Trump signs a $ 9 billion spending discount package targeting foreign aid, public broadcasting

President Donald Trump signed his package of around $ 9 billion to re -reverse federal funds already approved for foreign aid and public broadcasting Thursday, after the two Congress Chambers approved legislation earlier in the month, the sources familiar to the issue confirmed.

The signing marks another legislative victory for the Trump administration only two weeks after the president reported his massive tax and political measure, nicknamed the “great and beautiful bill”.

The attached package fell to nearly $ 8 billion in Congress funding already approved for the American Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency previously independent which has provided help from poor countries and offered development assistance.

However, the USAID faced redundancies and was absorbed by the State Department in the midst of the Trump administration concerns that the organization has not advanced the basic interests of the United States.

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The attached package also derives more than a billion dollars from the public distribution company (CPB) which provides federal funding for NPR and PBS.

The total drop of $ 9 billion is a fraction of one percent of the whole national debt, which currently is around 36.7 billions of dollars on Wednesday.

The room had previously approved its version of the related package in June and voted on the final version of the measurement early Friday after the Senate narrowly approved the measure by a margin of 51 to 48 first in the morning on July 17.

The head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, RS.D., said that the measure aligned with other priorities to eradicate waste, fraud and abuses within the federal government and is a step in the right direction.

“I appreciate all the work that the administration has done to identify unnecessary expenses,” said Thune in a speech before the vote. “And now it is time for the Senate to do its share to reduce part of this waste from the budget. It is a small but important step towards the fiscal mental health that we all should be able to suit for a long time.”

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The head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, RS.D., said that the measure aligned with other priorities to eradicate waste, fraud and abuses within the federal government and is a step in the right direction. (Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Democrats said that foreign help cuts are a victory for China and Russia, and that the package endangered national security. In addition, Democrats argue that the employment of the Republicans of cancellations establishes a dangerous precedent which could compromise a multitude of programs on the line.

“If the Republicans reduce more American aid, it will create a dangerous empty that the Chinese Communist Party will continue to fulfill,” said the head of the Senate of the Senate, Chuck Schumer, Dn.y.

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“If the Republicans reduce more American aid, it will create a dangerous empty that the Chinese Communist Party will continue to fulfill,” said the head of the Senate of the Senate, Chuck Schumer, Dn.y. (Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images)

“They use pocket cancellations to poison the bipartisan credits process, to break the law to steal funds that the congress appropriated, and they do it during a party vote,” said Schumer. “Worse, they allow Donald Trump to decide by himself what programs to finance, and this endangers everything in health care, education, food assistance, public health. Everything – everything – becomes in danger. This is what is happening if a package like this is authorized to become law.”

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Although Trump previously attempted to advance an attraction package in 2018 which also targeted foreign aid and public broadcasting funds during his first mandate, he failed to obtain support for the Senate after Collins since then. Richard Burr, Rn.C., voted against.

The last time the congress approved a set of attractions was in 1999.

Alex Miller de Fox News contributed to this report.