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Trump's modest spending cuts package survives narrow Senate vote as some Republicans break ranks
Congress approves a $9 billion spending cut targeting public broadcasting and foreign aid, overcoming GOP divisions despite ...
Republicans Fretted Over Ceding Spending Power to Trump. Then They Voted to Do It.
In voting for President Trump’s cancellation of $9 billion in spending they had already approved, Republicans in Congress ...
GOP-led Senate votes to cancel $9 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS
The spending cuts package, requested by the White House, heads back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline for Trump to sign ...
KET cancels Fancy Farm coverage as bill cutting public broadcasting money advances
The push to cut federal funding for public broadcasting stations is already having an impact in Kentucky ahead of the Fancy ...
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McConnell joins letter that urges release of educational funds
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell signed a letter advocating for educational funds to be ...
US Senate passes bill that could put funding for KET at risk
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - In a 51-48 U.S. Senate vote, a $9 billion rescissions package was moved forward. Kentucky Republicans Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul were two of those votes supporting it.
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell cosigns letter for education funds to be released
JCPS Superintendent Brian Yearwood sent letters to several Kentucky lawmakers. So far, McConnell and 9 other republican senators have joined.
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Ohio weed companies may gain as Congress moves toward intoxicating hemp ban
Following the advance of a ban on intoxicating hemp in the U.S. House of Representatives last month, the Senate followed suit ...
Senate passes effort to claw back $9B from budget -- including cuts to public broadcasting and USAID
Murkowski said on Wednesday that she still opposes the bill after voting on Tuesday against advancing it forward.
McConnell switches vote on public broadcasting, foreign aid cuts
A Trump-backed plan to strip federal funds for public broadcasting and foreign aid passed the Senate and returns to the House.
Senate passes bill to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid
The Senate approved a bill to cut nearly $9 billion in taxpayer funds, affecting foreign aid and public broadcasting. The ...
Scott Jennings Begs Trump to Ask Him to Run for the Senate
CNN’s token MAGA contributor Scott Jennings says he’ll run for Mitch McConnell’s soon-to-be-open Senate seat, but only if ...