This just in: the Senate has just advanced a whopping $9 billion DOGE cuts package.
It passed very narrowly — 51-50 — with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie.
Check it out:
🚨BREAKING: VP JD Vance breaks tie vote, advancing $9B DOGE cuts package.
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This particular bill is a rescissions package, which means it only needs a majority vote to pass as opposed to the typical 60 votes.
The package majorly cuts funding to NPR and PBS by around $8 billion. The other $1 billion would be cut from USAID foreign aid.
ABC News reported:
The package, which narrowly passed the House in May, would cull back funding from Public Broadcasting Service and
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