EXCLUSIVE — Two Senate Republicans are looking to use funding allocated for the embattled U.S. Agency for International Development to instead pay for repairing housing for veterans as the Trump administration works to shutter the agency.
Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) are introducing the Veterans First Act of 2025 in the Senate on Thursday. The bill, exclusively obtained by the Washington Examiner, seeks to repurpose $2 billion from the agency’s appropriated funds to the Department of Veterans Affairs to instead purchase, build, or repair state veterans homes.
The proposed use of USAID funds comes as the Trump administration has worked to shutter the agency, accusing it of advancing a liberal agenda and being a wasteful use of taxpayer dollars, as Elon Musk’s Department
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