As the Senate moves to vote on its rescissions legislation this week, Bill Gates warned on Monday of the potential harm to the United States Agency for International Development. The GOP-controlled Senate plans to strike $9.

Congress has until the end of the week to send the bill to Trump's desk, but the path forward for the rescissions package remains a bit murky.

Washington — The Senate could move forward as soon as Tuesday on a request from the White House to claw back $9.4 billion in funds for international aid and public broadcasting as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act.

Vice President JD Vance cast two tie-breaking votes in the Senate Tuesday to move forward a $9.4 billion rescissions package — which would rip federal funding from PBS and NPR — in the upper chamber.

The U.S. Senate has opened debate on a $9 billion rescission bill to claw back foreign aid and other funding not aligned with Trump administration priorities, but will apparently leave one critical public health program alone.

Congress needs to approve the rescissions request before it expires at the end of the week, or the funds will have to be spent as lawmakers previously intended.

Speaker Mike Johnson is putting pressure on Senate Republicans to pass President Donald Trump’s rescissions package. Johnson told reporters Monday

WASHINGTON (WABI) - Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, spoke on the Senate floor against the ‘Recissions Package’ currently being considered by the Senate. The legislation aims to remove billions in congressionally approved funding. Some of the programs include the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and USAID.

The report comes about six months after Trump returned to the White House and began taking drastic measures that his administration says will improve government efficiency and protect U.S. interests, triggering condemnation from Democrats that the moves could amount to ceding global influence to China.

China is positioned to attract global talent as Trump’s policies weaken American competitiveness, some lawmakers say.

GOP senators said they would remove $400 million in cuts to PEPFAR from the rescissions proposal, which targets foreign aid and public broadcasting, ahead of a Friday deadline.