Trump asks Congress to cancel billions in federally approved funding

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00:00President Donald Trump asking Congress to cancel billions in federally approved funding by

00:04taking the cuts suggested by the Department of Government Efficiency and making them permanent.

00:10And that plan would ask Congress to take back more than $9 billion that have already been

00:14approved in previous spending bills. Meanwhile, the budget bill is facing some pushback in the

00:21Senate and surprisingly from Elon Musk, who sharply criticized the plan for its failure

00:26to curb future government spending. President Trump has set a deadline for July 4th to get that

00:34budget passed. Natalie Brand is in Washington with the push to get that bill to his desk.

00:42Nothing's easy in the Senate. With lawmakers back on Capitol Hill, Senate Republicans are facing new

00:48pressure to pass what President Trump has called his one big beautiful bill. I think we can get

00:53there, but it's not going to be a guaranteed passage of the bill the House sent us.

01:01Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley noted there's only so much wiggle room to make adjustments.

01:06This bill only passed the House by one vote and whatever changes we make, it's got to go back

01:13there for approval. President Trump is airing frustration with Republican holdouts on social

01:18media, specifically Kentucky's Rand Paul, who's taking the criticism in stride. I don't make it

01:24personal at all. I like the president, supported the president. Paul said he'd be willing to vote

01:28for the bill if it doesn't raise the debt ceiling. Otherwise, he says he's a no. You can't accumulate

01:34more debt. $2 trillion in debt this year is too much. Others, including Maine's Susan Collins,

01:39Alaska's Lisa Murkowski and Missouri's Josh Hawley, have expressed concerns about cuts to Medicaid and the

01:45potential impact for low-income Americans and rural hospitals. The House passed legislation

01:50includes new work requirements for Medicaid that would apply to childless adults without disabilities.

01:56President Trump spent Monday speaking by phone with some of the concerned senators. The White House

02:02argues that Republicans who don't support the bill are voting to raise taxes on Americans.

02:08Senate Republicans can only afford three no votes if all Democrats oppose the bill.

02:13Nathalie Brand, CBS News, The White House.

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