Congress has passed a $9 billion spending cuts bill, sending it to President Trump just after midnight Friday, narrowly beating the deadline to act. The House approved the “rescissions package” in a 216 to 213 vote, with only two Republicans voting no. The bill blocks $8 billion in funding to USAID and $1 billion to public broadcasting, sparking cheers from Republicans and backlash from Democrats.
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Speaker Mike Johnson and Trump allies framed the bill as a strategic test run for clawing back federal funds. If signed, it would mark the first successful rescissions package since 1999.