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Exclusive: A group of Doge-Mined lawmakers is rolling out a series of budget proposals to add to the Senate edition One big beautiful bill act I passed by the house small.
Efforts led by the Senate Doge Caucus Chairman Joni Ernstwhich includes several major proposals fake by Republicans from both rooms, attempting to offset trillions of existing government spending.
There is a $9.4 billion recovery package, but official demand from Executive Division To codify Doge Cuts, supporters of the Senate Doge package say their total savings highlight it and outweigh its value.
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“We have a ‘big and beautiful’ opportunity to reduce reckless spending and save billions of dollars,” Ernst told Fox News Digital on Thursday..
“Refunding politicians’ welfare, stopping fake payments, and ending billionaires’ unemployment is just the beginning of my common sense solution to continue eradicating waste, fraud and abuse.
Sen. Joni Ernst will speak with reporters after a weekly Senate Republican Policy luncheon at the Capitol in Washington on February 14, 2023. (Getty Images)
The Senate Addendum of the Big Beautifulville Act under negotiation includes Ernst’s plan, known as the Election Act. As “welfare for politicians.”
While $320 million from the fund was converted to Secret Service last year, the current $17 million sitting in your account is expected to rise to the $400 million that you normally sat by the end of the year.
We’re partnering in the first part Doge Package It also strips up language that strips a former president of certain perks, such as additional taxpayer-funded office space and non-security-related staff.
More than a dozen Senate Republicans have also signed that part of the package.
“The federal government must be responsible for all taxes spent,” said Utah co-sponsor Mike Lee.
House Doge Caucus R-Fla Chairman Aaron Bean also contributed to the package. The Senate version of his Expenditure Act will be included in Senate negotiations.
That portion should involve government spending with specific records provided to the Treasury after Doge discovers that $160 billion taxpayer funds have been distributed without an identification code or in a fraudulent way.
“The American people deserve an efficient, accountable and financially responsible government. That’s why the house has successfully reformed the Doge through a settlement that protects the future of America’s financial,” Bean told Fox News Digital.
“I encourage the Senate to build on the work we did at home to deliver lasting financial responsibility to the people of America.”
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Other parts of the Senate Doge package include ending what supporters call “billionaire unemployment rates.”
Between 2021 and 2023, more than $271 million had been paid to the block. The supporters said.
R-Pa, former chairman of the Conservative Freedom Caucus. Rep. Scott Perry leads the Protective Taxpayer Wallet Act in his lower room. The language of the bill ending taxpayer-funded union time when government workers negotiate contracts between clocks is included in the Senate doge package.
Another part enforces the sale of six unused or underutilized federal constructions in Washington, DC.
The final part is “snaps inaccurate snap payments,” Ernst said.
This effort works to identify errors, force collection of overpayments to snap recipients, and to retain high levels of self-payment inaccuracy that will be liable for their negligence.
In 2023, around $11 billion in SNAP funds were overpaid, but the package author noted that individual errors under $54 were not included in the tally.
Democrats were critical of Doge’s efforts and individual rescue packages. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) told Fox News on Thursday that the successful version has not been successful since the first Bush administration.
“This initial withdrawal should be defeated as the role of Congress in setting up spending will be abolished,” he said.
Tyler Olson of Fox News contributed to this report.
