{"id":2463178,"date":"2025-07-17T19:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-doge-cuts-displayed-political-will-to-cut-spending-schmitt\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T19:28:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:28:57","slug":"trumps-doge-cuts-displayed-political-will-to-cut-spending-schmitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-doge-cuts-displayed-political-will-to-cut-spending-schmitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s DOGE cuts displayed &#8216;political will&#8217; to cut spending: Schmitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-doge-cuts-displayed-political-will-to-cut-spending-schmitt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2463178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Eric Schmitt, a key figure in implementing President Donald Trump&#8217;s initiative to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-stagflation-on-the-horizon\/\" title=\"Is Stagflation on the Horizon?\">reduce federal spending<\/a> through the use of a rescission request, emphasizes that recent cuts to foreign aid and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >public broadcasting funds represent<\/a> more than just reclaiming $9 billion. He describes the effort as a demonstration of the Republican Party&#8217;s political will to tackle wasteful spending-something that has not happened in decades. The GOP-lead Senate approved the rescission, targeting funds for programs like NPR, PBS, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rockefeller-foundation-bankrolls-covid-19-commission-led-by-beijing-sympathizer\/\" title=\"Rockefeller Foundation Bankrolls COVID-19 Commission Led by Beijing Sympathizer\">global health initiatives<\/a>, with some moderate Republican opposition. While the savings amount to only a small fraction of the overall federal budget, the move has stirred political debate, especially among Democrats who may resist future budget cooperation. Schmitt acknowledges challenges faced during negotiations, including preserving funds for rural Native American tribes and AIDS programs. Despite difficulties, Republicans see this as a potential model for further spending cuts, underscoring their commitment to fiscal restraint in Trump&#8217;s second term.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s DOGE cuts displayed &lsquo;political will&rsquo; to cut spending: Sen. Eric Schmitt<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2176362\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong>&nbsp;The conservative tapped by the White House to help see to fruition President Donald Trump&rsquo;s quest to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3473443\/trump-doge-cuts-passes-senate-rescission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slash foreign aid and public broadcasting funds<\/a>&nbsp;views the moment as something greater than clawing back $9 billion Congress previously approved.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) considers the weeks of vote-wrangling, centrist complaints, and last-minute deal-cutting as the GOP&rsquo;s test of &ldquo;political will&rdquo; for spending cuts in Trump&rsquo;s second term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3475106\/trump-not-recommend-epstein-files-special-prosecutor\/\">Trump won&#8217;t shut down Epstein files outrage with special prosecutor recommendation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3475079\/sean-duffy-permitting-reform-infrastructure-fixes-clear-red-tape\/\">Sean Duffy pushes permitting reform to &#8216;clear the deck&#8217; of red tape<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3474821\/nyc-mayor-race-sliwa-cuomo-slapping-fannies-killing-grannies\/\">NYC Republican mayoral candidate says Cuomo &#8216;slapping fannies and killing grannies&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Republicans did, after all, use a mechanism not invoked by lawmakers since 1992 that&rsquo;s known as a White House rescission request.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to see more. I think there&rsquo;s a desire in the [Republican Conference] to actually do something about wasteful spending,&rdquo; Schmitt told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;in an interview from his Senate office. &ldquo;I think that&rsquo;s what was so important, was to demonstrate the political will to do it. Because people talk about it all the time, and this doesn&rsquo;t happen. It hasn&rsquo;t happened in decades.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But the road ahead for greater spending reductions is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3473786\/deficit-hawks-uphill-climb-latest-doge-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filled with obstacles<\/a>&nbsp;that have, in some ways, been complicated by the rescission.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The GOP-led Senate early Thursday passed the rescission request that centers on money for global health programs and public broadcasting like NPR and PBS that Republicans saw as inappropriate uses for U.S. taxpayer money, save for two defectors: centrist Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). It marked the latest in a series of GOP policy wins on filibuster-skirting legislation that have Democrats vowing retaliation for what they see as precedent-setting moves by Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The measure now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sen-moody-backs-pete-hegseths-secdef-confirmation\/\" title=\"GOP Sen. Moody Backs Pete Hegseth&#039;s SecDef Confirmation\">awaits final approval<\/a> from the House and comes on the heels of Republicans passing into law Trump&rsquo;s signature domestic policy bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.<\/p>\n<p>The $9 billion rescission is but 0.10% of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/publication\/61172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$7 trillion<\/a>&nbsp;budget. Still, the move to take money already appropriated in a federal budget passed with bipartisan support has Democrats weighing whether to give Republicans the required votes in September to pass next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-kamala-ran-bidens-disastrous-efforts-to-increase-migration\/\" title=\"Yes, Kamala Ran Biden\u2019s Disastrous Efforts To Increase Migration\">fiscal year&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s budget.<\/p>\n<p>The government funding threats &ldquo;ring pretty hollow&rdquo; from Democrats, Schmitt said, who sees a lingering &ldquo;broad appetite&rdquo; for the White House to send larger rescission requests now that Republicans have found success with the process.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If 10 Democrats don&rsquo;t want to work with us on cutting out all this NPR funding when they&rsquo;re actively, overtly partisan, then we have a responsibility to act on our own,&rdquo; Schmitt said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what we did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He conceded to facing challenges that could have spelled failure for this and future rescissions, such as heartburn from members over initially stripping broadcast funds for rural Native American tribes and $400 million to combat AIDS through the Bush-era program PEPFAR. Both were ultimately preserved in the final version to appease concerns.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3473443\/trump-doge-cuts-passes-senate-rescission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SENATE PASSES TRUMP&rsquo;S DOGE CUTS AFTER MARATHON VOTING SESSION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Republicans, including Schmitt, say it remains an open-ended question whether they may try to replicate the process after funding the government with Democrats for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Obviously, this last experience was a struggle. We haven&rsquo;t done it since I&rsquo;ve been here,&rdquo; Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told reporters. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll see what the future holds. But I think right now, the goal is to is to get into the appropriations process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2176362\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2176362\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schmitt: Trump&#8217;s DOGE cuts show true political will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2463180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sen.Eric-Schmitt.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[23466,59366,38509,3634],"class_list":["post-2463178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-doge","tag-political-will","tag-spending-cuts","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sen.Eric-Schmitt.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463178"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2463182,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463178\/revisions\/2463182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2463180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}