House advances Trump's $9.4B spending cuts package targeting NPR, PBS, USAID to House-wide vote
Trump's proposal, which was introduced as legislation by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., would cut $8.3 billion from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and just over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting distributes federal funding to NPR and PBS.
The House of Representatives made a procedural motion known as a "rule vote," which passed mostly along party lines.
Mike Johnson, Donald Trump Get 'Big, Beautiful' Win As Budget Passes House
The rule passing now allows for debate on the $9.4 billion spending cut measure, followed by a final House-wide vote.
Read On The Fox News App
But it's not atypical for House leaders to include unrelated measures in rule votes, as is the case with the spending cuts package – House GOP leaders included a provision with minor changes to Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" to account for the Senate needing to amend the bill.
That latter piece of legislation, a vast tax and immigration bill, is moving through the budget reconciliation process.
By dropping the Senate's threshold for advancement from 60 votes to 51, it allows the party in power to skirt the minority – in this case, Democrats – on vast pieces of legislation, provided they adhere to a specific set of budgetary rules.
House GOP leaders said they needed to make the recent changes to the bill to better adhere to the Senate's "Byrd Bath," when the Senate parliamentarian reviews the bill and removes anything not adhering to reconciliation guidelines.
Whereas that deals with the government's mandatory spending processes that are more difficult to amend, the $9.4 billion spending cuts package tackles discretionary spending that Congress controls every year.
It's called a "rescissions package," which is a formal proposal by the White House to claw back federal funds already allocated for the current fiscal year.
Like reconciliation, the mechanism allows for a 51-vote majority in the Senate rather than 60. Congress has 45 days to consider it, or it is deemed rejected.
Republican leaders have held up this rescissions package as the first step to codifying the billions of dollars of government waste identified by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Trump allies have also made clear they view this first package as a test of what kind of cuts congressional Republicans can stomach.
Mccaul Touts Money In Trump Tax Bill To Pay Texas Back For Fighting Biden Border Policies
And while the rule vote was expected to pass, the bill could have trouble ahead of its expected Thursday afternoon vote.
Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., pointed out in a bipartisan statement that the media funding represents less than 0.01% of the federal budget and said taking that money away would "dismantle a trusted source of information for millions of Americans."
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told reporters on Tuesday that he got assurances that USAID cuts would exclude critical medical funding.
"I feel better than what I was hearing last week, that was gonna be a total cut," he said, without revealing whether he would support the bill.Original article source: House advances Trump's $9.4B spending cuts package targeting NPR, PBS, USAID to House-wide vote
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
23 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Fox News Host Hits Republican Lawmakers With A Blunt Election Warning
Republican lawmakers on Thursday were in a jubilant mood as they marked the passage of President Donald Trump's signature 'big beautiful bill.' But Fox News host Jessica Tarlov said some of them might not be celebrating next year, when they could face unexpectedly early retirement. Polls show the bill ― which adds trillions to the debt, cuts taxes for the wealthy, and slashes Medicaid ― is deeply unpopular with the American public. With midterm elections looming in 2026, Tarlov ― a rotating co-host of 'The Five' ― wrote on X that moderate Republicans in particular will be at risk next year: By voting for this budget bill, many moderate Republicans are ensuring their retirement will come earlier than expected. — Jessica Tarlov (@JessicaTarlov) July 3, 2025 The bill is so unpopular that CNN data chief Harry Enten earlier this week showed it was underwater in five recent polls by between 19 and 29 percentage points. 'The American public at this particular point hate, hate, hate the 'big, beautiful bill,'' he said. 'As far as they're concerned, it's not a 'big, beautiful bill,' it's a big, bad bill.' Democrats also believe that Republicans who support the bill will pay the price at the polls next year. 'There are House Republicans now, this morning, who are about to sign their political obituary with this vote,' Representative Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) told Reuters before the final votes were cast. 'They are literally walking the plank for Donald Trump.' The party that wins the White House often suffers in the midterm elections that follow. Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews expects that to be the case next year, as well, and said the passage of the bill won't make things any easier for Republicans. He estimated that Democrats could pick up between 15 and 20 seats ― more than enough to win control of the House.
Washington Post
32 minutes ago
- Washington Post
Trump uses term viewed as antisemitic slur to refer to unscrupulous bankers
President Donald Trump used a term many consider to be an antisemitic slur while referencing unscrupulous bankers during a campaign-style rally in Iowa on Thursday night, held to kick off a year-long celebration leading up to the nation's 250th birthday. Trump deployed the language while touting the impacts of his signature legislation that had just passed Congress hours earlier.
San Francisco Chronicle
32 minutes ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
Asian shares are mixed as Trump's tariff deadline looms, while US stocks set records
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Friday after U.S. stocks climbed further into record heights as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump's July 9 tariff deadline. Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.6% to 39,762.20 after earlier gains, while South Korea's KOSPI index was down 1.2% to 3,078.31. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 0.6% to 23,914.44 while the Shanghai Composite index added 0.4% to 3,475.24. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.1% to 8,609.50. India's Sensex index was up 0.1% to 83,288.73. 'Asian markets slipped into Friday like someone entering a dark alley with one eye over their shoulder — because while US equities danced higher on a sweet spotted post-payroll sugar rush, the mood in Asia was far less celebratory. The reason? That familiar, twitchy unease every time Trump gets near the tariff trigger,' Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, wrote in a commentary. On Thursday, after a report showed a U.S. job market stronger than Wall Street expected, the S&P 500 rose 0.8% and set an all-time high for the fourth time in five days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 344 points, or 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 1%. Many of Trump's stiff proposed taxes on imports are currently on pause, but they're scheduled to kick in next week unless Trump reaches deals with other countries to lower them. In other dealings on Friday, U.S. benchmark crude was down 19 cents to $68.81 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, shed 30 cents to $68.50 per barrel. The U.S. dollar slid to 144.48 Japanese yen from 144.92 yen. The euro edged higher to $1.1771 from $1.1761. ___ AP Business Writer Stan Choe contributed.
