Overview

• Vice President J.D. Vance cast the tie-breaking vote twice to overcome 50-50 procedural hurdles and move the rescissions measure forward.
• Republican leaders and White House budget chief Russ Vought are discussing amendments, including a PEPFAR carve-out, to win over wavering GOP senators.
• Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell joined Democrats in opposing advancement over cuts to public broadcasting and global health programs.
• Senate Democrats remain unified in resistance, warning the simple-majority process erodes the Senate’s appropriations authority and filibuster tradition.
• If the Senate does not pass the package by Friday, the rescission request will expire and the full $9.4 billion in funding will be released under existing spending plans.