Congress approved Trump’s $9 billion budget cuts. Here's a breakdown
The Hearst Television Data Team breaks down the $9 billion budget cut passed by Congress.
The Hearst Television Data Team breaks down the $9 billion budget cut passed by Congress.
The Hearst Television Data Team breaks down the $9 billion budget cut passed by Congress.
The House approved President Donald Trump's request to remove $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting on Friday.
The , which narrowly passed in the Senate, allows the president to cancel previously approved funding authority for certain projects.
The Hearst Television Data team analyzed the items on the version of the approved by the Senate and found that 77% of the total budget cuts targeted foreign aid, 13% hit public broadcasting, and the rest impacted the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Hover over the tiles to view the programs and the amounts removed.
Foreign aid cuts included bilateral economic assistance funds appropriated to the president and multilateral assistance to international organizations.
The bill also eliminated $1.1 billion allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private, nonprofit corporation authorized by , to be used for the next two years.
The corporation distributes of the money to over 1,500 locally operated public television and radio stations, with much of the remainder assigned to National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service to support national programming.
Around $800 million was cut from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, which manages the Migration and Refugee Assistance fund. That fund supports humanitarian efforts for displaced populations globally.
USAID will see a $125 million cut to its operating expenses.
