A few weeks ago, as debate was raging about the BBB and Thomas Massie was grandstanding, I told everyone to get that passed, book the win, and then move on to the rescission bills.
And that’s exactly what we did!
Today, the first round of DOGE cuts was passed by Congress, making $9 billion in DOGE cuts permanent!
USAID loses $8 billion.
And NPR and PBS lose $1 billion.
JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote:
Here’s a quick summary of what we just got in more detail:
The Senate is debating a $9 billion rescissions package aimed at reversing previously approved spending.
The proposal includes $8.3 billion in foreign aid cuts and $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS.
The initial votes were tied, and Vice President J.D. Vance cast tie-breaking votes to advance the measure.
A planned $400 million cut to PEPFAR (HIV/AIDS aid) was removed to gain broader support.
Supporters argue this reflects Trump’s policy to reduce government spending and reclaim unused funds.
If enacted, NPR and PBS would face significant funding shortfalls, forcing local stations to seek private donations or reduce programming to stay operational.
Heck yes I voted for this!
The NY Post had more details on the RINO Republicans who refused to vote for this:
The Senate deadlocked, 50-50, on two procedural votes to start debate on the multibillion-dollar spending clawback package before Vance’s votes advanced the measure requested by the White House.
Three Republicans — Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) — joined all Democrats in opposition to the bill.
Vance’s votes moved the $9.4 billion spending cut package forward in the Senate.
The package, approved by the House of Representatives last month, axes approximately $8.3 billion previously allocated to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and $1.1 billion to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which partially finances National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
A proposed $400 million cut to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program is expected to be scrapped via an amendment before the bill comes up for a final vote.
“There was a lot of interest from our members on doing something on PEPFAR,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told reporters after a meeting with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought. “That’s reflected in the substitute.”
“We hope that if we can get this across the finish line in the Senate, that the House will accept that one small modification that ends up making the package about a $9 billion rescissions package,” Thune added.
Collins defended her “no” vote by arguing that OMB didn’t provide senators with details about what programs would be scrapped as a result of the clawback.
“The rescissions package has a big problem — nobody really knows what program reductions are in it,” she said in a statement. “That isn’t because we haven’t had time to review the bill. Instead, the problem is that OMB has never provided the details that would normally be part of this process.”
Collins cited $2.5 billion in proposed cuts to the “Development Assistance account,” which she said “covers everything from basic education, to water and sanitation, to food security — but we don’t know how those programs will be affected.”
Watch as Sen. Eric Schmitt explains how these media outlets are NOT neutral or unbiased but huge propaganda tools for the Far Left:
https://100percentfedup.com/its-official-npr-pbs-have-been-permanently-defunded/
