It was this simple for Republicans: Prove that you were willing to finally put the excision of Democrat-beloved foreign aid plans that the Department of Government Efficiency uncovered into law by putting them into the spending package.
According to Politico, the move was made by Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul, who wanted “to force the Senate to vote on codifying President Donald Trump’s cuts to foreign aid, a potential hitch for Republican leaders working to pass a bill to prevent a government shutdown Friday night.”
Now, there was no government shutdown on Friday night or any “hitch” in the negotiations. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had agreed that trying to stop any sort of GOP-led continuing resolution was futile and that at least some of his caucus should support the plan; 10 out of 47 of the Democrats or Democrat-caucusing senators did, according to Politico, which deemed the capitulation a loss for the left.
What’s curious, however, is the number of Republicans who put themselves on record as being against DOGE’s axe to foreign aid, which has revealed itself, at least at lefty-beloved USAID, to take the form of DEI training in Serbia and Peruvian transgender-friendly comic-book tracts than,