Overview

• The House is scheduled to vote today on the White House’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in previously approved funding.
• The package would slash $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, endangering NPR and PBS affiliates.
• It would also reduce foreign aid funding by $8.3 billion, including cuts to USAID and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
• At least four centrist Republicans have signaled concerns, and Speaker Mike Johnson can lose only three GOP votes to pass the measure.
• Freedom Caucus members have praised the cuts as a “no-brainer” for eliminating waste, while senior appropriators warn the measure undermines Congress’s authority.