In the first episode after CBS announced it would be canceling The Late Show, Stephen Colbert welcomed Sen. Adam Schiff to the program to make the nonsensical claim that Congress passing President Trump’s rescission package, which included cuts to PBS and NPR, showed how Congress is ceding its spending powers to the executive. Additionally, both men would have positive things to say about the rise of the socialist wing of the Democratic Party.
Colbert wondered, “So, last night the Senate passed something called a rescission bill. I've never heard of a rescission bill. It sounds like a court-ordered appendectomy. Can you explain what is a rescission bill? What does this do to Congress?"
After decrying the Big Beautiful Bill, Schiff claimed, “This rescission bill is a little ugly bill. It’s like a mini reconciliation bill. It, like the reconciliation bill, only requires 50 votes and the VP and they can cut further. So in this bill that we voted on until about 3:00 in the morning last night, they cut funding for AIDS and tuberculosis and malaria and public broadcasting, and NPR."
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