House GOP has approved Trump’s request to overcome internal sectors and cut $9.4 billion on foreign aid and public broadcasting spending
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WASHINGTON – The US home has overcome a fracture within the GOP conference that has almost derailed the vote by voting to reclaim $9.4 billion in federal spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting that President Donald Trump requested.
The bill passed House 214-212 on June 12th. The bill is currently heading to the Senate and is scheduled to be discussed later this summer.
The vote is a victory for Trump and his former billionaire adviser Elon Musk, and the Department of Government Efficiency Project, which eliminated the U.S. International Development Agency. A multibillion dollar target fund has flowed through an institution that is now repealed.
It also reflects ongoing tensions within the Republican Party over spending on government spending and Congressional control.
While many GOP lawmakers wanted to push forward the demand, moderate members of the party raised concerns about the impact of the cuts.
The main concern was the Corporation’s $1.1 billion cut for public broadcasting funding NPR and PBS.
R-Nevada’s Rep. Mark Amodei wrote a joint statement with Dan Goldman of Dan-New York, defending the public broadcasting caucus chair, “the valuable role that public media plays across our district, especially in the only rural areas where available and reliable media services are available.”
“Rural broadcasters face major challenges in raising private funds, making them particularly vulnerable if government funds are cut,” they write.
Others say they are concerned about cutting back on the US Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a program launched under former President George W. Bush. In total, the package will bring back $8.3 billion in foreign aid.
Several Republicans also raised concerns that a package would overturn the balance of power between Congress and the administration. This is because it targets funds previously approved by lawmakers, and in some cases the proposal itself excludes details about what specifically changes.
But House leadership praised the effort as an easy way to fulfill its promise to cut federal spending.
“We all have a problem with spending in the government,” Lisa McClain, chairman of the GOP conference at R-Michigan, told USA Today on June 9.