Elon Musk broke from Republicans and President Donald Trump because they were not cutting enough spending fast enough, but now the White House is hailing a rescission victory and promising more to come.

“We are very, very pleased with the passage of the Senate bill,” Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought told reporters Thursday morning. “Our enthusiasm, the president’s enthusiasm, is to send additional packages.

“We were watching closely about that first vote, and I think it’s likely you’ll see an additional package. We’re not there. We’re not here to announce anything on this front, but in terms of seeing whether this was a useful effort that was not a waste of time, it certainly has satisfied that threshold, and we’ll see where we go from here.”

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