The White House is slow-walking plans to ask Congress to rescind previously enacted $9.3 billion in funds for the US Agency for International Development and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. But only a small group of Republican lawmakers seem to care.
The ambivalent attitude by Republican lawmakers highlights the party’s deference to Trump, who has largely pursued a go-it-alone strategy on spending cuts. Rather than relying on Congress, he has charged billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency with canceling contracts and grants.
Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said Trump’s legal bid for more ...