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House Approves Trump’s Request to Cut $9.4 Billion in Funding for NPR, PBS, and Foreign Aid
UNITED STATES, JUN 12 – The House approved a $9.4 billion rescissions package cutting $1.1 billion from public broadcasting and major reductions to foreign aid programs, with a 214-212 vote mostly along party lines.
- On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved President Trump’s proposal to reduce funding by $9.4 billion for foreign assistance programs and public media, forwarding the measure to the Senate for further review.
- The Trump administration used a rarely employed tool that allows the president to request cancellation of previously appropriated funds, seeking to reduce wasteful spending amid concerns over rising deficits linked to tax and immigration bills.
- The rescissions package proposes cutting $1.1 billion allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $8.3 billion from international aid programs. While some Republicans criticize funding for climate initiatives and social projects, Democrats warn that these reductions would severely impact vulnerable communities.
- The measure passed by a tight 214-212 vote, with Utah’s representatives supporting it, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune said a Senate vote likely would not occur until July after handling other legislation.
- The bill’s approval signals leadership’s efforts to demonstrate fiscal discipline, but critics assert the cuts will harm global stability and human lives, making the Senate vote outcome critical for the bill’s final fate.
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Don't cut funding for public television, radio in Wisconsin
I have been a viewer of public television and a listener to public radio for nearly 60 years. So when I heard Congress was considering a bill to eliminate federal funding for public broadcasting, I had to speak out.
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House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) voted in favor of H.R.4, a rescissions package requested by President Trump to cut $9.4 billion – including cuts to USAID, NPR, and PBS – to codify cuts identified by the Department of Government…
·Sweetwater, United States
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