Sources told the Daily Signal on Tuesday that the White House plans to introduce a new rescissions package that includes cuts to education and other areas, but didn't specify what the cuts would exactly entail.

There have already been major cuts to the Department of Education in an effort to shut it down as much as possible, short an act of Congress that would be necessary to disband it completely.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon was ordered by Trump to make the cuts, which have included laying off half the workforce and getting rid of waste.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair had already told reporters on Friday when the first rescissions package squeaked through the Senate that they should expect another rescissions package.

"Very soon"

“We’ve got a number of items we’re looking at also, obviously talking to the senators too,” he said. “They’re going through the appropriations process. We don’t know what’s important to them, but you know, you’ll obviously see that very soon.”

A rescissions package allows Congress and the President to rescind, or cancel, funding that was previously approved but has not been spent.

Congress can rescind funding with only 51 votes in the Senate, whereas traditional spending cuts require 60 in most cases (0ther than reconciliation bills).

It's the first rescissions package that has been passed in decades, which made conservatives proud.

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), who had a key role in the package's passage, said in a Breitbart News interview, “It doesn’t happen every day. It’s the first time really had one in decades."

"It just further cements President Trump’s agenda,” he added.

"Course correction"

Schmitt also said that the package shows a "course correction" for Republicans, who have now committed to cut spending to a greater degree.

Still, a few billion (or even tens of billions) in cuts will not do much to balance the budget when Trump's Big Beautiful Bill added three trillion to it.

That didn't stop Republicans from loudly declaring a success and ignoring the big picture (for now).

I think that kind of success brings its own momentum and also allows us to tell a very important story,” Schmitt said. “President Trump got elected in a landslide popular vote in battleground states to shake up Washington, and we can be partners in that. And I think that’s what the American people want to see, and why the successes from the big, beautiful bill and the rescissions package now are really important.”