Some Republicans object to Trump’s move to cancel spending, warning of a shutdown

Washington – President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally cancel an additional $ 5 billion in expense approved by the congress is to attract setbacks of certain Republicans, who warn that it is illegal and could increase the probability of a government closure.

The president of the Senate Credit Committee Susan Collins, R-Maine, said that her team “examines” her options to combat the Trump administration’s decision to use an unusual tactic, known as “pocket risk” to cancel funding.

“I was disappointed more than surprise, because it is clearly an end to the end of the congress,” said Collins about Trump’s decision, which she described as a “clear violation of the law”.

“We are examining the options,” she told journalists. “Our chief lawyer within the committee is to browse the law and look at what happened when Jimmy Carter, President Carter, tried this and that we propose some options to examine.”

Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said that the push of the White House budget director Russell Vought. Murkowski is another main member of the credit committee who is responsible for the distribution of federal financing.

“You have a solid number of collectors who are very concerned about the management that the director of the OMB has taken with this pocket termination,” Murkowski told journalists on Tuesday. “It will be a goal this week here while we are trying to understand the next steps.”

In a previous position on social networks, Murkowski said: “These unilateral Omb actions threaten only the right Bipartisan work that was done in a committee and on the ground, and risks throwing the whole process in chaos.”

This concern is shared by other Republicans.

Cancellations “are a problem,” said Senator Mike Rounds, from Southern Dakota.

“Because it gives our democratic colleagues a reason not to work with us and to protest against the bipartite approach that we have adopted on the credits. I therefore care,” he said. “I think it will make much more difficult for us to pass a bill on bipartite credits.”

Senator Kevin Cramer, RN.D., said that he prefers to see the spending decisions taken in a process of bipartite credits in the congress, and not via unilateral actions of the White House.

“Do I worry about the separation problem? Of course, I do it. I think Congress has the right to defend its role in article I,” he said. “But at the same time, we have a powerful presidency. So we have to work through all of this.”

Cramer has not excluded to join a potential trial at the congress to contest the actions of the White House. “I would never say,” he said. “I have already participated in prosecution against congress.”

However, other Republicans support the administration.

“We have 37 billions of dollars of debt, and all the people screaming to the administration for having violated the separation of power is lacking,” said senator John Kennedy, R-La., Who is also a member of the credit committee. “The fact is that we have to reduce expenses.”

When he was asked if he thought that a future Democratic president could also use the power of termination – to cancel the financing of a military base in Louisiana, or for the border wall, for example – Kennedy dismantled: “It does not happen. If this happens, I will face it. But that did not happen.”

The head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., said in a letter to colleagues that Trump “puts a total war against the authority of article I of the Congress and the constitutional balance of powers”.

“The Senate Republicans must decide: defend the legislative branch or allow Trump’s shift to authoritarianism,” he said.

Schumer added that the Democrats of the Chamber and the Senate are on the same wavelength, unlike March when Schumer and a group of senators from his caucus have reached a GOP expenses that ignored their priorities.

“I spoke with the Democrat Manager of the Hakeem Jeffries Chamber, and we are aligned with our common priorities for September,” wrote Schumer, adding that “where they threaten the closure, we hold them responsible.”

Senator Peter Welch, D-VT., Said that Trump’s decision “makes it almost impossible” for Democrats to support a government funding agreement.

“It was done deliberately, not only to reduce expenses, but also to report that Trump wants a closure,” he said. “It is a question of whether the congress has an authority or not.”

The confrontation of expenses could also have political implications by opposing Trump to Collins, who sits in a siege in Liberal Maine and has not yet officially announced if it is re -elected in 2026.

“I never thought it noble to choose a fight with Susan Collins for anything, because I never prepare myself well enough to win,” Cramer joked. “The political capital spent on certain causes, I think, is not worth losing a fight.”