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Senate Vote on Trump’s $9.4 Billion Rescissions Package Exposes GOP Rift

Trump’s warnings are testing GOP cohesion ahead of the Senate’s July 18 vote on the rescissions package.

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enate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee members Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) (L) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) talk during the confirmation hearing for Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Labor Department, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 19, 2025 in Washington, DC.
A general view of the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 23, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
People participate in a rally to call on Congress to protect funding for US public broadcasters, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), outside the NPR headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2025.

Overview

  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune plans to bring the $9.4 billion rescissions package to a floor vote next week, requiring a simple majority before it expires on July 18.
  • The proposal would cut $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $8.3 billion from USAID foreign aid programs.
  • President Trump has threatened to withhold his support or endorsement from any Republican senator who opposes defunding PBS and NPR.
  • Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mike Rounds are drafting amendments to protect PEPFAR funding and rural or Native American public broadcasting stations.
  • Democrats and the United Nations have condemned the cuts, warning they could undermine global health initiatives and weaken the Impoundment Control Act.