House gives final approval to Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/17/rescission-package-public-media-2/ ^ | 7-18-25 | By KEVIN FREKING (Associated Press ) and MARY CLARE JALONICK (Associated Press)

[MNJohnnie]

The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda.

The vote marked the first time in decades that a president has successfully submitted such a rescissions request to Congress, and the White House suggested it won’t be the last. Some Republicans were uncomfortable with the cuts, yet supported them anyway, wary of crossing Trump or upsetting his agenda.

The House passed the bill by a vote of 216-213. It now goes to Trump for his signature.

“We need to get back to fiscal sanity and this is an important step,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: budet; budget; house; npr; pbs; rescissionm; trump; usaid; victory

[MNJohnnie]

Funny how this is the only source I can find on the Rescission bill passing. Nothing else but old news pops up when I did a google search to find out if they voted yet.

[Delta 21]

Is PBS really going to be gone? I have dreamed of that for decades!!

[Liz]

Massie exposes foreign aid in DOD appropriations bill: “A misappropriation of military funds”
X ^ | July 18 | Thomas Massie
Posted on 7/18/2025, 10:32:27 AM by RandFan

Foreign aid found in DOD approps bill:

$300 mil Syria & Iraq military

$118 mil overseas disasters

$15 mil AIDS in Africa

$500 mil Israel

$350 mil Kuwait

$1.27 bil foreign security

$500 mil Taiwan

$500 mil Jordan

$267 mil reimburse countries

(Excerpt) Read more at x.com ...

[ProgressingAmerica]

No, PBS will not be gone.

There is no bill out there that will abolish the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

So we just have to wait for 2028 for this temporary lull to be reversed.

[SaxxonWoods]

Looking forward to the screaming from my local commie station.

[The Louiswu]

Trump is elected
Brings on Elon and Big Balls to perform audits
DOGE uncovers waste and redundant spending
Cabinet and Department heads submit these to Congress for removal
Congress says yes to the claw backs
Oh look no King involved, just the process of a duly elected, representative government...America is a great place even if the process does move slow.

[Dan in Wichita]

Wonder how long it will take a lowly federal district judge to rule the taxpayers must continue funding NPR and PBS.

[aynrandfreak]

$9 billion is less than the Deep State’s petty cash fund.

[Uncle Miltie]

1/700th of the Federal Spend.

Yawn.

[Sacajaweau]

They won’t skip a beat. Ken Burns will give a few bucks...and make it back 100x

[Fledermaus]

People like you are never satisfied.

Have to start somewhere.

[Big Red Badger]

And;
“NPR——Cause We Are Smarter Than YOU!” ?
.
Ba Bye.

[gildafarrell]

Good.