The House of Representatives, under the Republican majority, voted on Thursday with 214 votes in favor and 212 against the proposal of former President Donald Trump for the cancellation of $ 9.4 billion by previously approved.

The so -called “cut package” includes the recovery of $ 8.3 billion intended for foreign aid and $ 1.1 billion from the Federal Public Broadcasting Service, which financially supports NPR and PBS networks. The initiative is part of the proposals for cuts by the government’s efficiency service, which is directed by the billionaire technology Ilon Musk.

Trump publicly called on the Republicans to vote in favor of the measure by posting on social media: “The cuts on cuts is unprepared and every Republican in Congress must vote ‘yes’. Make America great again! “

Four Republican MPs – Mark Amonday (Nevada), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania), Nicole Malliotakis (New York) and Mike Terner (Ohio) – were drawn up with 208 Democrats. Some members of the Republican Party changed their vote from “no” to “yes” shortly before the end of the process, when it became clear that the measure was in danger of being rejected. In total, four democrats and two Republicans were absent from the vote.

The cut package is now headed to the Senate, where it can be approved by a simple majority and does not require a vote by 60 members.

Reflections within the Republican camp

However, there is reflection within the Republican camp. Senator Susan Collins (Maine) has expressed reservations about cuts in the Pepfar program – the Bush government’s initiative to fight HIV/AIDS, which has been credited with the rescue of millions of lives in Africa.

Correspondingly, Senator Lisa Murkovsky (Alaska) opposes cuts in public broadcasting, stressing that many remote areas of its state depend on funding for critical services.

“Not only a large part of Alaska’s communities would be deprived of its local programs, but also the warning systems for natural disasters, power outages, water boiling alerts and other critical updates would have been serious obstruction,” Murkovsky said. “What for some may look like negligible expenditure has proven to be an invaluable and saving resource for Alaska.”

Overall, the savings of $ 9.4 billion is a drop in the ocean, compared to the $ 2.4 trillion of new deficits estimated to cause Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” law, according to the independent budget office. Republicans are pressing for the approval of the wider bill from the Senate until July 4.

The minority leader in the House of Representatives, Hakim Jeffris, from North Bournemouth, condemned the revocation package as “reckless”, noting that “undermining the national security of the United States and affects our ability to protect it”.

“Republicans are seeking to withdraw billions of dollars from the efforts to ensure internal security to serve an extreme ideological agenda, which is associated with a deeply unpopular initiative, which was previously guided by Elon Meskos.”