{"id":4864,"date":"2025-06-13T07:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/?p=4864"},"modified":"2025-06-13T07:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:38:35","slug":"house-narrowly-approves-trumps-9-4-billion-foreign-aid-and-public-broadcasting-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/house-narrowly-approves-trumps-9-4-billion-foreign-aid-and-public-broadcasting-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"House Narrowly Approves Trump\u2019s $9.4 Billion Foreign Aid and Public Broadcasting Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Summary:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. House passed a $9.4 billion rescission package, targeting foreign aid and funding for NPR and PBS.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Trump and GOP leaders hailed the vote as a victory for fiscal discipline, while critics warn of harm to global health and public media.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measure now heads to the Senate, where its fate remains uncertain amid bipartisan concerns.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a closely contested vote on Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved President Donald Trump\u2019s proposal to eliminate $9.4 billion in previously authorized spending, primarily targeting foreign aid <a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/shrm\/hr-training-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">programs<\/a> and public broadcasting. The bill passed by a razor-thin margin of 214 to 212, with four Republicans joining all Democrats in opposition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This legislative package, known as a \u201crescissions\u201d bill, is aimed at codifying spending <a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/naacp-takes-legal-action-against-u-s-education-department-over-dei-funding-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cuts<\/a> initiated by the White House\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by tech mogul Elon Musk. If passed by the Senate, the measure would permanently cancel funds for programs including USAID, NPR, PBS, and global health efforts like PEPFAR\u2014the Bush-era initiative to combat HIV\/AIDS globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Trump and GOP Leaders Frame Bill as Fiscal Reform<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The passage of the bill marked a significant win for Trump, who personally lobbied lawmakers and called the vote a \u201cno-brainer\u201d on his Truth Social platform. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., echoed that sentiment, describing the package as a \u201cmanifestation of the DOGE effort\u201d and a \u201cfirst step toward restoring fiscal accountability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is no reason for any media organization to be singled out to receive federal funds,\u201d Johnson said, referring to NPR and PBS, which he accused of spreading &#8220;radical, woke propaganda disguised as news.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The package includes $1.1 billion in cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $8.3 billion from foreign <a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/ged\/the-financial-aid-for-ged\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aid<\/a>, including peacekeeping efforts, refugee support, and climate projects. Johnson also targeted USAID, alleging it had \u201cput scrutiny targets on their own backs\u201d by resisting accountability reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Opposition Warns of Impact on Health, Security, and Local Communities<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democratic lawmakers and some moderate Republicans voiced strong objections. Programs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiv.gov\/federal-response\/pepfar-global-aids\/pepfar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PEPFAR<\/a>, credited with saving over 26 million lives, were among the most contentious cuts. Republican Senator Susan Collins said, \u201cPEPFAR cuts make no sense to me whatsoever, given the extraordinary record of saving lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, warned that cutting PBS would devastate public safety in rural areas. \u201cFor many Alaskan communities, PBS is the only means of receiving life-saving alerts during power outages and natural disasters,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., condemned the package as \u201creckless,\u201d accusing Republicans of endangering national security and foreign relations to appease partisan agendas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Senate Approval Remains Uncertain<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rescission bill now heads to the Senate, where it faces a tougher path. Although not subject to a 60-vote threshold, several GOP senators have already signaled discomfort with the proposed cuts. The Senate has until July 18 to act before the measure expires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the narrow House win, the future of the bill remains in flux. Lawmakers from both parties are expected to negotiate revisions in the coming weeks, particularly around global health and public media funding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Other Top Headlines:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/news\/trump-administration-moves-to-terminate-all-remaining-federal-contracts-with-harvard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump Administration Moves to Terminate All Remaining Federal Contracts With Harvard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prepsaret.com\/ged\/the-top-government-funded-ged-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Top Government Funded GED Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: The U.S. House passed a $9.4 billion rescission package, targeting foreign aid and funding for NPR and PBS. President Trump and GOP leaders hailed the vote as a victory for fiscal discipline, while critics warn of harm to global health and public media. The measure now heads to the Senate, where its fate remains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v25.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>House Narrowly Approves Trump\u2019s $9.4 Billion Foreign Aid and Public Broadcasting Cuts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The U.S. House passed a $9.4 billion rescission package, targeting foreign aid and funding for NPR and PBS.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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