Mitch McConnell: Spending rescission package ‘worth discussing’

Published April 10, 2018 7:04pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would consider legislation to rescind some spending included in the huge fiscal 2018 government funding bill that many Republicans opposed.

The Kentucky Republican did not signal whether he would support using the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which would allow the president to claw back some spending with a simple majority approval of both chambers. But he said such a bill is “worth discussing,” even if it is not certain to pass.

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