You know what they say … a billion here, a billion there, and soon you’re talking real money.
(NOTE: Yes, I know it used to be million, but then Joe Biden happened.)
Just how much work has Elon Musk and his DOGE team accomplished? Let’s ask the Democrats on the House and Senate Appropriations Committee. They vented yesterday that Donald Trump has frozen over $435 billion in approved spending — so far. And they don’t sound happy about the cost savings, either:
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has so far withheld at least $436.87 billion of congressionally approved funding, the top Democrats on the U.S. Congress’ appropriation committees said on Tuesday.
The frozen allotments span the federal government, according to the first estimate of the potential impoundments in the project led by Senator Patty Murray from Washington and Representative Rosa…
