The $9 billion budget cut for international aid and public broadcasting requested by the Trump administration passed the threshold of the federal Congress on the 18th.According to the Associated Press and other news agencies, the House of Representatives voted on the budget recovery bill that was passed in the Senate with some amendments and then passed again in the House, with 216 in favor and 213 against.
The bill passed the House on the 12th of last month but was revised in the Senate on the 17th of this month and went through the House of Representatives’ re-voting process.
Most of the cut (approximately $8 billion) is for international aid projects, and $1.1 billion, the two-year budget of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds public radio NPR and public television PBS, was also included in the cut.
The bill, which passed the congressional gate, now only needs to be signed by President Trump.
President Trump has been pushing for budget cuts, viewing the US international aid program as wasteful. He also criticized NPR and PBS for being biased toward the progressive side and began cutting the budget.