Why? Why has this never happened before? Well, because this is just an old fashioned double cross. It's a con job. Republicans and Democrats agreed on spending levels, first in a bipartisan appropriations bill passed in March of 2023, and then again in multiple bipartisan continuing resolutions. When a party controls the White House and both houses of Congress, it always has the power to use the rescissions process to pull a fast one, to agree with the minority party on a budget. (01:04–01:18)
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Asserts bipartisan agreement on spending levels in March 2023 and subsequent resolutions.
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