{"id":1053106,"date":"2025-06-04T18:38:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T22:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1053106"},"modified":"2025-06-04T18:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T22:38:37","slug":"project-2025-chief-architect-doubles-down-on-trumps-billionaire-first-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/project-2025-chief-architect-doubles-down-on-trumps-billionaire-first-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 2025 \u201cChief Architect\u201d Doubles Down on Trump\u2019s Billionaire-First Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to Russ Vought\u2019s disastrous budget hearing today, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cProject 2025 \u2018chief architect\u2019 Russ Vought headed to Capitol Hill to defend Donald Trump\u2019s billionaire-first budget that guts health care, food, and housing for hardworking families. Today, Vought reminded the American people that Project 2025 remains the centerpiece of Trump\u2019s dangerous agenda, and that Trump\u2019s budget is all about funding tax breaks to benefit the ultra-wealthy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TODAY: Project 2025\u2019s <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/russell-vought-a-project-2025-architect-likely-in-line-for-high-ranking-post-if-trump-wins-2nd-term\"><strong>\u201cchief architect\u201d<\/strong><\/a><strong> Russ Vought doubled down on Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbillionaire-first\u201d budget, dodged accountability on cuts to Medicare, and refused to address plans to abolish the Department of Education.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1930340623019548908\">Rep. Mark Pocan<\/a>: \u201c[Y]ou said the president supports the big bill passed out of the House. Correct? I think you also said the president doesn\u2019t support cutting Medicare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russ Vought: \u201cCorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Pocan: <strong>\u201cOk, in the bill, there\u2019s a half-trillion dollar cut that gets triggered to Medicare. \u2026 You might want to take a look at that provision.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1930355950470177245\">Rep. Pocan<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Project 2025, you are one of the authors, you\u2019re on the advisory board, you worked for Heritage,<\/strong> you are basically January, February, and March in a Project 2025 calendar. \u2026 <strong>Just tell me coincidence or not: in Project 2025, abolishing the Dept of Education. You guys are doing that. Is that a coincidence?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vought:<strong> *Dodges*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump put forth his devastating budget that would gut critical programs from health care to food assistance. Here\u2019s a look at how his budget would hurt Americans:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cut <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TyJonesCox\/status\/1928584832344289752\">$1.3 billion<\/a> in food benefits for more than five million children and new families\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slash <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WillPFischer\/status\/1928581623630418361\">43% <\/a>in critical rental assistance programs, leaving millions of Americans without help to put a roof over their heads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/05\/30\/us\/trump-news\/7fd808ef-0dd7-5296-9b6b-cc826156571c?smid=url-share\">$2.7 billion<\/a> in cancer research, ripping more than one-third of the National Cancer Institute\u2019s budget\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eliminate Homeland Security team focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bgov.com\/bloomberg-government-news\/trump-budget-scraps-homeland-team-focused-on-mass-threats\">combating mass threats\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Axe <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/daily-labor-report\/trump-seeks-25-cut-to-labor-department-staff-in-budget-plan\">25%<\/a> of the Department of Labor\u2019s workforce\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>End programs that keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/30\/trump-budget-congress-shutdown-00377091\">pesticides and toxic chemicals<\/a> away from our families\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slash support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/30\/trump-budget-congress-shutdown-00377091\">preschools and homeless children<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take money away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/30\/trump-budget-congress-shutdown-00377091\">farmers<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Breaking with longstanding precedent, Vought\u2019s office released a budget proposal that misses basic information and critical data.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/05\/30\/trump-administration-budget-proposal\/\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cWith little fanfare, the budget office released 1,224 pages that spell out its spending plans in detail, expanding on the abbreviated \u2018skinny budget\u2019 it unveiled this month. So far, though, the administration has addressed only the portion of federal outlays known as discretionary spending, which doesn\u2019t cover programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid that make up the bulk of the federal budget. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cSeveral experts said they could not recall a time when the White House had gone so long without disclosing widely cited estimates about its economic forecast. <\/strong>Under a 1974 law, the president is required to submit a budget to Congress no later than the first Monday in February, although typically it arrives later during the first year of a presidential term.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Russ Vought\u2019s disastrous budget hearing today, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: \u201cProject 2025 \u2018chief architect\u2019 Russ Vought headed to Capitol Hill to defend Donald Trump\u2019s billionaire-first budget that guts health care, food, and housing for hardworking families. 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