Trump’s DOGE Cuts Face First Test In Congress

The fight to rein in Washington’s out-of-control spending just got serious. This week, President Trump’s White House is expected to send its first DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) rescissions package to Congress and fiscal conservatives want it on the floor immediately.

The House Freedom Caucus issued a blunt directive on Monday it’s time to cut the fat.

“When the White House submits its first rescissions package to enact DOGE spending cuts to Congress, the House of Representatives should immediately move this to the floor for swift passage,” the group said in a statement. “We strongly support these critical rescissions.”

The first wave of cuts? A targeted $9.4 billion in waste and woke subsidies, with more packages expected to follow.

What the first DOGE package targets:

• The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels money to NPR and PBS, two entities that have long leaned into liberal propaganda while feasting on taxpayer dollars.

• Billions in bloated foreign aid, often sent to countries that burn our flag while cashing our checks.

• Leftover pork from past omnibus packages, loaded with pet projects that never served Main Street America.

Fiscal hawks see this moment as a litmus test. After House Republicans barely pushed through the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” a budget bill projected to add trillions to the national debt conservatives are demanding real proof that the GOP is ready to govern like it means it.

“There is no excuse for a Republican House not to advance the first DOGE rescissions package the same week it is presented to Congress,” the Freedom Caucus said. “The Swamp will try to kill these cuts. Republicans must prove they’re not part of it.”

Speaker Mike Johnson echoed that urgency. He confirmed that rescissions are one of two legislative responses to DOGE’s findings, alongside embedding Trump’s budget priorities in the upcoming 2026 appropriations.

Why it matters: The Congressional Budget Office estimates that PBS and NPR combined have received over $1.6 billion in taxpayer funds since 2010, even as public trust in those outlets has plummeted. And according to the State Department, the U.S. spent over $55 billion in foreign aid in 2023 alone much of it going to countries with anti-American regimes or economies bigger than our own.

Even some moderate Republicans have expressed concern about those numbers, with one senior aide telling us, “The American people are tired of paying for enemies abroad and elites at home.”

Timing is crucial. The Trump administration wants this legislation on the president’s desk by Independence Day a fitting moment to begin liberating taxpayers from decades of waste and corruption.

But make no mistake: Democrats will block it if they can. The Senate could try to water it down or stall, banking on media outrage over cuts to “educational television” and global diplomacy. And if that happens, the bill would head back to the House, where it could collapse under pressure unless conservatives hold the line.

With a razor-thin majority in the House, Republicans can’t afford defections. But the Freedom Caucus has made it clear they’re not interested in compromise. Either the cuts pass, or the GOP base gets even more restless heading into the 2026 budget fight.

President Trump campaigned on draining the swamp and with DOGE, he’s putting Washington on notice. This isn’t just budgeting. It’s battle.

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