With all this rescissions packages from the White House, what is to stop a future President Ossoff from doing a rescissions package for ICE?
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
With all this rescissions packages from the White House, what is to stop a future President Ossoff from doing a rescissions package for ICE?
Pocket rescissions…aren’t a thing
Russ Vought: "It is very possible that we might use pocket rescissions as one of our executive tools ... nothing is taken off the table for us to be able to deal with the deficits that we have."
July 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pocket rescissions…aren’t a thing
*Kudlow says "rescissions," not "recessions" here. Apologies for the typo.
March 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
*Kudlow says "rescissions," not "recessions" here. Apologies for the typo.
So, what is a “rescissions” bill?
July 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
So, what is a “rescissions” bill?
THUNE: Fund the government the old fashioned way -- I don't think you need rescissions
VITALI: Have you said to the WH, maybe don't do another rescissions package? Feels like it's poisoned the well
THUNE: It's in everybody's best interest, including the WH, to do a normal appropriations process
VITALI: Have you said to the WH, maybe don't do another rescissions package? Feels like it's poisoned the well
THUNE: It's in everybody's best interest, including the WH, to do a normal appropriations process
October 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
THUNE: Fund the government the old fashioned way -- I don't think you need rescissions
VITALI: Have you said to the WH, maybe don't do another rescissions package? Feels like it's poisoned the well
THUNE: It's in everybody's best interest, including the WH, to do a normal appropriations process
VITALI: Have you said to the WH, maybe don't do another rescissions package? Feels like it's poisoned the well
THUNE: It's in everybody's best interest, including the WH, to do a normal appropriations process
Crockett: "What assurances do we have if we entered into an agreement with these Republicans that they wouldn't go back on their word and just say, 'Oh yeah, we'll sign off on a rescissions package'"
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Crockett: "What assurances do we have if we entered into an agreement with these Republicans that they wouldn't go back on their word and just say, 'Oh yeah, we'll sign off on a rescissions package'"
Around midnight last night, President Trump sent up a “pocket rescissions” request.
Pocket rescissions are illegal. Here’s my thread explaining what pocket rescissions are, how they work, and why they’re illegal.
Pocket rescissions are illegal. Here’s my thread explaining what pocket rescissions are, how they work, and why they’re illegal.
New paper from me explaining "pocket rescissions," an illegal budgetary maneuver the White House is planning to do in the very near future that, ironically, misuses an aspect of the Impoundment Control Act to permanently impound funds.
(Thread on the paper)
www.americanprogress.org/article/what...
(Thread on the paper)
www.americanprogress.org/article/what...
What Is a Pocket Rescission?
Understanding President Donald Trump and Russ Vought’s new plan to illegally stop spending.
www.americanprogress.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Around midnight last night, President Trump sent up a “pocket rescissions” request.
Pocket rescissions are illegal. Here’s my thread explaining what pocket rescissions are, how they work, and why they’re illegal.
Pocket rescissions are illegal. Here’s my thread explaining what pocket rescissions are, how they work, and why they’re illegal.
Democrats are holding a news conference right now to highlight they want to have a bipartisan appropriations process, but Schumer says "Republicans are making it extremely difficult to do that" by "talking about rescissions, pocket rescissions, and impoundment"
July 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Democrats are holding a news conference right now to highlight they want to have a bipartisan appropriations process, but Schumer says "Republicans are making it extremely difficult to do that" by "talking about rescissions, pocket rescissions, and impoundment"
Vought: "We're gonna use all of our executive tools to make those savings permanent. We can use rescissions, the president ran on impoundment ... "
March 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Vought: "We're gonna use all of our executive tools to make those savings permanent. We can use rescissions, the president ran on impoundment ... "
Let’s be clear: this rescissions package isn’t about saving money.
July 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Let’s be clear: this rescissions package isn’t about saving money.
The GOP Senate’s rescissions at 50 votes was already nuking the filibuster
October 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The GOP Senate’s rescissions at 50 votes was already nuking the filibuster
Shouldn’t Senate Dems insist on a floor vote on adding a “Release the Epstein files” provision to any deal on nominees and appropriations/rescissions?
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August 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Shouldn’t Senate Dems insist on a floor vote on adding a “Release the Epstein files” provision to any deal on nominees and appropriations/rescissions?
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Schumer after his meeting with Trump: "We have very large differences on healthcare and on their ability to undo whatever budget we agree to through rescissions and through impoundment."
September 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Schumer after his meeting with Trump: "We have very large differences on healthcare and on their ability to undo whatever budget we agree to through rescissions and through impoundment."
