Budget Rescission Bill Passes

Congress has passed a budget rescission bill that cuts $9 billion from federal spending, roughly one-tenth of one percent of the $7 trillion federal budget. This action formalizes the Department of Government Efficiency cuts made to the U.S. Agency for International Development. USAID was folded into the State Department earlier this year. The funding bill passed early Friday morning in the House 216-to-213 and was approved in the Senate on Thursday on a 51-48 vote.