WASHINGTON — The US House by one vote on Thursday approved cutting about $9.4 billion in spending as President Trump’s administration looks to follow through on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.
North-central Iowa congresswoman Ashley Hinson says voters in November sent the message demanding unelected bureaucrats stop misusing taxpayer resources. “President Trump’s rescissions package cuts $9.4 billion, including $3 million for Iraqi Sesame Street, $6 million for net-zero cities in Mexico, and $1 million for Voter ID in Haiti, not here in the United States. We’re only scratching the surface with this package, but imagine being able to redirect those dollars to veterans care or specialty crop programs in a state like mine.”
Hinson also supported the rescinding of funds for National Public Radio and PBS. “For decades, public broadcasting has not adhered to objectivity standards enshrined in law – it has pushed biased narratives and forced inappropriate content on children, like a movie celebrating the sex change of a child, and a feature on the racial origins of fat phobia…whatever that means. Children should not be fed woke propaganda – certainly not on the taxpayer dime – that is coming from a former broadcaster.”
Four Republicans voted against the measure. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it only requires a simple majority in the 100-member Senate instead of the 60 votes usually required to get spending bills through that chamber, meaning as long as Republicans stay largely united, they’ll be able to pass the measure without any Democratic support.
