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Federal workers brace for more firings after judge lifts block on Trump administration job cuts – US politics live
Trump administration expected to continue its mass downsizing of the federal workforce amid warnings of unlawful terminations and a ‘monumental’ billMass firings could cause ‘monumental’ bill, say expertsThe Senate’s Republican majority has passed a budget plan that will pay for Donald Trump’s mass deportations and other hardline immigration policies, the Associated Press reports.The resolution, approved after a longer series of amendment votes that stretched all night on Thursday and into Friday morning, is the first step in Congress approving funding for one of Trump’s campaign planks. It comes in tandem with a plan moving through the House of Representatives, which the GOP also controls, to extend tax cuts enacted under Trump’s first term and make dramatic cuts to the federal social safety net.The hours-long “vote-a-rama” rambled along in a dreaded but crucial part of the budget process, as senators considered one amendment after another, largely from Democrats trying to halt it. But Republicans used their majority power to muscle the package to approval on a largely party-line vote, 52-48, with all Democrats and one GOP senator opposing it.“What we’re doing today is jumpstarting a process that will allow the Republican Party to meet President Trump’s immigration agenda,” Senate Budget Committee chair Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said while opening the debate.Balderson, whose district includes the central and southeastern Ohio counties like Licking, Fairfield and parts of Delaware County, expressed some pushback to the idea of sole decision-making power lying with Trump and billionaire advisor Elon Musk.“Congress has to decide whether or not the Department of Education goes away,” Balderson asserted. “Not the president, not Elon Musk. Congress decides.” Continue reading...
Trump administration expected to continue its mass downsizing of the federal workforce amid warnings of unlawful terminations and a ‘monumental’ bill
The Senate’s Republican majority has passed a budget plan that will pay for Donald Trump’s mass deportations and other hardline immigration policies, the Associated Press reports.
The resolution, approved after a longer series of amendment votes that stretched all night on Thursday and into Friday morning, is the first step in Congress approving funding for one of Trump’s campaign planks. It comes in tandem with a plan moving through the House of Representatives, which the GOP also controls, to extend tax cuts enacted under Trump’s first term and make dramatic cuts to the federal social safety net.
The hours-long “vote-a-rama” rambled along in a dreaded but crucial part of the budget process, as senators considered one amendment after another, largely from Democrats trying to halt it. But Republicans used their majority power to muscle the package to approval on a largely party-line vote, 52-48, with all Democrats and one GOP senator opposing it.
“What we’re doing today is jumpstarting a process that will allow the Republican Party to meet President Trump’s immigration agenda,” Senate Budget Committee chair Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said while opening the debate.
Balderson, whose district includes the central and southeastern Ohio counties like Licking, Fairfield and parts of Delaware County, expressed some pushback to the idea of sole decision-making power lying with Trump and billionaire advisor Elon Musk.
“Congress has to decide whether or not the Department of Education goes away,” Balderson asserted. “Not the president, not Elon Musk. Congress decides.” Continue reading...
