Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is targeting COVID-19 funding and federal programs for elimination in a detailed letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought.
A Senate Republican has a list of more than a « trillion dollars worth of ideas ripe for a trim » as the federal government shutdown continues.
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought has so far announced his plans to withhold nearly $30 billion in federal funding to blue states and cities, while Senate Democrats continue to block Republicans’ efforts to reopen the government.
And Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has some ideas for even deeper cuts. In a letter to Vought, first obtained by Fox News Digital, Ernst laid out a plan that could result in over $2 trillion in cuts to federal spending.
Her letter comes as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and most Senate Democrats have remained steadfast in their opposition to the GOP’s short-term funding extension.
« Schumer’s Shutdown has provided a golden opportunity to slash waste, fraud and abuse in Washington », Ernst said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
