Voting at the end of the evening sends a federal package of federal expenses of $ 9 billion to President Trump

The congress officially sends a package detailing $ 9 billion in expenditure discounts to the office of President Donald Trump, a few minutes after midnight on Friday.

The bill, called an “attractions package”, was approved by the House of Representatives in an late evening vote from 216 to 213 after an intense debate between Republicans and Democrats. Only two Republicans, the representatives Brian Fitzpatrick, R-P-P., And Mike Turner, R-Ohio, voted in the opposition.

Friday was also the deadline to adopt the legislation, otherwise the White House would be forced to renovate these funds as planned.

It is a victory for the lecturer of the Mike Johnson Chamber, R -La., But a main symbolic – the bill on discounts of spending was largely considered by Trump allies as a test of an unused tax resumption process in more than two decades.

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Chamber President Mike Johnson has brought the expense discounts for President Donald Trump (Yuri Gripas / Abaca / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“This bill this evening is part of the continuation of this tendency to control expenses. Does this answer all the problems? No. 9 billion dollars, I would say that it is a good start,” said the head of the majority of the Steve Scalise Chamber, R-La., said during the debate on the bill.

When signed by Trump, it will block $ 8 billion in funding at the American Agency for International Development (USAID) and $ 1 billion to the company for public broadcasting for the rest of the fiscal year. The dollars had been allocated by the congress for the duration of the fiscal 2025.

The Republicans celebrated him as a victory to cut the dollar flow of American taxpayers to what they called “awakened” initiatives abroad, while the Democrats have accused the right to empty critical foreign aid.

The attraction packages are a way for the president to contribute to the annual process of Congress credits. The White House sends a proposal to block certain funds forced by the Congress, which the legislators have 45 days to cross the Chamber and the Senate.

Until now, the Republicans have also been able to put democrats away, the process of attractions lowering the Senate threshold for the adoption of 60 votes to 51.

The last time an impairment package was promulgated was 1999.

The consideration of the bill began with a hearing of the Chamber’s Rules Committee at 6 p.m. Thursday evening.

The member of the ranking, representative Jim McGovern, tried to force several votes linked to Jeffrey Epstein (Tom Williams)

The Democrats have attempted several times throughout the process to arm the current inter-gop benefits on the Jeffrey Epstein affair, both within the Chamber’s Rules Committee and on the soil of the Chamber during the debate on the bill.

Several calls have been made for votes to force the release of Epstein’s so-called “files”.

“If each republican votes to block our attempt to publicize the files, they say that the victims of Epstein, you do not have as much importance as our political convenience. And that should disgust each of us,” said representative Jim McGovern, D-MASS.

The figures of the far -right GOP require responsibility, while Trump called on his basis to move on after the Ministry of Justice (DoJ) reported that the case had been closed.

The initial plans to start advancing the bill earlier during the day were quickly scuttled, the Republicans of the Committee being anxious to be placed in a difficult position with the potential votes of Epstein.

In the end, a compromise led the Rules of the Chamber’s Rules Committee to advance a separate non-wire measure dealing with Epstein’s transparency, on a track parallel to the bill on cancellations.

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“All the credible evidence should be released. I was very clear with the members of the Rules of the House Committee. The Republicans made an incoming criticism because they voted to stop the politicization of the Democrats, and they try to stick to their work and to move their rules of procedure to the soil so that we can do our work and do the appointments for the American people,” said Johnson during negotiations earlier.

The Democrats have nevertheless pressed themselves, mentioning on several occasions on Epstein on the floor of the room. McGovern has even briefly directed a song to “release the files” when the debate on the bill is closed.

The Republicans, in turn, accused the democrats of hypocrisy.

“Interesting how they talk about Jeffrey Epstein, because for four years, the president, president Joe Biden, had these files, and not a single democrat that you hear tonight tried to release these files,” said the leader of the majority of the Steve Scalise Chamber, R-La., said the debate on the soil of the Chamber at one point.

The room initially voted to advance a package of attractions of $ 9.4 billion, but it was somewhat cut in the Senate after some senators had concerns about the reduction in funding for HIV / AIDS prevention in Africa.

Trump is expected to sign the bill on Friday.