WASHINGTON—The White House will send Congress a request to claw back $9.4 billion in previously appropriated funds to public media and foreign aid.
A spokesperson for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed in a statement to The Epoch Times that the long-expected rescissions package would be sent to Congress for consideration on June 3.
In Washington parlance, a “rescissions package” refers to a request by the president for Congress to withdraw funding previously delegated by the legislature for a specific purpose. Such packages are handled under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which limits the president’s ability to unilaterally cancel funding appropriated by Congress....
