House Republicans vote to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: NBC News

House Republicans vote to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS

Trump's White House wants Congress to codify some of the cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency, which was helmed by billionaire Elon Musk.

June 12, 2025, 3:57 PM EDT / Updated June 12, 2025, 4:14 PM EDT
By Sahil Kapur and Scott Wong

The Republican-led House voted 214-212 on Thursday to pass a proposal from President Donald Trump to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved federal funding.

The "rescissions" package would claw back $8.3 billion for foreign aid and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to NPR and PBS. It is part of an effort by the White House to codify cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency, which was helmed by tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Trump pushed GOP lawmakers to back the bill just ahead of the House vote, posting on social media, "The Rescissions Bill is a NO BRAINER, and every single Republican in Congress should vote, 'YES.' MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Four House Republicans -- Reps. Mark Amodei of Nevada, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Nicole Malliotakis of New York and Mike Turner of Ohio -- voted with 208 Democrats to reject the measure. Some GOP members flipped their votes from "no" to "yes" toward the end after realizing it wouldn't pass otherwise.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-vote-claw-back-94-billion-funding-foreign-aid-npr-pb-rcna211740

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

https://www.joemygod.com/2025/06/house-votes-214-212-to-defund-npr-and-pbs/

[LonePirate]

1. This passed by 2 votes while 4 living Dems did not vote.

[CousinIT]

3. There should be NO Dems not voting in this Congress. Unless they are on their death bed...

...or the asshole Republicans wont' let them (ie: they're having a baby or on parental leave, for instance) - and then they should raise hell for not being allowed to vote remotely in these cases.

[questionseverything]

2. Only republicans could hate teaching kids to read

Rip big bird

[thesquanderer]

4. re: "Some GOP members flipped their votes from 'no' to 'yes'...after realizing it wouldn't pass otherwise."

So much for having the courage of your convictions.

That's worse that being on the wrong side form the start. Hypocrites trying to have it both ways.