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Elizabeth Warren: “This process is called rescission, and it only requires 50…”

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'Grow A Spine': Elizabeth Warren Calls On GOP Senators To 'Stop Bowing Down To Their Pretend King'

Published July 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 02:52

They are using an obscure piece of federal law to zero out federal federal funding after it was approved by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress. This process is called rescission, and it only requires 50 Republican votes to do Donald Trump's bidding. And if that wasn't bad enough, Trump is already plotting to use a shady loophole to defund even more programs demanding cuts so late in the year that Congress doesn't have time to do anything about it. (02:52–03:00)

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Asserts that the rescission process allows funding cuts with only 50 Republican votes.

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“The Senate voted on the first one of these 12 bills last week, the one that deals with funding veterans programs and military bases.”
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