Rounds, GOP holdout, says he’ll back Trump’s funding cuts package
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said he’ll support a package of more than $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting after making a deal with the Trump administration.
Rounds said Tuesday that he worked with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on a deal that would redirect some funding approved under the Biden administration as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
“We have an agreement with OMB to resource the funds from other already allocated funding through what had been [former President] Biden's Green New Deal program, and we'll take that money and we'll reallocate it back into the tribes to take care of these radio stations that have been granted this money for the next two years,” Rounds told reporters Tuesday.
Rounds had previously held off from backing the package, citing concerns about........
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