Remember Trump’s plan to cut $60 billion in spending? Mitch McConnell just killed it....Dead!

April 18, 2018 by Chris Pandolfo

So much for the Trump plan to circumvent Democrats and cut spending.

Shortly after the Republican majority in Congress betrayed fiscal conservatism and President Donald Trump signed into law a $1.3 trillion increase in spending that funded Democratic priorities and did not fund conservative priorities, some still held out hope for spending cuts. Amid backlash from the conservative base, House Republicans talked up a plan to use an obscure budget law to pass a rescissions package that would cut non-defense spending by as much as $60 billion. The Trump administration signaled the president was on board, and Senate Majority Leader McConnell, R-Ky., said he was open to a “discussion” on it.

While some conservatives got their hopes up, I raised a few points about why conservatives should be skeptical, namely:................

The problem is McConnell. The problem is McConnell doesn’t want to cut spending. The problem is McConnell wants to shield big-government Republicans from taking a tough vote. The problem is McConnell keeps supporting big-government Republicans in primaries over conservative candidates because they’ll vote for him as leader. The problem is McConnell would rather keep his “deal” with the Democrats — the very same Democrats who are historically obstructing the business of the Senate — than keep the fiscally conservative promises in the Republican Party platform.
And the problem is the Republican senators continue to give deference to a majority leader who is not a conservative............To Read More.....