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Tue Feb 25, 2025, 09:52 PM Feb 25

House adopts GOP budget blueprint in tight vote; Trump faces Republican criticism over DOGE

A group of DOGE staffers resigned in a letter addressed to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.

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And in the end, a trio of stubborn GOP detractors — Reps. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Victoria Spartz of Indiana, and Warren Davidson of Ohio — flipped from no to yes.

The budget measure calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a goal of $2 trillion in spending cuts. It includes more than $100 billion in new spending on immigration enforcement and the military. It also requires the House Energy and Commerce Committee to find $880 billion in cuts to federal programs, and Republicans say some of that will come from reducing spending on Medicaid.

Democrats unified in opposition to the GOP budget, slamming it as a tax cut for the wealthy that will hurt working-class families by cutting Medicaid. They have coalesced around that political message intended to drive a wedge between Trump and swing voters, as well as his own voters who rely on federal benefits.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-budget-vote-speaker-johnson-trump-agenda-rcna193626

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House adopts GOP budget blueprint in tight vote; Trump faces Republican criticism over DOGE (Original Post) Passages Feb 25 OP
I'm comforted that Democrats were united against it. Scrivener7 Feb 25 #1
GOP stands for greedy old pigs Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 26 #2
Budget cuts Wifes husband Feb 26 #3

Wifes husband

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3. Budget cuts
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 02:35 AM
Feb 26

I suspect this is worse than it looks, as least as far as the debt is concerned.

The bill directs committees to make the cuts. If they don't, and they won't, then the effect on the debt will be 5 or 6 trillion
I would appreciate someone letting me know if I am wrong. I am sure not a budget expert

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