President Donald Trump just got his first win on some of the cuts recommended by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The House has passed a $9.4 billion rescissions package to cut funding to USAID and public broadcasting.
The fight is far from over, however, as there is certain to be resistance in the Senate.
First hurdle cleared
It was a good sign earlier this week when the package passed through an administrative hurdle, as it appeared the entire GOP caucus was in line with the spending cuts package.
When it came time to put the package on the floor for the actual vote, once again, it fell along party lines, passing 214-212.
House Speaker Mike Johnson knew it was going to be a close vote, but he felt confident before putting it on the floor, stating, “We think we have the votes. We’re going ahead with it.”
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who has been a thorn in the GOP’s side during this session, was ecstatic about the bill finally hitting the floor, stating, “First time I’ve ever seen us cut spending in my life. I would be ‘yea’ all day long.”
As the bill was headed to the floor, Trump expressed his encouragement for the GOP House members to support it, stating, “For decades, Republicans have promised to cut NPR, but have never done it, until now.”
He continued, “The Rescissions Bill is a NO BRAINER, and every single Republican in Congress should vote, ‘YES.’ MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
This was not an easy one for Johnson to get passed, as there were still a half-dozen holdouts when the bill hit the floor, with six Republicans voting no.
Johnson and House Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) then met with several of the holdouts, convincing enough of them to flip their “no” vote to a “yes,” giving them the cushion they needed to pass the legislation through to the Senate.
The cuts to public-funded broadcasting have created some divide in the party, but the GOP defended the cuts by stating the obvious, which is that these outlets have lurched to the left and are just another arm of the Democratic Party at this point.
For instance, Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) stated, “These stations are some of the most partisan stations out there. Can you imagine if a conservative station was funded? The left would have screamed, vilified and exterminated it a long while ago.”
Democrats, of course, disagreed, but that was to be expected since their party is the one benefitting from the ideological slant of these outlets.
Now it will be up to the Senate, which has several Republican members who have the same concerns about cutting publicly funded media outlets.
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Author: G. McConway
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