WASHINGTON – Capitol Hill Republicans praise President Donald Trump’s executive action gusts of wind and attempts to cut federal spending, selling them as the kind of confusion Americans voted last fall.
That is until the risk of pain hitting the house for their members.
From cuttings to health and farming funding to the fear of new tariffs, Republican lawmakers are beginning to oppose certain aspects of Trump’s plan. And they want to avoid Trump’s rage by admitting voters wanting to rock business in the country’s capital.
R-Ala. Senator Katie Britt recently pushed back the administration’s funding cuts based on the National Institutes of Health. The University of Alabama was a major recipient of that money and helped it become the state’s largest employer.
“We need a smart, targeted approach to not hindering groundbreaking research that saves lives and saves life at sophisticated institutions like Alabama,” Britt told AL.com.
Sen. Susan Collins of R-Maine said the indirect costs caps under the NIH grants were “not contemplated,” and “are arbitrary funding for critical research at Maine institutions.” He said he would impose a reduction.
And then R-La. Senator Bill Cassidy warned that universities that lack “big donations” will lose the most because of NIH cuts.
“It would be very difficult for them to carry out this research, and of course I hope that Louisiana people will benefit from the research funding and that not all will go to Massachusetts and California. ” Cassidy said. “That’s why I’m actively talking to people who are back home and studying the issues.”
While NIH’s funding cuts have caused a series of warnings, they have a number of Republicans worried about some of the dull steps the Trump administration believes will lead to unfavourable outcomes for their state. It was one of those examples.
Dynamic refers to Trump’s upcoming challenges, as GOP lawmakers represent his most important line of defense for issuing controversial orders. If he’s going too far for their important chunks, they can use their legislative power to stop him and work with Democrats if they need to.
Protecting bigoted interests is one of Capitol Hill’s oldest traditions, but it is a rising duty for Republicans in the Red State who disproportionately rely on Washington for money.
According to an analysis of the Rockefeller Government’s 2024 budget, 13 is the top 20 states that receive more money from the federal government than they sent tax payments, and the solid red state that voted for Trump in the last three elections. . . Meanwhile, the top five states (and the top 10 nine) send more money to the Treasury than they voted for Democrats in the last three presidential elections.
Another duty for rural Republicans is to protect farmers who rely on the federal government as their primary clients. Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk aim to manage the food for peace that the government buys and distributes American crops to help fight hunger around the world. The US International Development Agency.
A coalition of rural and district Republicans, including R-PA House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson, introduced the law this week to save the peace program by transferring it to the Department of Agriculture.
“For 70 years, farmers in Kansas and the United States have played an active role in sending goods to feed malnourished and hungry people around the world. This free gift from Americans is It’s more than food. It’s diplomacy and feeds the most vulnerable communities,” says R-Kan. Rep. Tracey Mann said in a statement.
The office said the program “feeds more than 4 billion people in over 150 countries.” We introduced the bill between Thompson and his representative. .c. and Officer Jerry Moran of r-kan, and John Haven, Rn.D.
Trump’s tariffs are also disrupting his feathers among some of his solid allies on Capitol Hill. This includes Sen. R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, who protested when Trump threatened to collect tariffs on imports from Canada.
Citing “Biden Inflation,” Grassley focused on the high costs of fertilizer and sought an exemption to protect Iowa farmers.
“Since family farmers have gotten a large portion of our potash from Canada, I beg President Trump to exempt potash from tariffs,” he wrote to X.
“I’m a free and fair trader,” Grassley told NBC News. “And the president was elected on the proposal to try tariffs. If they are for negotiations, I’ll see if they work. If they’re working, I’ll praise him. If it doesn’t work, I tell you that I told you.”
Two Kentucky Republican Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul also oppose Trump’s tariffs, warning that they’ll increase the costs for Americans, including Kentucky.
In a Wednesday opinion article in the Louisville Courier Journal, McConnell said, “The state’s 75,000 family farms that sell crops all over the world, or the hardworking Kentucky that makes 95% of the world’s bourbon, or the world’s bourbon, or the world’s bourbon, or the hardworking state. McConnell warned that it could have negative consequences for Kentucky or “. Our automotive industry. ”
“In Kentucky, local store owners have already heard that supplier prices are rising. One estimate shows that presidential tariffs could cost up to $1,200 each year in Kentucky. It suggests,” writes McConnell. “And it’s not just raising prices at home. During the last Trump administration, retaliatory tariffs from trading partners hit a wider range of American industries, from agriculture to manufacturing, aerospace, automobiles and distillation spirit. “It has sparked a trade war. Already, Canada has announced retaliation measures directly targeting Kentucky’s production, targeting products such as peanut butter and whiskey.”
Paul, who often disagrees with McConnell, found a common basis with him on the matter.
“We won our final election by complaining about Democratic policies. Tariff enthusiasts are forced to explain the sustainability of high prices,” Paul said in X.
The president freezes grants under two laws enacted by President Joe Biden and heads to the horizon between Trump and Republicans for infrastructure money and clean energy credits like electric vehicles. There may be more tension. Both of these laws bring a large amount of money to the Red State.
Sen. Patty Murray, vice-chairman of the Approximate Budget Committee, which oversees government funding, said Trump should try to cut or freeze money in a different way.
“It’s not only going to shut down farmers, derail infrastructure projects, cut cancer research, kill paying clean energy jobs, but it’s devastating for people working everywhere. Murray told NBC News. “Trump’s policies hurt communities and families in the red and blue states. If Trump and Elon want to cut funding for cancer research and infrastructure projects, they’ll give us a proposal. You have to send it and try to get votes in Congress to do that.”
