finally adopt the budget resolution so we can move forward on President Trump’s very important agenda for the American people,” [Speaker of the House Mike] Johnson said. “Our first big, beautiful reconciliation package here, involves a number of commitments. And one of those is that we are committed to finding at least $1.5 trillion in savings for the American people, while also preserving our essential programs.”[Senate Majority Leader John] Thune added, “We are aligned with the House in terms of what their budget resolution outlined in terms of savings. The speaker has talked about $1.5 trillion. We have a lot of United States senators who believe in that as a minimum.”
Reps. Victoria Spartz of Indiana and Thomas Massie of Kentucky did not vote for the bill.
Other holdouts eventually came on board. From Politico:
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.), who was among the House Republicans seeking assurances of spending cuts in a final package, told reporters before the vote that Trump and [Senate Majority Leader John] Thune “have been very open that they’re going to make sure that we get at least $1.5 trillion in cuts.”“We’re getting serious about the budget and the deficit for the first time in the last couple decades,” McCormick added. “That’s a good step in the right direction.”[Speaker of the House Mike] Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise met privately with fiscal hawks past 10 p.m. Wednesday, after the GOP leaders canceled a vote on the fiscal framework earlier in the evening. Before that, House hard-liners met privately with Thune about ensuring deeper spending cuts.“I think at some point these guys just have to take yes for an answer,” said Thune.
Oh, Thune. That will come back and bite you bigly if you guys don’t cut at least $1.5 trillion.
I am also ticked they only want to cut $1.5 trillion. Our debt is $36 trillion.
Yeah, $1.5 trillion won’t make much of a dent.
Don’t give me, “It’s a step in the right direction!” I am tired of baby steps. Slash it.
Also, don’t tell me they’ll find other revenue-generating ways.
The government shouldn’t be spending this much. It needs to stop.
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