Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) considers the weeks of vote-wrangling as the GOP’s test of “political will” for spending cuts in Trump’s second term.

President Donald Trump is one step closer to having Congress officially sign off on a slice of his Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts after Senate Republicans agreed TK DATE to cancel $9 billion in funding to foreign aid and public broadcasting.

In a narrow 51–48 vote, the US Senate has approved a $9 billion Trump-backed rescissions package that slashes $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting, including PBS and NPR, and cuts $8 billion from foreign aid programs.