The U.S. Senate voted 51-48 on Thursday to clawback $9 billion in federal spending in a huge win for President Trump. The measure includes defunding of National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Naturally, our two most common GOP traitors, Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, joined the Democrats in voting against the bill.
It now goes back to the House of Representatives where it is likely to pass.
🚨 BREAKING: The Senate votes to pass President Trump’s historic plan to Defund PBS and NPR!
The rescission package will go back to the House for a final vote. pic.twitter.com/9EbEeC2DGn
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) July 17, 2025
Senate Majority Leader John Thune praised Thursday’s vote, saying, “I appreciate all the work the administration has done in identifying wasteful spending. And now it’s time for the Senate to do its part to cut some of that waste out of the budget. It’s a small but important step toward fiscal sanity that we all should be able to agree is long overdue.”
Per the Associated Press:
The effort to claw back a sliver of federal spending comes after Republicans also muscled Trump’s big tax and spending cut bill to approval without any Democratic support. The Congressional Budget Office has projected that measure will increase future federal deficits by about $3.3 trillion over the coming decade.
The legislation would also claw back about $8 billion in foreign aid spending.
Among the cuts are $800 million for a program that provides emergency shelter, water and sanitation and family reunification for those who flee their own countries and $496 million to provide food, water and health care for countries hit by natural disasters and conflicts. There also is a $4.15 billion cut for programs that aim to boost economies and democratic institutions in developing nations
This is hopefully the first of many recessions that will cancel federal spending.
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