House Narrowly Passes Trump’s $9B DOGE Budget Cuts Amid GOP Rift

HomeNews* The House passed President Donald Trump’s DOGE budget cuts package with a narrow 216-213 vote.

• The package aims to cut $9 billion in U.S. government spending, mostly from foreign aid and public broadcasting.
• The bill’s passage marks the first use of an obscure rescission law in about 30 years.
• Internal conflict among House Republicans over the release of Jeffrey Epstein files almost derailed the vote.
• The bill is now on its way to the president’s desk for final approval. The House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s DOGE budget cuts bill on July 18, 2025, after a narrow vote of 216-213. The measure focuses on reducing government spending as part of Trump’s ongoing efficiency reform goals.

• Advertisement - The approved package removes $9 billion from federal spending, with $8 billion coming from foreign aid programs and $1.1 billion from public broadcasting, which currently supports organizations like NPR and PBS. According to House Speaker Mike Johnson, “We’re going to downsize the scope of government. Government is too large. It does too many things, and it does almost nothing well. We believe in a limited government that’s accountable and efficient and effective for the people.”

Only two Republicans, Mike Turner and Brian Fitzpatrick, opposed the bill. Debate arose within the Republican Party as some members demanded more transparency on Jeffrey Epstein–related files before supporting the legislation. On this issue, Johnson stated, “We will see how all of this develops. We’re in line with the White House, there’s no daylight between us.”

The legislation used the presidential rescission authority, a rarely invoked process that allows the president to propose cutting specific budget items that Congress must then consider. The Senate reduced the original package by $400 million after rejecting cuts to the PEPFAR program (an international HIV/AIDS relief effort). Despite these changes, the bill still makes substantial cuts.

House member Eric Burlison said, “It’s disappointing that we’re, you know, $37 trillion in debt. This, to me, was low hanging fruit. We saw how DOGE exposed a lot of this misuse of funds.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed concern about future negotiations, stating, “Every time they have tried to resist Trump and Vought, they have folded – as recently as last night. I don’t have much faith in that.” The DOGE budget cuts now await President Trump’s signature to become law.

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