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House Republicans push for spending cancellations as Elon Musk and conservatives demand deeper budget cuts

June 4, 2025

And you thought you had just figured out what “reconciliation” means in Congressional budget terms. Here’s a new vocabulary term: rescissions. You might not be able to spell it. But I can tell you what it does. A “rescissions” bill “rescinds” money which Congress has already allocated, ex post facto. For simplicity, I often describe rescissions legislation as “spending cancellations.” Congress appropriated money. Then, under a recissions bill,...

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