Murkowski said on Wednesday that she still opposes the bill after voting on Tuesday against advancing it forward.

The spending cuts package, requested by the White House, heads back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline for Trump to sign it into law.

The bill's passage - by a 221-209 margin, with only five Democrats backing the measure - sends the national security budget debate over to the Senate, where appropriators still have not unveiled the parameters of their spending plans for next year.

The rescissions bill to claw back funding approved for foreign aid, NPR and PBS is a top Trump priority, but some Senate Republicans have raised concerns about the cuts.

Congress approved $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid, giving President Trump a victory in his efforts to slash the federal budget.

(The Center Square) – The U.S. House in a late night vote passed Republicans’ $9 billion rescissions package, delivering another win for President Donald Trump and his promise to cut federal spending.

WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate's massive budget bill that passed on Tuesday will make it harder to develop wind and solar energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates and lawmakers said.

The general appropriations bill passed the House in a 105-97 vote with the support of three Republican lawmakers.

Just days after the PA House passed a general budget bill mostly along party lines, the PA Senate has gutted that bill and sent it back to its Appropriations Committee with no clear path forward. This comes 17 days after the state’s budget deadline.