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Senate clears amended bill to claw back billions in foreign aid and public media funding
Shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday morning, the Senate passed legislation that would rescind $9 billion in government funding that ...
McConnell evolves from GOP leader to Senate wild card
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has emerged as one of the biggest wild cards in the Senate, keeping his ...
GOP-led Senate votes to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS
The spending cuts package, requested by the White House, heads back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline for Trump to sign ...
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Pennsylvania Senate guts House-passed budget bill as impasse in Harrisburg hits 17 days
Just days after the PA House passed a general budget bill mostly along party lines, the PA Senate has gutted that bill and sent it back to its Appropriations Committee with no clear path forward. This ...
Senate marches toward passing Trump's $9B clawback bill after dramatic late-night votes
Trump's $9 billion rescissions package is advancing, despite a trio of Republican defections. It targets foreign aid and ...
Senate ‘vote-a-rama’ on rescissions bill begins
Senators began voting Wednesday on amendments to a large foreign aid and public broadcasting rescissions package.
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Bill to rescind billions in government funding being amended by the Senate
Republicans in the House and Senate have until Friday to pass the recissions measure that targets foreign assistance and the ...
Trump's modest spending cuts package survives narrow Senate vote as some Republicans break ranks
Congress approves a $9 billion spending cut targeting public broadcasting and foreign aid, overcoming GOP divisions despite ...
Senate GOP pushes spending bills as Democratic anger builds
Senate Republican appropriators want their leadership to bring an initial package of fiscal 2026 spending bills to the floor before August recess, Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, said ...
Senate poised to hand Trump $9B in cuts, second big legislative victory
Senate Republicans say they have the votes to pass a package of $9 billion in spending cuts, which would give President Trump another big legislative victory in less than a month after GOP leaders ...