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 Senate narrowly passed a bill that would rescind $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and claw back $7.9 billion from foreign-aid programs.

President Donald Trump is one step closer to having Congress officially sign off on a slice of his Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts after Senate Republicans agreed TK DATE to cancel $9 billion in funding to foreign aid and public broadcasting.

It marks the first time in decades that a rescissions package has been approved by the Senate. In 2018, the GOP-controlled chamber narrowly blocked a $15 billion request from Trump, after Collins and then-Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina opposed it.

NPR and PBS outlets, including several in Southern California, will have to make tough decisions as the U.S. Senate votes to claw back money previously allocated for their operations.

Public broadcasting stations in the state are bracing for big changes. In Moline, WQPT’s general manager Dawn Schmitt said the TV station expects to have to cut staffing — and the amount of community service it provides.

The House and Senate are poised to consider switching back to some of the names of military bases that the Trump administration reversed.

A Senate bill targeting fraud charges tied to the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, which BI previously reported on, moved forward this week.