House gives final approval to Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid [View all]
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda.
The vote marked the first time in decades that a president has successfully submitted such a rescissions request to Congress, and the White House suggested it won’t be the last. Some Republicans were uncomfortable with the cuts, yet supported them anyway, wary of crossing Trump or upsetting his agenda.
The House passed the bill by a vote of 216-213. It now goes to Trump for his signature.
“We need to get back to fiscal sanity and this is an important step,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/pbs-npr-budget-cuts-trump-republicans-b0044285659ab708e23eb2dc2f3eabfa
The official roll call vote should be available soon at https://clerk.house.gov/Votes
I was watching the proceedings live on C-SPAN. From my memory maybe two Republicans voted "no".
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