McConnell Stalls Trump’s Election Overhaul Bill as Republicans Fume
Trump and his associates have destroyed the executive branch over the past year, hacking and slashing government spending under what they claim is a “mandate of the people.” The result led to the closure of several key agencies, including the Department of Education, USAID, and Voice of America, while others, like the Environmental Protection Agency, were gutted by huge staff reductions.
Following the Project 2025 plan, the president and his congressional allies also took aim at Medicaid, cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from the public health insurance program.
However, the savings will not be felt by voters. Republicans have chosen to spend that money elsewhere, such as massively increasing the ICE budget and cutting huge taxes for the ultra-rich. This will result in a nearly identical level of discretionary spending for 2026 compared to the previous fiscal year, according to a preliminary analysis of federal budget records by the Penn Wharton Budget Model, as reported by The New York Times.
