The House of Representative Budget Committee shall vote on the plan on Thursday. The Mayor of Representatives, Mike Johnson, predicted that the plan would easily pass the committee
Republicans of the House of Representatives released this Thursday a budget plan that foresees up to $ 4.5 billion in tax reductions and an increase of 4 billion of the US debt limit.
The budget plan also gives instructions to several commissions of the House to reduce expenses by at least $ 1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros), stating that the goal is to reduce expenses by $ 2 billion over dollars over dollars over dollars along 10 years.
The project represents the first step in a long legislative process that will allow Republicans to approve some of their main priorities with a simple majority of votes.
The House of Representative Budget Committee shall vote on the plan on Thursday. The mayor, Mike Johnson, predicted that the plan would easily pass the committee.
“Then we will work with everyone during the week to make sure they agree,” said Johnson.
Johnson has established an ambitious calendar for the presentation of the resolution and subsequent legislation, but there continue to exist voltages within the Republican Conference on the scope of tax and expenses reduction proposals. Some want more tax reductions than those foreseen in the project, while others want more sharp cuts in the expense.
“There will be many negotiations forward and back,” said Johnson. “There are many parts in motion, but our goal is to fulfill all the campaign promises of the president and the full schedule, so we have time to do so.”
Budgetary resolutions are often considered priority statements. But the 45 -page plan is more than a simple political project, as it gives specific indications to the House commissions to reorganize the flow of federal money.
Republican leaders are thinking of cuts in social services and, in particular, the United States Social Health Program for families and individuals with low income and limited resources) as they seek to obtain significant savings.
The Energy and Commerce Commission, which generates health expenses, is expected to reduce $ 880 billion over the decade, while the Education and Labor Commission is expected to reduce expenses by $ 330 billion. The Agriculture Commission is expected to have dollars’ 230 billion cuts, while the Transport and Infrastructure Commission is expected to face at least 10 billion in cuts by 2034.
Even though some programs were cut, the money would be transferred to other Trump priorities, including an increase of $ 100 billion in the defense expense during the next decade through the armed services commission and an additional $ 90 billion of dollars For the internal security department, which is carried out the massive deportation of Trump immigrants.
While House Republicans advance, Senate Republicans are developing a more restricted effort, centered on increased border security and defense expenses.
The Senate Budget Committee began working on the narrower budget plan. It would allow us to spend $ 175 billion on border security, 150 billion for defense and 20 billion for the coastal guard. The budget would not include an extension of tax cuts, leaving this issue to be dealt with in a second law proposal later this year.
Senator Lindsey Graham, chairman of the commission, said by selling the bill to other legislators that most Americans support the deportation of immigrants in the US illegally, but that immigration and customs were running out of back. He also said that more agents and detention space will be needed to allow the deportation effort.
Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley, said the republican’s effort would eventually endorse the country through massive tax cuts that, according to him, mainly benefit the rich. The Democrat argues that this is a trend that has occurred repeatedly with Republicans in the White House.
