The second part of Congressional budget improvement is now in the spotlight.

In June, the House passed recission legislation, which revokes already appropriated federal funds for public broadcasting and some foreign aid programs.

The Senate will now vote on this package, and Chuck Schumer doesn’t like it. A simple minority is all that is required to pass the legislation. Chuck Schumer has implied that his party will refuse to cooperate in the 2026 budget process if Republicans revoke billions in funding from previous years, leading to a government shutdown.

The Center Square:

The Rescissions Act of 2025, compiled by the Office of Management and Budget, requests the cancellation of $9.4 billion in federal spending deemed wasteful by the Trump administration. This includes $8.3 billion for non-lifesaving, “woke” foreign assistance and $1.1 billion for “politically biased” public broadcasting systems, including PBS and NPR.

Among other foreign aid projects, the GOP rescissions package would claw back $900 million from various USAID global health programs. OMB said the loss will not reduce treatment for HIV, AIDS, infectious diseases, or child and maternal health. Instead, it will zero out funding for programs related to population control and abortion, LGBTQ activities and equity programs.

Some of those clawbacks include $3 million for circumcision, vasectomies and condoms in Zambia; $6 million for “Net Zero Cities” in Mexico; and $5.1 million to strengthen the “resilience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer global movements.” The bill also slashes funding for climate-based energy projects in developing countries, such as electric buses for Rwanda.