{"id":24537,"date":"2025-11-25T12:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=24537"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:46:08","slug":"vance-casts-tie-breaking-votes-to-advance-9-4b-rescissions-package-in-senate-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=24537","title":{"rendered":"Vance Casts Tie-Breaking Votes To Advance $9.4B Rescissions Package In Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vice President JD Vance made two tie-breaking votes in the Senate on Tuesday to advance a $9.4 billion rescissions plan that will eliminate government funding for PBS and NPR.<\/p>\n

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The Senate tied 50-50 on two procedural votes to begin discussion of the multibillion-dollar expenditure clawback plan until Vance\u2019s votes advanced the White House-requested proposal.<\/p>\n

Three Republicans, Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Susan Collins (R-Maine), joined the Democrats in opposing the plan.<\/p>\n

The package, passed by the House of Representatives last month, eliminates approximately $8.3 billion previously allocated to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and $1.1 billion to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which partially funds National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).<\/p>\n

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A projected $400 million decrease to the President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program is anticipated to be removed through an amendment before the measure is voted on.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere was a lot of interest from our members on doing something on PEPFAR,\u201d Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told reporters after a meeting with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought. \u201cThat\u2019s reflected in the substitute.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that if we can get this across the finish line in the Senate, that the House will accept that one small modification that ends up making the package about a $9 billion rescissions package,\u201d Thune added.<\/p>\n

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Collins defended her \u201cno\u201d vote by arguing that OMB didn\u2019t provide senators with details about what programs would be scrapped as a result of the clawback.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe rescissions package has a big problem \u2014 nobody really knows what program reductions are in it,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cThat isn\u2019t because we haven\u2019t had time to review the bill. Instead, the problem is that OMB has never provided the details that would normally be part of this process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collins cited $2.5 billion in proposed cuts to the \u201cDevelopment Assistance account,\u201d which she said \u201ccovers everything from basic education, to water and sanitation, to food security \u2014 but we don\u2019t know how those programs will be affected.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Maine Republican also described the cuts to public broadcasters as \u201cexcessive\u201d and expressed concern that PBS viewers would lose access to \u201cpopular programs like \u2018Antiques Road Show\u2019 and \u2018Daniel Tiger\u2019s Neighborhood.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI share the frustration with the biased reporting by NPR, and I would support defunding it,\u201d Collins continued. \u201cNevertheless, local TV and radio stations continue to provide important coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collins went on to claim that CPB money in Maine supports the state\u2019s emergency alert system and permits high school basketball games to be shown on television.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should know exactly what programs are affected and the consequences of recissions,\u201d Collins stressed.<\/p>\n

The Senate now has at least 10 hours to discuss the proposal before voting on changes and holding a final vote.<\/p>\n

The House, which approved the plan 214-212 in June, would next have to review the Senate\u2019s revisions to the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cReal Time\u201d host Bill Maher has thrown his support behind conservative efforts to strip federal funding from NPR and PBS after hearing testimony from NPR CEO Katherine Maher, who previously\u00a0criticized the First Amendment as an obstacle to journalism.<\/p>\n

Katherine Maher \u2014 no relation to the liberal HBO host \u2014 appeared before the House Select Committee on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), where she faced intense questioning from Republican members.<\/p>\n

All GOP lawmakers on the panel support President Trump\u2019s proposal to\u00a0eliminate federal funding\u00a0for both NPR and PBS.<\/p>\n

During the hearing, Rep. William Timmons (R-SC) disclosed that NPR\u2019s editorial staff includes 87 registered Democrats and zero registered Republicans.<\/p>\n

The NPR CEO acknowledged the figure as \u201cconcerning\u201d but insisted that neither her personal views nor those of her staff influence the organization\u2019s journalistic coverage.<\/p>\n

Bill Maher said during his online \u201cOvertime\u201d segment on CNN that the hearing made a strong case for privatizing both NPR and PBS.<\/p>\n

Responding to a listener\u2019s question, Maher repeatedly criticized his \u201cnamesake\u201d for suggesting the outlet could remain impartial despite the overwhelming partisan imbalance within its newsroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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