Senate GOP leaders are scrambling to shore up the votes for the White House’s $9.4 billion request to claw back funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting.
It’s dangerously close to the July 18 deadline that will render Trump’s rescissions package expired for good if Congress doesn’t act. But Senate Republicans are seeking tweaks to minimize the bill’s cuts to AIDS prevention efforts around the world and valued local broadcasters back home.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune can lose no more than three GOP senators if he wants to get the White House request across the finish line. According to him, it’s still TBD what the bill will look…
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