Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donald warned Republicans on Friday that future budget packages would not pass unless they included $1.5 trillion in savings.
The House on Thursday passed the resolution primarily along the party line, securing at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts to advance the budget blueprint to enact a key portion of President Donald Trump's agenda after a verbal commitment from Sen. Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Tune. In “Morning with Maria,” Donald said the Republican “Budget Hawks” are attracting hardlines and would not support future budget bills unless cuts are included. (Related: “It's taking too long”: Homan, DHS urges Congress to move forward with “one big beautiful bill”)
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“We were able to tell the truth here. If $1.5 trillion is not a cut line coming out of the house, the bill won't pass. Our meeting budget positions have been consistently and seriously consider it to be past spending and reforms for the past few months,” Donalds said. “We need to cut mandatory spending. That's not an option for the future health of the US. So, for the House and Senate, let's be clear right now. Without cutting 1.5 trillion, this budget won't pass from Congress.”
Supported by Trump for the 2026 race of Florida Governor, Donald outlined how Congress believes he can achieve cuts.
“One thing is, you can't touch on budget settlements. So you can't get off the table and go there. Medicaid has at least $600 billion adjustments of waste, fraud and abuse. “There's something like an IRA [Inflation Reduction Act] Tax credits, the Biden administration, the slash fund tax credits for these Green New Deals, you can cut out a lot of things from it. If you cut everything, depending on the scoring, it's about $700 billion. [Congressional Budget Office]. ”
“If you don't cut your spending in a serious way, the settlement package won't go through the house,” he added.
Johnson and Tune's Thursday commitment to secure cuts seemed sufficient to convince Republican holdouts to support the budget blueprint.
But Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkovsky said Thursday that he was “not confident” that Senate Republicans would ultimately offer a $1.5 trillion cut.
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