Russell Vought, Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), announced that the White House will send the first DOGE rescissions package to Congress next week.
Vought appeared on Larry Kudlow’s show Wednesday, where he was directly asked to confirm the DOGE rescissions package.
The director of OMB confirmed the administration’s plan. “We’ll be sending that out on Monday or Tuesday, whenever the House is back in session. They will get our first rescissions bill,” he said. (RELATED: Did Republicans Just Give DOGE A Big Beautiful Backstab?)
“We want to make sure Congress passes its first rescissions bill, including the DOGE. And we will send more if they pass it,” Kudlow added.
Regarding the content, he explained, “This is, the first one is foreign aid — USAID cuts. Many of the waste and garbage that was funding — not only wasteful but hurting our foreign policy. But also the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and [National Public Radio].”
“We’ll be sending that up and working with Congress. and we’ve had good conversations to make sure that they knew it was coming, and they had some input on changes that could be made to help it pass the House. We’re excited for that to occur next week,” he continued. (RELATED: Hegseth Announces Latest Round Of DOGE Waste Cuts From The Pentagon)
The $9.4 billion rescissions package is expected to arrive to Congress as early as next Tuesday, a White House spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation earlier on Wednesday.
House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested Wednesday that the next priority for House Republicans would be passing legislation to further reduce government spending.
Axios first reported the White House’s plans to transmit the rescissions package to Congress, citing an administration official.
Once the package is formally submitted to Congress, lawmakers will have 45 days to act on the proposal to rescind previously appropriated funding. (RELATED: ‘We Have To Tighten Our Belts’: Byron Donalds Calls For DOGE Cuts To Continue)
During the first Trump administration, Congress passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill in 2018 — reportedly the second-largest package ever at the time.
Shortly afterward, the administration submitted a $15 billion rescission proposal, which was ultimately blocked by the Senate.
