Budget clawbacks?

The White House is aiming to send rescission requests to Congress early next month that would seek to claw-back spending from the recently passed $1.3 trillion omnibus government funding bill.“We have a very long list of pots of money that are on the table but still narrowing it down for the final product. We probably won't send the package up to the Hill until early May at the earliest,” a White House official told The Hill.Cuts to the State Department are a “big target,” the source said.“Obviously, State Department programs will be a big target just like they were in our two previous budgets,” the White House official said.The timeline suggest that the idea of rescinding spending from the omnibus negotiated by both parties is being seriously pursued by the White House, even as Republican lawmakers in both chambers have dismissed the approach.

Yuk, yuk.