White House to send Congress a formal request to nix $9.3B for PBS, NPR, State Department
Source: Politico
04/14/2025 03:01 PM EDT
The White House will soon ask Congress to cancel $9.3 billion already approved for foreign aid initiatives, public broadcasting and other programs, according to a White House official granted anonymity to speak freely.
Congress is expected to receive that so-called rescissions request when lawmakers return from their two-week recess later this month. To nix the funding, the House and Senate will each have to vote at a simple-majority threshold to approve the formal ask.
The White House package is expected to target funding for the State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, U.S. Institute of Peace and other programs.
A Trump administration document obtained Monday also shows the White House is considering a larger request to revoke funding for State and USAID, as well as asking Congress to cut those budgets by almost half for the upcoming fiscal year.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/14/white-house-to-send-congress-a-formal-request-to-nix-9-3b-for-pbs-state-department-00289543
Here is a reversal of what they illegally did early on. I.e., this time, they are finally following the law that requires a notification to Congress to request funding recessions.
The problem is WTF happens to all the previous ILLEGAL funding cuts?
The damn PROCESS is that the Executive Branch (President) presents Congress with a requested Budget and then Congress goes through it via hearings and will decide WHAT they can agree with and NOT agree with, and will make changes through their various Committee budgetary markups.
This opposite shit that has happened the past almost 4 months has been insane.
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