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https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/07/18/finally-house-votes-on-9b- rescissions-package-n2191762

If it feels like we were just having this conversation...it's because we
pretty much were. Just two weeks ago, we gritted our teeth through the
marathon slog of a House vote (and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' (D-NY) endless "magic minute") on the reconciliation bill (also known as the "One
Big Beautiful Bill" or "OBBB").

It might have been kicking and screaming, but the House GOP dragged OBBB
across the finish line, just in time for President Donald Trump to sign it
on the 4th of July.

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America

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Lap Ahead of Final OBBB Vote

And now, they've managed it with the $9 billion rescissions/DOGE cuts
package as well. After multiple Rules Committee machinations, the House
began an "hour" of debate on the measure shortly after 10:00 PM Eastern Thursday night. With a 216 to 213 vote, the measure finally passed at
around 12:06 AM Eastern. (Brian Fitzpatrick (PA) and Mike Turner (OH) were
the two Republican no votes on the measure.)

This vote follows initial passage in the House in mid-June, followed by
the Senate's tussle with it earlier this week. That led to some
(relatively) minor tweaks that nudged the clawback down from $9.4 billion
to $9 billion.

Still, $9 billion's not nothing.

READ MORE: Winning: House Passes Rescissions Bill With Massive Spending
Cuts, Package Moves to Senate

President Trump Scores Huge Senate Victory As $9 Billion Is Cut From
Foreign Aid and Public Broadcasting

As streiff noted upon the Senate's passage, this is the first time a rescissions package has successfully made its way through Congress in over
a quarter of a century:

This marks the first time the rescission process has been used to cut
spending since 1999. President Trump attempted to cut $15 billion in 2018,
but the bill failed to clear the Senate. Since the process was introduced
in the Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, presidents have
submitted 1,178 rescission requests totaling $76 billion; 461 of those requests, comprising $25 billion, survived contact with Congress.

So, it's a win, even if it's a small-ish one. Of course, even those modest
cuts (roughly $8 billion in foreign aid spending and $1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting) have the left howling over the
injustice of it all. See, e.g., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-
NY):


Now that it's passed the House, President Trump will take his Sharpie to
the measure and sign it into law.

And after that? Appropriations. Our Managing Editor, Jennifer Van Laar,
has a great explainer:

After the Big, Beautiful Bill and the rescissions package pass, Congress
will turn its attention to the annual appropriations bill, which is where
huge spending cuts can occur. And since the debt ceiling and a number of
other contentious issues (like the tax cuts and funding for deportations
and the border wall) will be off the table, it'll be harder for Senate Democrats to hold anything hostage, and more spending cuts can occur.

Yes, it's a slog. But things are moving in the right direction.


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