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Trump's $9 billion clawback passes first Senate test, while more hurdles await
UNITED STATES, JUL 16 – Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in a 51-50 Senate procedural decision to advance Trump's $9 billion spending cut amid concerns about impacts on public media and foreign aid.
- On Tuesday, Senate Republicans advanced President Trump's request to rescind about $9 billion in previously approved funds, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote 51-50.
- This action followed negotiations removing a proposed $400 million cut to the PEPFAR AIDS relief program, with Congress facing a Friday deadline under a 1974 budget law to approve the measure.
- The rescissions target $2.5 billion in development aid for agriculture and sanitation, $1 billion to the United Nations, and $460 million supporting former Soviet states vulnerable to Russian and Chinese influence.
- Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins criticized the package for lacking clarity on specific program cuts, while Democrats warned these reductions could harm life-saving foreign aid and about 1,500 local public broadcasting stations.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced plans to end debate at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, triggering up to 10 hours of debate and a vote-a-rama before the bill returns to the House for another vote ahead of the deadline.
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