Schumer Vows to Reverse DOGE Cuts and Expand Spending

Chuck Schumer announces Democrats will reverse all DOGE cuts made under President Trump if they win the 2026 midterms.

What rational American, hell, what rational human being would vote for waste, fraud and corruption? If they win, it’s election fraud.

Schumer reveals ‘bipartisan’ plans to reverse DOGE cuts as lawmakers work through funding push

Senate Minority Leader Schumer targets Transportation, Housing and Urban Development programs in spending talks

By Leo Briceno, Fox News, anuary 16, 2026 7:19pm EST

Chuck Schumer says he aims to undo DOGE cuts to HUD programs and even expand them

The Senate minority Leader aims to implement his plan through bipartisan negotiations on future funding packages. (Credit: Center For American Progress)

House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he would press to restore funding cut by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and even add to the original amounts.

Schumer made the comments when he was asked Thursday if he would work to replenish funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at a forum held by the Center for American Progress.

“If you look at the budget we’re working on right now, we restore most of the cuts. And even go higher than previous years on many of the programs that DOGE slashed,” Schumer said.

“We have worked really hard and gotten bipartisan support to increase these amounts and undo a lot of the cuts which are essential.”

He did not describe which specific programs he hopes to supplement.

Lawmakers have not yet released a final text for the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill for 2026. The Senate Appropriations Committee has proposed a plan that would increase its fiscal year 2026 funding by $5 billion over fiscal 2025 levels.

Since the Trump administration began making cuts through DOGE, Democrats like Schumer have largely condemned them, calling them an attack on government resources and services.

Republicans, by contrast, have framed the effort as a way to remove waste, fraud and abuse. According to the DOGE website, the group believes it has eliminated $215 billion in waste.

Republicans made $115 billion of those spending reductions official through a bill passed last year.

Since then, lawmakers have not advanced another rescissions package, a bill that helps lawmakers fast-track spending reductions at the request of the president.

Republicans like Aaron Bean, R-Fla., chairman of the House DOGE Caucus, say the GOP’s cost-cutting efforts are still ongoing in the background.

“DOGE is still alive,” Bean told Fox News Digital in December. “We’re going to get it rocking. I think that will come down the road.”

Bean noted that several pressing issues have captured Congress’ attention in the last few months.

“I think, you know, the shutdown set everybody back a little bit. These credits, with the budget, with everything,” Bean said, referring to the COVID-era Obamacare tax credits that were at the heart of the 2025 government shutdown.