House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said Sunday that he does ... of large portions of President Trump’s agenda with only GOP votes. Bessent said in his Friday letter that “prior ...

Tom Cole and his more than 20 years of ... Now, as Congress starts the appropriations process again, Cole is tasked with appeasing his GOP colleagues and somehow getting buy-in from Democrats ...

according to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.). The program accounts for about $600 billion in yearly federal spending. In 2024, the federal deficit was $1.8 trillion.