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Big test on rescissions

CQ Budget, Episode No. 358

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is one of several GOP senators who have expressed concern over foreign aid and public broadcasting cuts in the rescissions package. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is one of several GOP senators who have expressed concern over foreign aid and public broadcasting cuts in the rescissions package. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted July 14, 2025 at 4:08pm

The Senate will take up a bill to claw back $9.4 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funds that Democrats warn would blow up the bipartisan appropriations process. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman assess the political importance of the Trump administration’s rescissions package, the outlook in the Senate, and what it could mean for an already shaky appropriations process.

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