It now goes to the Senate, where it will likely pass along party lines
The House passed a bill on June 12 to rescind $9.4 billion in federal spending.
Introduced by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), it passed 214–212.
It now goes to the Senate, where it will likely pass along party lines. As in the House, only a majority will be needed to pass it because it is not subject to the 60-vote filibuster threshold.
The seven-page bill eliminates funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds PBS and NPR. It also undoes $15 million from the U.S. Institute for Peace and $22 million from the U.S. African Development Foundation.
Additionally, it scales back billions of dollars in economic assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The bill also codifies some of the cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which was led by Elon Musk. DOGE has saved taxpayers $180 billion, or more than $1,118 per taxpayer, according to its website.
The legislation was sent last week to Congress by the White House in accordance with the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Congress has 45 days to approve such requests.
The House Rules Committee advanced the bill to the floor on June 10, 8–4.
“President Trump and congressional Republicans campaigned on attacking wasteful spending,” said the committee’s chairwoman, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.). “So the new administration … then found wasteful spending. President Trump then acted and recommended that these funds be permanently canceled. I cannot think of a more textbook scenario of the proper utilization of this process.”
By Jackson Richman and Nathan Worcester