“Pocket rescissions” are really illegal impoundments
Congressional Watchdog Publishes Aptly Timed Reminder That WH Budget-Slashing Scheme is Illegal talkingpointsmemo.com/news/congres...
Congressional Watchdog Publishes Aptly Timed Reminder That WH Budget-Slashing Scheme is Illegal
A congressional watchdog agency, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), published a post...
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August 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“Pocket rescissions” are really illegal impoundments
Another GOPer Calls Out Trump’s ‘Pocket Rescissions’ Gambit For What It Is talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Another GOPer Calls Out Trump’s ‘Pocket Rescissions’ Gambit For What It Is
The other Republican who sometimes counters President Trump — and then still...
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September 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Another GOPer Calls Out Trump’s ‘Pocket Rescissions’ Gambit For What It Is talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Rescissions package passed by a single vote. Devastating but we fight on in the Senate. This cannot become law. Millions will die.
The House is voting on the rescissions package THIS THURSDAY.
Congress is considering devastating cuts to global health funding, including to PEPFAR and @unicef.org
More from @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJW2...
Check the thread on how you can take action today 👇
Congress is considering devastating cuts to global health funding, including to PEPFAR and @unicef.org
More from @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJW2...
Check the thread on how you can take action today 👇
90,000,000 Lives for $20
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June 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Rescissions package passed by a single vote. Devastating but we fight on in the Senate. This cannot become law. Millions will die.
Happening now: We're talking Lisa Cook, domestic military deployments, rescissions, and more!
Today at 4pm ET, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @sranderson.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, James Pearce, Loren Voss, and @qjurecic.bsky.social will discuss the deployment of the National Guard., Fed gov. Lisa Cook's apparent firing, the White House canceling $4.9B in foreign aid, and more.
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August 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Happening now: We're talking Lisa Cook, domestic military deployments, rescissions, and more!
Exactly so. And then there are the outrageous pocket rescissions
New spending requires 60 votes in the Senate. Recision, only 50+1. Republicans can agree to Democrats' spending requests to get a bipartisan agreement on something, then...poof. It's gone. For example, see Lucy-Charlie-football.
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Exactly so. And then there are the outrageous pocket rescissions
ICYMI: A group of admin law scholars sent a letter to the House & Senate Appropriations Committees arguing why "pocket rescissions"—the idea that the president can propose rescissions of budget authority late in a fiscal year and then allow funds to expire while the proposal is pending—are illegal.
September 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
ICYMI: A group of admin law scholars sent a letter to the House & Senate Appropriations Committees arguing why "pocket rescissions"—the idea that the president can propose rescissions of budget authority late in a fiscal year and then allow funds to expire while the proposal is pending—are illegal.
Remind me again, Senator Collins, how you voted on the nomination of Vought as OMB Director before you claim to object to his rescissions. #MePolitics
September 26, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Remind me again, Senator Collins, how you voted on the nomination of Vought as OMB Director before you claim to object to his rescissions. #MePolitics
PBS keeps us informed. Foreign assistance keeps us safe.
So I voted no on the rescissions package that will make drastic cuts to both.
So I voted no on the rescissions package that will make drastic cuts to both.
July 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
PBS keeps us informed. Foreign assistance keeps us safe.
So I voted no on the rescissions package that will make drastic cuts to both.
So I voted no on the rescissions package that will make drastic cuts to both.
Russ Vought just sent a rescissions request to Congress, signaling he intends to illegally impound funds.
The $810 million highlighted in this “request” (but this is a pretext to just illegally impound the funds) is not the exhaustive list of many billions of dollars he’s impounding this year.
The $810 million highlighted in this “request” (but this is a pretext to just illegally impound the funds) is not the exhaustive list of many billions of dollars he’s impounding this year.
September 25, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Russ Vought just sent a rescissions request to Congress, signaling he intends to illegally impound funds.
The $810 million highlighted in this “request” (but this is a pretext to just illegally impound the funds) is not the exhaustive list of many billions of dollars he’s impounding this year.
The $810 million highlighted in this “request” (but this is a pretext to just illegally impound the funds) is not the exhaustive list of many billions of dollars he’s impounding this year.
Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.
"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."
"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."
October 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.
"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."
"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."
Vought Claims OMB Won’t Try to Force Congress to Approve More Rescissions This Year — But Leaves Door Open talkingpointsmemo.com/news/vought-...
Vought Claims OMB Won’t Try to Force Congress to Approve More Rescissions This Year — But Leaves Door Open
House Democrats grilled Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought...
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June 30, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Vought Claims OMB Won’t Try to Force Congress to Approve More Rescissions This Year — But Leaves Door Open talkingpointsmemo.com/news/vought-...
I think he said rescissions, not recessions.
March 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I think he said rescissions, not recessions.