A longtime critic of wasteful federal spending, President Donald Trump on May 8 sent a message to Congress that he will seek to do something about it with a historically large rescission proposal.
The message will be under the auspices of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which provides for a process for a president to request that Congress remove the authority for previously granted funding for specific programs. Such a denial of funding is called a rescission.
