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House to vote on White House rescission package to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR, PBS
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House to vote on White House rescission package to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR, PBS
By Kaia Hubbard
June 12, 2025 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The House is expected to vote Thursday on the White House's rescission package — its formal request to claw back funding for NPR, PBS and international aid that lawmakers had previously approved.
The package would cancel $9.4 billion appropriated by Congress, looking to make permanent some of the Department of Government Efficiency's spending cuts. Its primary focus is slashing foreign aid — from peacekeeping efforts to refugee assistance and climate projects — but it would also essentially cut off federal funding for NPR and PBS.
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The package would cut $8.3 billion for the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, among other international assistance programs, after the foreign aid agency became an early target of the administration. Johnson said the resolution would make cuts in what he called the "USAID abuses area."
Johnson said DOGE "went after USAID first for their review, their audits," because USAID "opposed the loudest of this accountability measure," claiming they "put the scrutiny targets on their own backs."
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House to vote on White House rescission package to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR, PBS
By Kaia Hubbard
June 12, 2025 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The House is expected to vote Thursday on the White House's rescission package — its formal request to claw back funding for NPR, PBS and international aid that lawmakers had previously approved.
The package would cancel $9.4 billion appropriated by Congress, looking to make permanent some of the Department of Government Efficiency's spending cuts. Its primary focus is slashing foreign aid — from peacekeeping efforts to refugee assistance and climate projects — but it would also essentially cut off federal funding for NPR and PBS.
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The package would cut $8.3 billion for the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, among other international assistance programs, after the foreign aid agency became an early target of the administration. Johnson said the resolution would make cuts in what he called the "USAID abuses area."
Johnson said DOGE "went after USAID first for their review, their audits," because USAID "opposed the loudest of this accountability measure," claiming they "put the scrutiny targets on their own backs."
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