Senator Demands Trillions in Cuts
Ernst demands $2T in federal cuts, urges Trump team to ‘make DC squeal’ amid shutdown fight
Sen Joni Ernst targets COVID-19 funding, federal office spaces and blue state programs during federal government shutdown
By Alex Miller Fox News
FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican has a list of more than a “trillion dollars worth of ideas ripe for a trim” as the federal government shutdown continues.
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought has so far announced his plans to withhold nearly $30 billion in federal funding to blue states and cities, while Senate Democrats continue to block Republicans’ efforts to reopen the government.
And Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has some ideas for even deeper cuts. In a letter to Vought, first obtained by Fox News Digital, Ernst laid out a plan that could result in over $2 trillion in cuts to federal spending.
Her letter comes as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and most Senate Democrats have remained steadfast in their opposition to the GOP’s short-term funding extension.
“Schumer’s Shutdown has provided a golden opportunity to slash waste, fraud and abuse in Washington,” Ernst said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “There is no one more fitting to lead the charge than Russ Vought.”
“I have compiled a comprehensive list of more than $2 trillion of nonessential government expenditures that should be put on the chopping block to put taxpayers first, make Washington squeal and deliver a more efficient government,” she continued.
Ernst, who chairs the Senate DOGE Caucus, which borrowed its moniker from tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), wants to target tens of billions in expired and unexpired COVID-19 pandemic funding, consolidate unused federal office space and prevent taxpayers from “subsidizing” the roughly $400 million per day in backpay owed to furloughed nonessential federal workers.
She also wants to go after nearly $1.6 trillion in unspent funding “stashed away in secret slush funds,” clawback billions in the Biden-era electric vehicle charging station program, railroad projects in blue states, end research into “silly science projects” like shrimp on treadmills, and streamline “duplication and unnecessary overlap within” the Department of War, among many others.
A brazillion here, a brazillion there and pretty soon yer talkin’ some real money. Elon may get his wish after all with a surprise assist from Schumer and the Dems.
Category: Bravo Zulu, DOGE
Laughed at phrase “make DC squeal.”
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Happy Friday…..
One can hope and wish and change, Right Fartbongo?!?!?!
Slash, slash, SLASH that spending like Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers all at once!!!
Except for that thing about shrimp on treadmills…that sounds kinda cool.
So then does exercising shrimp on a treadmill make them any tastier when cooked? Asking for a friend, HEY, anyone wanna go in on getting a research grant?
I was thinking more on the lines of racing shrimp, and online betting.
I’m not sure. Next thing you know, they’re all jacked up on steroids, the male shrimp will decide they’re actually female shrimp, the females will rightfully claim it’s unfair, democrats get involved, it’s just gonna escalate.
D’ya know how annoying it is to snort beer through your nose, D?
I’m afraid I do!
Well, what the hell are they waiting for? If it can legally be done during this tomfuckery then get to it.
$30 B?
Chicken feed!
Go for the $2+T!!
Since we haven’t seen any lawsuits brought forth, or heard any judge say “you stop that, you stop that right now” I’m assuming since the government is shut down, we won’t hear anything from them til government reopens? Maybe congress will grow a spine and cut their budget as well? If not their budget, maybe their staff?
I say start by SLASHING the perks that Members of Congress enjoy, starting with their “Cadillac” healthcare, make them go on 0bamacare!
When does their per diem kick in, while away from DC, or while IN DC since they aren’t at “home”.
Please, Lord, if You love this nation…
Anybody ever hear of this? Seems a bit far fetched.
https://bondsforthewin.com/
Sounds like some of that “sovereign citizen” BS. Lots of videos by those loonies on the internet. If you really want to see some weirdness and have some time to throw away, google “quantum grammar” and see where that leads you.
I loves the internet and it can be very amusing, but when I realize how many of my fellow citizens are batshit crazy or just downright stupid and can still vote I get a little worried.
Oops! They don’t like to be called “sovereign citizen” anymore.
Surety bonds are quite common, especially for construction projects. They act as a guarantee that the contractor will properly complete the construction project. Appeal bonds and bail bonds are also surety bonds. I have never heard of bonds for people in political office. Banks have surety bonds on their tellers, since they are in a position to steal money.
I fully understand the idea of using financial pressure to obtain the overall goal of less spending. IMO leaning on only the blue states is the exact wrong tactic, certain to harden resistance in the next election. The pain has to be spread around or the dems will be justified in the complaint that this is only political retribution and not good fiscal planning.
At least we do not have to deal with the threat of a “Polished Turd” $2T platinum coin.