House Committee Advances $9.4 Billion Rescissions Package, Teeing Up Floor Vote

The spending cuts, submitted to Congress by the White House on June 3, would primarily affect U.S. foreign aid and federally funded media.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 22, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The House Rules Committee on June 10 advanced a package of $9.4 billion in rescissions requested by President Donald Trump, setting up a floor vote on the issue this week.

The spending cuts, submitted to Congress by the White House on June 3, would primarily affect U.S. foreign aid through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and federally funded media. The rules panel approved the package in a party-line 8 to 4 vote.