Liberals including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are spearheading calls to vote against the House proposal, which would make cuts to nondefense programs and wouldn’t prevent Trump from shifting around funding to favor his own priorities.
Warren argued the House bill would give President Trump and Elon Musk “a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.”
“We need to push back,” she declared.
Sanders said it would “literally take food out of the mouths of hungry children, take health care away from seniors, and give a huge tax break to the wealthiest people on the planet.”
Merkley said the “House Republican plan is horrific.”
“And we should be, Hell No.”