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The White House has sent its long-awaited spending cuts request to Congress as it seeks to formalize a slew of DOGE slashes to federal funding.
The request marked the White House's first attempt to cement the spending cuts pursued by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The so-called rescissions package seeks to claw back $9.4 billion lawmakers had authorized the executive branch to spend, and it would require only GOP votes to pass.
Republicans had faced backlash last month after tech mogul Elon Musk publicly backed complaints that Congress hadn’t codified any of his DOGE work, despite promising to do so.
The foreign aid and public broadcasting cuts could be the first of several "rescission" requests sent to Congress in the coming months.
The budget chief insisted — in ... in response to Musk’s criticism by saying DOGE cuts would be incorporated by Congress once the White House sends rescissions bills through the regular ...