Tensions over Epstein files complicate Republican plan to vote on cuts bill

House Republicans face Friday deadline to pass rescissions package that would cut aid and public broadcasting fundsTensions over the release of documents related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein have complicated House Republicans’ plans to hold a vote on Thursday on legislation demanded by Donald Trump to cancel $9bn in government spending.The House of Representatives faces a Friday deadline to pass the rescissions package demanded by Trump and approved by the Senate in the wee hours of Thursday morning, otherwise the administration will be obligated to spend about $8bn meant for foreign assistance programs, and $1.1bn budgeted for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. Continue reading...

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