From NBC News: The Republican-controlled House voted 216-213 to give final passage to a bill cutting $9 billion in spending that had already been approved, sending it to President Donald Trump to become law.
The cuts aimed at public media and foreign aid passed in another middle-of-the-night vote on Capitol Hill, one day after the Senate voted 51-48 after 2 a.m. Thursday to approve the measure. Two Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing the package in the House: Reps. Mike Turner of Ohio and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.
The measure cuts $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding for NPR and PBS. It cuts $8 billion more from foreign aid, including to the U.S. Agency for International Development and programs to promote global health and refugee assistance. But planned cuts to PEPFAR were removed from the package in recent days, leaving funding for the popular Bush-era foreign aid program to combat HIV/AIDS intact.
“This bill tonight is part of continuing that trend of getting spending under control. Does it answer all the problems? No. Nine billion dollars, I would say, is a good start, and hopefully we do more things like this,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La) said.
Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, issued a statement saying the cuts would have “profound, lasting, negative consequences for every American.”
“For nearly six decades, public media has served families in every corner of America, especially rural and tribal communities, providing extraordinary vital content and services free of charge,” she said.
Happening now: U.S. House vote on final passage of $9B foreign aid and public broadcasting spending cuts bill – LIVE on C-SPAN https://t.co/6A6bTociYr
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U.S. House PASSES $9B foreign aid and public broadcasting spending cuts bill, 216-213.
Goes now to the president.
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