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The fight over how the Trump administration has handled disclosures relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is holding up final approval of a bill to codify $9 billion in Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid.
The Senate cleared two procedural hurdles Tuesday/TK day to move closer to a final vote on the GOP effort to codify Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts as a deadline to act on the White House priority looms.
In a narrow 51–48 vote, the US Senate has approved a $9 billion Trump-backed rescissions package that slashes $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting, including PBS and NPR, and cuts $8 billion from foreign aid programs.
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The House is looking at President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts after Senate Republicans agreed to cancel $9 billion in funding to foreign aid and public broadcasting.
The House GOP’s budget cuts vote was delayed by the Epstein files. Congress passed its first major cryptocurrency legislation. Trump’s budget director defended the decision not to release a budget plan.