Home Republicans handed a sweeping $9 billion rescissions package deal late Thursday that delivers a knockout punch to globalist pet initiatives and leftist propaganda machines like NPR and PBS.
The vote was 216–213, with solely two Republicans—Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Mike Turner—breaking ranks to aspect with Democrats in opposition.
“President Trump and Home Republicans promised fiscal accountability and authorities effectivity. Right this moment, we’re as soon as once more delivering on that promise,” Home Speaker Johnson wrote on X.
“This package deal eliminates $9 billion in pointless and wasteful spending on the State Division, USAID, and the Company for Public Broadcasting. The American folks will not be pressured to fund politically biased media and greater than $8 billion in outrageous bills abroad.
“Whereas Republicans proceed to ship actual accountability, restore fiscal self-discipline, and defend taxpayer {dollars}, Democrats proceed to defend waste, fraud, and abuse. This isn’t the tip, it’s the start. We stay up for passing further rescissions payments all through the 119th Congress.”
President Trump and Home Republicans promised fiscal accountability and authorities effectivity. Right this moment, we’re as soon as once more delivering on that promise.
This package deal eliminates $9 billion in pointless and wasteful spending on the State Division, USAID, and the Company for… pic.twitter.com/kEDEwKfQTd
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 18, 2025
“Tonight, the Home handed a rescissions invoice to chop funding from USAID, NPR, and PBS. Don’t let Congress take any victory laps although. This must be the primary of many. Preserve urgent for deeper cuts to waste, fraud, and abuse throughout the board.”
Tonight, the Home handed a rescissions invoice to chop funding from USAID, NPR, and PBS.
Don’t let Congress take any victory laps although. This must be the primary of many.
Preserve urgent for deeper cuts to waste, fraud, and abuse throughout the board. pic.twitter.com/zqJvMOiaqD
— Rep. Eli Crane (@RepEliCrane) July 18, 2025
It may be recalled that the Republican-controlled Senate narrowly accepted a sweeping Trump-endorsed rescission invoice throughout a late-night vote Wednesday.
The invoice slashes practically $9 billion in beforehand accepted federal spending—together with full defunding of PBS and NPR and deep cuts to U.S. overseas help—by a razor-thin 51–48 vote.
The measure superior via a late-night vote-a-rama.
Solely two GOP senators—Susan Collins (R‑ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R‑AK)—sided with Democrats to attempt to block Trump’s efforts to revive fiscal sanity.
Democrat Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) was notably absent from the vote — her workers citing a hospital keep “out of an abundance of warning,” in keeping with Politico.
That is the primary time in over 25 years a president has used rescission authority to claw again beforehand accepted federal funds—a bolt from Washington’s rusted equipment.
Politico reported:
The Home’s 216-213 vote to clear the Senate-amended package deal comes lower than 24 hours after the Senate voted to tweak the administration’s authentic proposal that may have minimize a further $400 million from the worldwide AIDS preventing program, PEPFAR. Senate Republicans additionally added language vowing that sure meals help packages could be protected, and staved off impacts to different meals help, maternal well being, malaria and tuberculosis-related initiatives.
“This invoice tonight is a part of persevering with that pattern of getting spending underneath management. Does it reply all the issues? No. 9 billion {dollars} is an effective begin,” mentioned Home Majority Chief Steve Scalise.
Two Home Republicans, Reps. Mike Turner of Ohio and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, voted towards the measure for the second time, having additionally opposed it when the Home first voted on the package deal final month. However Republican Reps. Nicole Malliotakis of New York and Mark Amodei of Nevada flipped to “sure,” heartened by the Senate deal to strike the proposed minimize to AIDS-prevention efforts.
The package deal was superior within the Home underneath a fast-track course of: As a substitute of voting immediately on the invoice, lawmakers triggered passage by voting for a procedural measure that’s usually used to arrange debate. It meant lawmakers wouldn’t should take a further vote.
It additionally helped Home Republicans transfer rapidly to go the invoice, which wanted to be shipped to Trump’s desk by Friday evening or the rescissions request would expire and the administration could be pressured to spend the cash as Congress initially meant.
This rescissions package deal is the primary to achieve greater than 30 years, and it’s already inflicting hassle for the annual appropriations course of simply 10 weeks earlier than the Sept. 30 deadline to succeed in a funding deal or launch a authorities shutdown.
