In an age of unprecedented national debt, $9.4 billion is just a drop in a bucket, coming in at about 27 bucks per American. But still — still! — it might not pass the U.S. Senate, where it’s headed after the House of Representatives’ yes vote on Thursday. That’s because with just a three-vote majority, even reaching 51 votes is difficult when members are on completely different pages.
The proposed cuts would put a legislative stamp on some of the more spectacular cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency, including to USAID, NPR, and PBS. That means these cuts target deeply partisan programs staunchly defended by Democrats.
No one knows how many ‘tweaks’ it would take to win over Collins. But Trump has leverage elsewhere.
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