Elon Musk de De Cut has become codified by Congress
President Trump has asked Congress to curb Doge’s $9.4 billion federal funding. Lawmakers need to make that happen until July 18th.
WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans are one step closer to officially trimming federal funds from public broadcasting, global health initiatives and other foreign aid programs.
The Senate narrowly approved the spending reduction package early on July 17th, following more than 12 hours of debate and voting for the Marathon Series.
Two Republican senators — Lisa Murkovsky of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — voted against the measure.
Formal demand by President Donald Trump in early June, the law represents the extent of nearly $200 billion in government savings made by the government’s efficiency report.
Once approved by the House and signed by Trump, the measure strips billions of dollars of allocation for public broadcasting funding NPR and PBS, as well as public broadcasting funding foreign aid agencies, including the World Health Organization and the US International Development Agency.
Trump’s request will officially expire in the middle of the night on July 18th. Now that the Senate has signed it, the bill will return to the House and lawmakers must approve the Senate changes.
Some Republican senators, including Collins, have criticised the proposed cuts included in the original version of the bill that would have withdrawn funds aimed at global AIDS prevention.
The $400 million cut to AIDS prevention was removed by the Senate in hours of deliberation process prior to the final vote.
The sub-departmental fiscal conservatives have previously complained about the prospect of voting in a diluted legal package. Still, the House is expected to pass priority spending cuts from the Trump administration before the weekend deadline.
“I’m sure there were times when I didn’t want to cut,” the chairman of the House Approximately Expenditure Committee told reporters on July 16, ahead of the Senate vote. He refused to specify which items were referring to.
“But you know, I understand… you’ll have to cut what you don’t want to cut. It’s just a nature,” he added. “No decisions can make you happy.”
Cole said he is “are willing to vote whatever the Senate sends back.”
