{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-votes-no-on-president-s-recission-package", "Golden votes \u2018no\u2019 on president\u2019s recission package", "2025-06-12", "2025", "2025-06", "Democrat", "House", "ME", "Jared F. Golden", "G000592", "golden.house.gov", "golden", "https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) voted today against the Recissions Act of 2025, a proposal by President Donald Trump to claw back $9.4 billion in congressionally approved spending on foreign aid and the Corporations for Public Broadcasting (CPB).\n\n\u201cZeroing out CPB funding would undermine or even shut down independent, nonpartisan rural public television and radio networks such as Maine Public, which provides educational programming for children and critical public services such as the life-saving emergency alert system,\u201d Golden said. \u201cThis bill also would gut the President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a program founded by a Republican president with bipartisan support that has saved more than 25 million lives in an effort to stop the spread of AIDS.\u201d\n\nThe Recissions Act of 2025 proposed the elimination of $8.3 billion in funding from foreign aid programs within the U.S. State Department, primarily from the U.S. Agency on International Development (USAID), and $1.1 billion \u2014 the entire federal appropriation \u2014 for CPB.\n\nThe bill forced an up-or-down vote on the entire slate of clawbacks, preventing the ability of members to approve or reject individual recissions. It passed with only GOP support in a 214-212 vote.\n\n\u201cWhile I won\u2019t support a proposal that cuts funding that supports PBS KIDS educational programming and worthwhile public health initiatives, there are undoubtedly initiatives in the State Department \u2014 including some included in this package \u2014 where cuts are justified,\u201d Golden said. \u201cWhile this bill selects some of the wrong targets, it is the correct way for the administration to seek these kinds of savings. I remain open to other, better-targeted recissions proposals.\u201d\n\nBackground: The 1974 Impoundment Control Act establishes a formal procedure for Congress to consider rescissions requests submitted by the president. The law gives Congress 45 days to act on the request. During that 45-day window, the White House may withhold the covered funds. The measure can pass by a simple majority in the Senate and cannot be filibustered.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T01:08:28Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://golden.house.gov/media/press-releases/golden-votes-no-on-president-s-recission-package"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.454637946560979, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}