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Welcome to the log off. The House of Representatives spent billions of dollars in federal funds for foreign aid and public media early on Friday morning and sent to Donald Trump’s desk for signing.
What is the bill? The bill, called a rescue package, aims to be about $ 9 billion in total funds, and comes from the White House request to withdraw the already allocated funds. Most of the money comes from a foreign aid program. The remaining $ 1.1 billion was the funds of a public broadcaster (CPB) company that funds for PBS, NPR and its partnership.
What is this meaning of foreign aid? Rescue requests affect $ 7.9 billion in foreign aid expenditures, including funds for migration and refugees, international peace, development support and disaster relief.
One foreign aid program, PEPFAR, escaped. After the Senate Republican’s pushback back, more than 20 years of human beings have been reduced by $ 400 million, which has been a tremendous effective HIV/AIDS prevention program that saved millions of lives.
How about public media? The National Public Radio receives only a small part of the funds from the CPB, but cuts have a significant influence on local affiliates and PBS. The CPB pointed out that the passage of this bill will mean that many local public radio and television stations will be closed, and can also affect the approach to emergency alerts.
Why is this important? This was a relatively small amount of money in the context of the federal budget, but loss funds have a real impact. This bill also reflects the ongoing efforts of Trump to capture the power of his wallet in Congress. Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator Lisa Murkowski, says, “What we get now is the White House, and this is the priority. We want you to be faced.”
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