Trump threatens to pull support from Republicans who oppose rescissions bill
President Donald Trump said Friday that he would not support GOP lawmakers who oppose the rescissions package, which will defund public media
by Summer Lane | July 11, 2025
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to pull the plug on support for Republican lawmakers who dare to vote against his rescissions bill, highlighting his desire to defund federal support for public broadcasting.
“It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put together,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The rescissions package comes on the heels of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which was signed into law last Friday.
Rescission packages aim to claw back allocated funding.
When he was running for reelection, Trump previously said he would use the power of “impoundment” to slash unnecessary spending – an executive power that once allowed the president to capture unnecessarily high spending in congressional legislation and reallocate it.
“If Congress provided more funding than was needed to run the government, the president could refuse to waste the extra funds and instead return the money to the general Treasury,” he explained during his campaign.
Trump vowed while running that he would do “everything” he could to challenge the “Impoundment Control Act of 1974,” which capped presidential authority on clawing back exorbitant spending in Congress. He called the act “unconstitutional” and vowed to curb chaotic money habits in Washington.
While the impoundment act still stands, Trump remains committed to ensuring his rescissions request is greenlit by leveraging the force of his political endorsement.
According to Politico, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the package next week, and any amendments made there would need to be approved by the House prior to a July 18 deadline.
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