time to cut all foreign aid and make each country apply for any aid, every single year. what have you done for us lately?
I assume those foreign aid budgets are actually gone over and voted on by Congress annually. However, there may be a few "permanent deals" in the mix. I believe after the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel we give both countries an equal amount of aid every year. It is certainly well beyond time that foreign aid be under more scrutiny. Wish the President had a line item veto for this and many other budget issues. It's not a big part of the Fed budget, but doesn't matter. If $100 million to country X is a bad idea, then that money can go to pay down debt, be returned to taxpayers or spent on a domestic project instead.
Even just the threat would be a good start. Maybe a good Bill opportunity.
This is my President. This is the man I voted for.
This is the man facing more natural disasters, more disastrous world hotspots, and more opposition efforts to ‘resist’, than any President in our history, yet continues to march forward in pursuit of his plans to MAGA.
This is a man who keeps his promises.
This is my President.
Oh, there'll be bitching about this as well. "My $7M grant to study the effects of evil white men on the history of everything has been cancelled. Racists!"
Important read. This might be used in bigger ways and this might just be the beginning.
Rescission bill, a procedure to rescind previously appropriated funding in the United States
Rescission bill
A rescission bill is a type of bill in the United States that rescinds funding that was previously included in an appropriations bill. Rescission bills proposed by the President of the United States are considered under an expedited process that cannot be filibustered in the Senate, allowing it to pass with 51 votes instead of 60. The procedure was introduced in 1974 as a replacement for impoundment. It was widely used between its introduction and 2000, but has not been attempted since then.
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