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The Senate voted 51 to 48 to reclaim spending previously approved by Congress.
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See how your lawmaker voted on the bill that would let the Trump administration pull back billions in foreign aid and other federal funding.
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The move was a stunning reversal of Biden-era efforts to address racial disparities in local law enforcement.
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Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the changes were needed and called the outrage overblown.
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FEMA announced in April that it was ending the funding to eliminate "waste, fraud and abuse." The program saved taxpayers more than $150 billion over 20 years, the plaintiffs said.
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The vote to take up legislation to rescind $9 billion in congressionally approved funds suggested that Republicans would bow to the president's wishes in the simmering fight over spending powers.
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(First column, 9th story, link)
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