The White House on Tuesday officially asked Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in already approved spending, taking funding away from programs targeted by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. It's a process known as “rescission,” which requires President Donald Trump to get approval from Congress to return money that had previously been appropriated. Trump's
I hate this headline. On first glance it sounds like they are asking Congress to claw back the money that Doge already cut and put it back into the places it was cut from.
I also just hate “claw back” in general.
I agree.
It’s a term of art.
Yeah, I’m not a fan of it either.
Thanks for posting the info though. More info the better informed we all are.