Among the most controversial provisions is a plan to eliminate $1.1 billion in funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which supports PBS and NPR. The bill also rescinds $8.3 billion earmarked for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), drawing concern from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

Three Republican senators — Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Susan Collins (Maine) — joined Democrats in voting against the measure.

“The rescissions package has a big problem — nobody really knows what program reductions are in it,” said Sen. Collins, citing a lack of clarity from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) about which specific programs would be cut. “That