The House narrowly passed a rescissions bill cutting $9.4 billion, including $1.1 billion from public broadcasting.

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on a request from the Trump administration to rescind billions in funding previously allotted to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

House Republicans on Thursday agreed to cancel $9.4 billion in federal spending for foreign aid and public radio and broadcasting, marking the first time Congress has formally weighed in on Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts.

Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, installed a Starlink Wi-Fi terminal at the White House in March – despite warnings from security officials that doing so could open the administration to potential data leak and espionage risks.

The so-called rescissions package seeks to claw back $9.4 billion lawmakers had authorized the executive branch to spend, and it would require only GOP votes to pass.

The request marked the White House's first attempt to cement the spending cuts pursued by the Department of Government Efficiency.

The White House is standing by its work on the Department of Government Efficiency in the aftermath of President Trump’s public feud with Elon Musk. White House spokesman Harrison Fields said Trump’s “success through DOGE is undisputed,

The U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House experts worried about potential security breaches when they installed Musk’s Starlink internet service in the complex this year,

The request would support an estimated 150 full time employees, 80% of whom would be paid out of agency reimbursements, rather than DOGE-specific funds.

Republicans say they would rather use DOGE savings to pay off the national debt than to hand out the funds to taxpayers.