The House Delivers: Trump’s $9B Cut To Global Aid And Public Broadcasting Gets Final Approval

Just after midnight Friday, the Republican-led House approved a $9 billion rescissions package, sending a major victory to President Donald Trump’s desk and delivering on his promise to slash wasteful government spending.

The 216-213 vote, mostly along party lines, finalizes legislation that claws back billions in taxpayer funds from left-wing foreign aid programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which bankrolls outlets like NPR and PBS.

“President Trump and House Republicans promised fiscal responsibility and government efficiency. Today, we’re once again delivering on that promise,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson. “The American people will no longer be forced to fund politically biased media or billions in bloated spending overseas.”

The bill is the first success story of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a Trump administration initiative aimed at rooting out “waste, fraud, and abuse” across the federal government.

While the original version passed in June totaled $9.4 billion, the Senate trimmed $400 million in cuts to PEPFAR, a global AIDS relief program, before passing it earlier this week. With Friday’s House vote, the revised package is now headed for Trump’s signature.

Among the items axed in the final version are:

• $1.1 billion for the CPB

• $135 million for the World Health Organization

• $18 million for “gender diversity” in Mexican street lighting

• $4.4 million for a Melanesian Youth Climate Corps

• $3.9 million for LGBTQI+ advocacy in the Balkans

• $2.5 million for “environmentally friendly” reproductive health education

• $300,000 for a Pride parade in Lesotho

• $500,000 for electric buses in Rwanda

• $500,000 for a “gender empowerment hub”

• $8,000 to promote vegan food in Zambia

“Thanks to the leadership of President Trump, DOGE, and House Republicans, taxpayers are no longer footing the bill for this nonsense,” Johnson’s office said in a statement.

Not everyone was pleased. Democrats and a few moderate Republicans — including Reps. Mike Turner and Brian Fitzpatrick — joined the opposition. Senate holdouts included Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, who warned of unintended consequences.

Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries claimed the bill was “reckless and extreme,” accusing Republicans of abandoning the global poor and undermining domestic services. But Trump and his allies argue the package is long overdue and overwhelmingly popular with voters.

“This isn’t the end — it’s the beginning,” Johnson said. “We’ll be pushing more DOGE cuts in the months ahead.”

In a triumphant Truth Social post early Friday, Trump wrote in all caps: “HOUSE APPROVES NINE BILLION DOLLAR CUTS PACKAGE, INCLUDING ATROCIOUS NPR AND PUBLIC BROADCASTING, WHERE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR WERE WASTED. REPUBLICANS HAVE TRIED DOING THIS FOR 40 YEARS, AND FAILED….BUT NO MORE. THIS IS BIG!!!”