A bill to cut spending on foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting passed the Senate early Thursday.
The bill passed 51-48, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska opposing it, according to Fox News.
Collins voted against the bill even after a proposed $400 million cut to an AIDS prevention program, which was one of the cuts Collins disliked, was taken out of the bill, according to CBS.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune noted that the bill codified cuts that had their roots in the Department of Government Efficiency.
“I appreciate all the work the administration has done in identifying wasteful spending,” Thune said, per Fox News.
This rescissions package will save the American taxpayers $9B.
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