'Willing to take that risk': Republicans want Trump to have vast control over government spending

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : " More recently, impoundment has been embraced by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, whose "Department of Government Efficiency" initiative aims to enact trillions of dollars in cuts to federal spending.
48% : Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House, some Republicans on Capitol Hill are ready to do something unusual: Relinquish some of their own power over federal spending. More than 20 Republicans cosponsored a bill this month that would repeal the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, or ICA, a Watergate-era law that requires the president to spend all of the money that Congress approves.
42% : " As Trump has staffed up his administration, he's appointed staunch proponents of impoundment to key positions.
41% : "With impoundment, we can simply choke off the money," Trump said in a 2023 campaign video.
41% : What remains unclear is exactly how expansively Trump would try to use impoundment.
30% : " Republican skepticism, along with Democrats' likely opposition to any effort to give Trump more spending power, could make repealing the law via Congress an uphill battle.
27% : 'We can simply choke off the money' Trump is no stranger to impoundment -- his first impeachment was triggered by his refusal to deliver aid to Ukraine.
27% : Others warn that Trump could use that power in a retributive way, denying federal funding to states and localities over policy disagreements.
21% : As he's mounted his third presidential bid, Trump has argued that the ICA is unconstitutional and should be done away with, either via congressional repeal or via the courts.

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