That plan cooked up by the popular vote loser and his mini-mes in the House and the administration to undo large chunks of the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending package is moving forward, even though both House and Senate Republicans have said they don't want it. The ring-leader of the fiasco in the administration will come as no surprise. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney — himself a former congressman — is taking the lead on developing the rollback proposal, according to eight current and former administration officials and Republicans close to the White House. The White House expects to release it around May 1, according to one administration official. These officials anticipate the White House could propose slashing anywhere from $30 billion to $60 billion dollars from the $1.3 trillion dollar spending bill passed for this year—even as Republican lawmakers are openly asking the president not to re-open the negotiations. Mulvaney has all the jobs—he's squatting at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in order to destroy the agency, he elbowed his way into the Treasury Department to wrest away responsibility for writing the regulations for the new tax law, and now he's trying to replace all of the Congress. He does have help. Aiding Mulvaney is House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who is vying to replace Rep. Paul Ryan as he retires from his leadership position as speaker of the House. But Rep. Steve Scalise, the House majority whip, is also interested in the job—potentially complicating the process of trying to cut money from the spending bill, as both men try to curry favor with the president and within their own caucus. Any cuts would also have to pass muster in the Senate, where Republicans hold a 51-49 majority. Read more