Senate Gop Braces For Test Vote On Trump's $9.4b Clawback Package

Senate Republicans are gearing up to beforehand a multibillion-dollar clawback package from President Donald Trump, but dissent among nan ranks threatens to stymie nan process.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., intends to put Trump’s $9.4 cardinal rescissions package, which would scrape backmost congressionally approved backing for a assortment of alleged "woke" programs that money overseas assistance and nationalist broadcasting.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune aft nan Senate luncheons successful nan U.S. Capitol connected June 24, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

However, a fistful of Senate Republicans person raised a fuss complete $8.3 cardinal successful cuts from nan U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and complete $1 cardinal from nan Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), nan government-backed backing limb for NPR and PBS.

The measure is expected to person its first trial ballot connected Tuesday, but questions stay astir whether Thune has nan votes.

Senate Republicans are group to meet pinch Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, who became a near-constant beingness connected nan Hill during nan fund reconciliation process, successful a bid to statement up support among concerned lawmakers.

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Sen. Susan Collins talks to nan property connected Nov. 6, 2022, successful Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Publicly, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., person each expressed reservations astir nan package, peculiarly complete projected cuts to nan Bush-era President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and nan nationalist broadcasting fund.

Thune tin only spend to suffer 3 votes and will person nary thief from Senate Democrats successful different hyper-partisan process.

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President Donald Trump gestures arsenic he boards Air Force One successful Morristown, New Jersey, connected July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

An amendment process coming successful nan shape of different vote-a-rama is expected, but changing nan measure could person consequences successful nan House, wherever Republicans are informing their colleagues successful nan precocious enclosure to tummy nan clawbacks arsenic projected by nan White House.

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Thune said he and his activity squad person been discussing issues pinch nan package and trying to make imaginable changes to nan authorities earlier it hits nan floor.

"I'm good pinch it arsenic is, but I deliberation we person colleagues who would for illustration to spot immoderate possibly humble changes made, truthful we're trying to find retired if there's a way guardant that gets america 51 and stays consistent," he told reporters.