Senate passes Trump's foreign aid, public broadcasting clawback

The Senate early Thursday passed President Trump's requested clawback of $9 billion in federal funding for the Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio and foreign aid programs.Why it matters: It's a win for conservative fiscal hawks who wanted to follow on DOGE's work, while Democrats fear the victory for the White House opens the door for more rescissions packages negating bipartisan spending deals.The measure passed 51-48 with only Republican support. Two Republicans — Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — voted with Democrats against the bill.The package will now need to gain final approval in the House, which is facing a Friday deadline to get the measure to Trump. The big picture: The GOP's rescissions package takes back money that has already been appropriated by Congress and signed into law by the president.The Senate stripped parts of the version the House passed in June, including cuts to PEPFAR — a global health program to prevent HIV and AIDS. To secure the support of Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), GOP leaders committed to fund tribal broadcast services in South Dakota.Democrats waged a messaging campaign against the bill, hoping to pick off the support of enough Republicans to sink it.Driving the news: Senators endured hours of yet another vote-a-rama, with Democrats raising numerous amendments to try to undo parts of the bill.Collins and Murkowski at times voted in favor of amendments, though none passed.Between the lines: Democrats worry Trump will ask Congress to approve even larger rescission packages in the future, potentially undermining bipartisan deals to avoid a government shutdown.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has warned Republicans against more attempts to rescind federal funding, signaling that could threaten Democrats' support for government funding bills ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline. Unlike the rescissions bills, which have a simple majority threshold for passage, any measure to fund the government before the end of September will require Democratic support to get to 60 votes in the Senate.

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