The House of Representatives of the United States has agreed to cut $8.3 billion in previously approved foreign assistance, reports Devex. It passed “a rescissions package that codifies cuts made over the last several months and slices away even more money for lifesaving aid. If the Senate agrees, “the legislation would cancel $900 million in global health spending alone.
President Donald Trump had requested the cuts through a $9.4 billion rescissions package, sent to Congress earlier this month. The package, according to Devex, “was applauded by House Speaker Mike Johnson, who said his chamber was “eager to eliminate” billions of dollars of “wasteful foreign aid spending.”
The package passed on a 214-212 vote, with four Republican lawmakers voting against the package and two abstaining. No Democrats supported the rescission request.
“For too long, American tax dollars have bankrolled Leftist propaganda through PBS, NPR & corrupt foreign aid through USAID,” Rep. Mary Miller, a Republican from Illinois, wrote from her X account just minutes after the votes were cast. “THAT ENDS NOW.”
=> House approves Trump’s $8.3 billion clawback of US foreign aid
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