Republicans prepare their own budget to counter Biden's

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : There are also billions set aside for a 5.2 percent pay rise for federal workers, support for refugees, more offshore wind farms and a $25 billion investment in border security.
50% : It calls for $688 billion in non-defense discretionary spending - meaning money towards programs that aren't mandatory like Social Security and Medicare.
47% : Republicans, in making their case to get federal spending 'under control,' are proposing cuts in the following areas:Pulling back nearly $100 billion in uncommitted COVID money Reinstating work requirements for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)Slashing $37 billion, or 29 percent, from the Department of Health & Human ServicesReducing fraud in the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and SNAP (food stamp)
43% : ProgramCapping Obamacare subsidies at 400 percent of the poverty level and recovering overpaymentsA 43% slash in housing programs Cutting nearly $90 billion in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency included in the Inflation Reduction ActEnding Biden's student debt cancellationCutting $13 billion in green spending for electric vehicles for the U.S. Postal Service and buses with low emissionsEliminating $1.2 million for LGBTQIA+ Pride Centers, $3.6 million for a Michelle Obama Trail in Georgia, $750,000 for transgender care in Los Angeles and moreCutting 45 percent in foreign aidMcCarthy also slammed Biden' budget as full of spending.
18% : Republicans - led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Budget committee chairman Jodey Arrington - are want to cut federal spending in order to bring down the $31.4 trillion federal deficit.

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