Senate to restore $400 million in AIDS prevention funding, reduce Trump cuts package to $9 billion

Lindsey McPherson, Washington Times

The Senate plans to ignore President Trump’s request to slash $400 million from a global

AIDS prevention program as it takes up a broader package of spending cuts that he asked for this week. Senate Republicans said they will amend the House-passed rescissions package of $9.4 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting cuts to restore $400 million for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. The substitute amendment, if it passes, will reduce the rescissions package to $9 billion.