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The Congress officially sends a package that details $ 9 billion in expenses of expenses to the desktop of President Donald Trump, minutes after midnight on Friday.
The bill, called “termination package”, was approved by the House of Representatives in a vote from 216 to 213 at the end of the night after an intense debate between Republicans and Democrats. Only two Republicans, the representatives Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of PA-PA., And Mike Turner, R-Ohio, voted in opposition.
Friday was also the deadline to approve legislation, otherwise, the White House would be forced to reopulate those funds as planned.
It is a victory for the president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, R-La., But mostly symbolic: the bill of expenses of expenses was largely seen by Trump's allies as a proof of a tax collection process that is not used in more than two decades.
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The president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, passed through the expense cuts of President Donald Trump (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
“This bill tonight is part of continuing with the tendency to control the expense. Does all the problems respond? No. $ 9 billion, would I say it is a good start,” said the leader of the majority of the House of Representatives, Steve Scalise, Republican of LA-la., Said during the debate on the bill.
When Trump signed, he will block $ 8 billion in funds to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and $ 1 billion to the Corporation for Public Transmission for the rest of the fiscal year. The dollars had been assigned by Congress for the duration of fiscal year 2025.
Republicans celebrated him as a victory to reduce the flow of dollars from US taxpayers to what they called “awakening” initiatives abroad, while the Democrats accused the right to gut critical foreign aid.
The termination packages are a way for the president to have contributions in the annual assignments process of the Congress. The White House sends a proposal to block some funds forced to Congress, which legislators have 45 days to overcome the Chamber and Senate.
Republicans have also been able to ignore the Democrats so far, with the termination process that reduces the Senate threshold for the passage of 60 votes to 51.
The last time a termination package was signed was 1999.
The consideration of the bill began with an audience of the Chamber Rules Committee at 6 PM on Thursday night.
The classification member representative Jim McGovern tried to force multiple votes related to Jeffrey Epstein (Tom Williams)
Democrats tried several times throughout the process to arm the continuous consequences between the case of Jeffrey Epstein, both in the Chamber Rules Committee and on the Chamber's Floor during the debate on the bill.
Multiple calls were made for votes to force the so -called “archives” of Epstein.
“If each Republican votes to block our attempt to release the records, they tell Epstein's victims, no matter as our political convenience. And that should dislike each of us,” said representative Jim McGovern, D-Mass.
The figures of the extreme right Republican Party are demanding responsibility, while Trump has asked his base to continue after the Department of Justice (DOJ) pointed out that the case was closed.
The initial plans to start advancing in the earliest bill in the day sank quickly, and the Republicans in the committee were worried about being in a difficult position with the possible votes of Epstein.
In the end, a commitment led to the Chamber Rules Committee to advance to a separate non -binding extent that deals with the transparency of Epstein, on a track parallel to the Disadfet Draft.
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“All credible evidence should leave. I have been very clear with the members of the Chamber Rules Committee. The Republicans have been taking the incoming criticism because they voted to stop the politicization of the Democrats of this, and they are trying to follow their work and move their procedure rules to the floor so that we can do our job and do the terminations for the US people,” Johnson told reporters during the day The day.
However, the Democrats went ahead, mentioning Epstein several times on the floor of the camera. McGovern even briefly led a song to “release the files” when closing the debate on the bill.
The Republicans, in turn, accused the Democrats of hypocrisy.
“Interesting how they talk about Jeffrey Epstein, because for four years, President Joe Biden had those files, and not a single Democrat who listens tonight at the time tried to release those files,” said the leader of the majority of the House of Representatives, Steve Scalise, Republican of La-La., Said at one time during the debate of the floor of the camera.
Initially, the Chamber voted to advance a termination package of $ 9.4 billion, but was cut in the Senate after some senators had concerns about reducing funds for HIV/AIDS prevention investigation in Africa.
Trump is expected to sign the bill on Friday.
