House Republicans will take major steps this week toward cutting discretionary funding, including a vote to claw back more than half a billion dollars for international disaster assistance and climate programs.
Members will debate the rescissions package that the White House sent to Congress last week during a Rules Committee hearing Tuesday. The full House could vote on it as soon as Wednesday.
The request for $9.4 billion in total clawbacks targets $496 million in already appropriated funding to help other countries recover from natural disasters and $125 million for clean energy projects around the world.
It will be a significant test of Congress’ willingness to codify some of the cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency and comes amid a flurry of other efforts by the GOP to slash environmental programs that Democrats support. House appropriators are expected to unveil two new fiscal 2026 spending bills this week.
