Source: @postpolitics – “The Senate narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s request to cut $9 billion in foreign aid and federal funding for public broadcasting early Thursday, handing the administration a victory in its ongoing power struggle with Congress over federal spending.

The bill now returns to the House, which must pass it by Friday under the law that Republicans are using to undo spending that Congress previously approved. The rescissions — as such cuts are called — would be the first passed at a president’s request in decades.

The bill would slash $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds PBS and NPR. Democrats have warned that the cuts will devastate local stations — especially in rural areas.

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