Senate GOP divided over House demands for spending cuts
Source: The Hill
04/11/25 6:00 AM ET
Senate Republicans are deeply divided over demands by House conservatives to cut at least $1.5 trillion, and possibly more, from the federal budget over the next decade, putting Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) in a tough position.
Thune acknowledged to reporters Thursday that his Senate GOP colleagues are divided over how much to cut from the federal budget to offset the cost of extending President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and other Trump priorities. “We got folks on both sides of that issue. We’ll have to sort it out,” Thune said when asked about GOP senators who are worried that Republican leaders have set too ambitious a goal by pledging to cut $1.5 trillion from the federal budget over the next decade.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), appearing at a Thursday morning press conference with Thune, told reporters that GOP leaders are “committed to finding at least $1.5 trillion in savings for the American people” and promised to “aim much higher” in finding government programs to cut.
That’s going to be a tough promise for Thune to deliver on in the Senate, where a handful of Republican senators have warned they will oppose steep cuts to Medicaid. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said that it won’t be easy to get Senate GOP moderates and fiscal hawks on the same page.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5243579-senate-republicans-divided-budget-cuts/
"Take your medicine", peons. Cut what benefits you should receive in order to give it as tribute to the billionaires.
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