Taxpayers poised to save $9 billion as deadline looms for congressional recissions
Taxpayers are poised to save $9 billion as a deadline looms for Congress to finalize a recissions package that will withdraw cash handouts for foreign interests as well as tax money being used for the leftist agenda pursued by PBS.
The bill, adopted by the House first and now by the Senate, still requires House approval of Senate changes before it can go to President Donald Trump for his signature.
It specifically attacks spending areas that are problematic for many Americans: billions of dollars being handed out to foreign interests as well as massive subsidies for the PBS operations that critics have called leftist propaganda outlets.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., documented the bias as only he can:
NPR’s CEO Katherine Maher on CNN this morning: “As far as the accusations that we’re biased, I’d stand up and say, ‘Please show me a story that concerns you.’”
I’ve got a few:
(1/5) pic.twitter.com/kC1hHmPfHQ
— John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) July 16, 2025
NPR CEO Katherine Maher is back on CNN digging herself into an even deeper hole.
She claims that NPR is “a nonpartisan organization.”
So why did a former NPR editor find that their $201M D.C. newsroom had 87 Democrats in editorial positions and ZERO Republicans? pic.twitter.com/iy90oA0s2s
— John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) July 17, 2025
(2/5) NPR reported that country music and birds are racist, told American people to stop eating beef, and promoted the Russia-gate conspiracy.
No person with a brain above a single-celled organism would call these articles fair and balanced. pic.twitter.com/vpCl2Y74TI
— John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) July 16, 2025
The Senate adopted the recissions package on a 51-48 vote following a 13-hour vote-a-rama that was written to cancel $7.9 billion in handouts to foreign interests as well as about $1.1 billion intended for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which includes PBS.
A report at Roll Call said senators restored about $400 million for PEPFAR, the president’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
Democrats fighting the cost-saving plan were working without one vote, as Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith went to the hospital on Wednesday feeling unwell.
The report said, “The passage vote marked a victory for the Trump administration, which is seeking to use the rescissions process to pare back federal spending and codify cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE.”
.@PressSec: “Last night, Senate Republicans passed President Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package … rescinding billions in wasteful foreign aid and finally ending taxpayer funding for PBS and NPR.”
Promises made, promises kept. pic.twitter.com/9s2W2U6ClJ
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 17, 2025
This rescissions package will save the American taxpayers $9B.
With the national debt at unsustainable levels, it is essential to eliminate obvious waste that does not serve or benefit the American people. pic.twitter.com/nxomWHlRlt
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) July 15, 2025