Senate Vote-a-Rama on $9.4 Billion Rescissions Package Begins
Bill would eliminate $1.1B in public broadcasting support for PBS and NPR
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2025 – The Senate kicked off a high-stakes vote-a-rama Wednesday on a $9.4 billion rescissions package that would slash funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid.
H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act, would revoke $1.1 billion in previously allocated funds to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, effectively stripping two years of federal funding from PBS and NPR, as well as $7.9 billion in foreign aid.
On Tuesday, the Senate voted 51-50 to advance debate on the proposed cuts, with Vice President J.D. Vance casting the tie-breaking vote, after three Republican Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted against the motion, along with all 47 Senate Democrats.
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