House passes Trump’s $9 billion DOGE cuts package in another legislative win for president
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House Republicans gave the final stamp of approval early Friday morning to a package of $9 billion in spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing a win to President Donald Trump.
House Republicans gave the final stamp of approval early Friday morning to a package of $9 billion in spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing a win to President Donald Trump. Congress passed the package — which is part of Trump’s cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency efforts — under an obscure presidential budget law used to circumvent the Senate filibuster. The measure will now head to the president to be signed into law. Trump is the first president in roughly 30 years to successfully use the maneuver, in a show of deference to the White House from the legislative branch – which is specifically given the power of the purse in the US Constitution. Roughly $8 billion will be taken from congressionally approved foreign aid programs as part of the White House’s efforts to dismantle the US Agency for International Development. Another $1.1 billion comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps fund NPR and PBS. The final tally was 216-213, with GOP Reps. Mike Turner and Brian Fitzpatrick the only Republicans to vote against the package. The spending cuts package, which codifies some of DOGE’s cuts into law, was a key priority for Trump and conservatives who have long railed against ballooning federal spending.
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