A bill striking billions in foreign aid will get slightly smaller after Republicans agreed to exempt $400 million in funding for AIDS prevention, a major concession to centrists wavering on the White House request.
Exiting a Senate GOP lunch, White House budget chief Russ Vought told reporters Tuesday that PEPFAR, a Bush-era HIV program, would be spared from $9.4 billion in DOGE-inspired cuts under consideration in the Senate.
Senate leadership will alter the bill when it comes to the floor for a marathon voting session slated to begin Wednesday, using what is known as a substitute amendment to shrink the size of the request.
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The announcement marks the first actual change planned to accommodate senators worried the cuts will undermine American influence and global public health,
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