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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s request to cancel about $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting spending is nearing passage in the Senate, an action that would have a tiny impact on the nation’s rising debt but could have major ramifications for future spending fights in Congress.
Senate Republicans have advanced President Donald Trump's request to cancel some $9 billion in previously approved spending.
House conservatives are drawing battle lines in the burgeoning showdown over President Donald Trump's spending cuts request.
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The Senate has reconvened to debate codifying DOGE spending cuts as the deadline to act on the White House priority looms and President Donald Trump continues pushing his agenda. Follow for live updates.
Senate Republicans advance President Donald Trump's $9 billion spending clawback package through final procedural hurdle, with some bipartisan opposition to foreign aid cuts.
The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President Trump that would claw back $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.