The House of Representatives voted to pass a $9.4 billion rescissions package that would codify Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
In a 214-212 vote on Thursday, the House passed the package which would eliminate wasteful spending and cut “approximately” $8.3 billion, and $1.1 billion that was “allocated” to go towards USAID and the CPB, respectively, the New York Post reported.
Both the National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) are funded by the CPB.
Breitbart News previously reported that at the beginning of June, President Donald Trump’s administration had sent the rescissions package to the House.
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In a joint statement, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep.
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