The proposal would also cut programs promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a billion dollars in contributions to what the administration called “wasteful, corrupt, and anti-American international organizations,” noting the millions of dollars sent to the World Health Organization.

“Now, Congress must act,” the OMB said in a statement. “They have 45 days to codify these massive cuts to woke, wasteful, and weaponized spending via a simple majority vote.”

OMB Director Russ Vought told reporters that the agency plans to send more DOGE cuts to Capitol Hill. When asked why the OMB didn’t send everything at once, Vought said he wants to ensure “they take the first tranche and see if it passes.”

“The wider you do in terms of a package, the harder it is to pass, and if it doesn’t pass, this is the real world, and we will lose flexibility that we have to use executive tools to find other ways to make the DOGE cuts permanent,” Vought said Tuesday.

“The president is on board with that, as we see evidence of Congress passing them,” Vought added of the additional DOGE cuts. “This is a first step.”

Congress created the rescissions process to streamline and limit the impoundment power held by the president. The changes were kick-started under former President Richard Nixon, who began holding back significantly more funds appropriated by the House and Senate than his presidential predecessors.

“Most people don’t know about the process,” Vought said. “We call it pocket rescissions, but again, it’s one of the reasons why we are not putting all of our expectations in a typical rescissions process.”

“And just to give you a sense, the president was the first person to dust off rescissions in his first term. We hadn’t done it in 20 years,” he added.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) confirmed receipt of the legislation on Tuesday and said Republicans will “act quickly” to pass it.

“This rescissions package reflects many of DOGE’s findings and is one of the many legislative tools Republicans are using to restore fiscal sanity,” Johnson said Tuesday. “Congress will continue working closely with the White House to codify these recommendations, and the House will bring the package to the floor as quickly as possible.”

A source familiar told the Washington Examiner the House aims to hold a vote on the rescissions package next week, while the conservative House Freedom Caucus put out a statement on Monday arguing there is “no excuse” why Republicans cannot “advance the first DOGE rescissions package the same week it is presented to Congress.”

Members of the hard-line caucus are vocalizing their support of the rescissions legislation.

“This was the necessary trigger to have 51 vote threshold in the Senate,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said in a post to X. “I support these rescissions – and more. The @HouseGOP and @SenateGOP should pass these expeditiously. We’ll see if they pass this test.”

“Easy YES vote,” Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) agreed.

Johnson can only afford to lose three votes to pass legislation along party lines. Eyes will be on centrist GOP lawmakers, as many have taken issue with some of the proposed funding cuts to USAID and PBS as proposed by DOGE.

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Johnson is all but assured to receive zero help from Democrats, who are already messaging the rescissions legislation as a hypocritical approach to government efficiency.

“Let’s be clear: President Trump’s cuts would hurt America and hand China a strategic gift by weakening our standing on the global stage,” Budget Committee ranking member Brendan Boyle (D-PA) said in a statement. “The hypocrisy is staggering — Republicans say they want to cut spending, but they’re pushing tax breaks for billionaires that would explode the deficit. I’m all for government efficiency — but this isn’t that. It won’t help families. It won’t reduce the debt. And Republicans know it.”