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The Senate considered Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, which rescinds over $9 billion in congressionally appropriated funding to international aid programs and public broadcasting. The bill cuts nearly half a billion dollars in funding that was previously appropriated with bipartisan support to help other countries recover from climate-fueled disasters and build clean energy projects around the world. Additionally, by cutting funding for public broadcasting, a pillar of the free press and a healthy democracy, this bill defunds lifesaving emergency alert systems that are essential tools during climate change-fueled natural disasters, especially in rural communities and when internet and cellular service is unavailable. These partisan rescissions cede U.S. global leadership on climate action and undermine congressional checks. On July 17, the Senate approved H.R. 4, as amended, by a vote of 51-48 (Senate roll call vote 411). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The House concurred with Senate amendments to H.R. 4 on July 18, and the president signed the amended H.R. 4 into law on July 24.
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