Congress cleared a $9 billion package of spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting for President Trump’s signature, codifying a small portion of Department and Government Efficiency savings.
The Senate-amended measure, which restored $400 million to a global AIDS prevention program that the original package had cut, passed the House shortly after midnight Thursday through a 216-213 procedural vote that deemed the measure approved without a direct up or down vote.
Republicans used a process known as rescissions to enact the cuts so they could get it through the Senate without the threat of a filibuster.
The package, which originated as a request from the White House Office of Management and Budget, represents roughly 5% of the $190 billion in savings DOGE says it has identified.
The bulk of the cuts, $7.9 billion, come from various foreign aid accounts. The remaining $1.1 billion is a cut to the Corporation