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White House to Send $9.4 Billion Rescissions Package Targeting NPR, PBS and USAID

Lawmakers have 45 days to vote on the cuts under a simple-majority rule.

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Overview

  • The package would claw back $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $8.3 billion from USAID and related foreign aid programs.
  • Congress triggers a 45-day window to approve or reject the rescissions once the Office of Management and Budget formally transmits the proposal.
  • Speaker Mike Johnson has pledged to expedite floor action and plans to use the regular appropriations process to advance President Trump’s 2026 budget cuts.
  • DOGE identified specific wasteful grants for elimination, including $882,000 for social-media mentorship in Serbia and Belarus and $1 million for voter-ID projects in Haiti.
  • NPR has sued the administration for alleged unconstitutional defunding as Democrats and public-broadcasting advocates prepare to oppose the measures.