The passage of the rescissions package was possible only because House and Senate Republicans are working with a “unified government with conservatives in charge of all three of those levers of power,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Newsmax Friday.

The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda.

“And we hope that’s the beginning of that. That’s the plan,” Johnson told “American Agenda.”

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