Congress needs to approve the rescissions request before it expires at the end of the week, or the funds will have to be spent as lawmakers previously intended.

The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President Trump that would claw back $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Last week, the Senate appropriations process took an unexpected turn on another spending bill when Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, joined Democrats to back an amendment from Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen regarding the future of the FBI headquarters building.

Washington — The Senate could move forward as soon as Tuesday on a request from the White House to claw back $9.4 billion in funds for international aid and public broadcasting as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act.

President Trump said late Tuesday that he has reached a deal with most of the House Republicans who derailed a procedural vote earlier in the day, putting a trio of cryptocurrency bills on a path

The rescissions bill to claw back funding approved for foreign aid, NPR and PBS is a top Trump priority, but some Senate Republicans have raised concerns about the cuts.

The Senate voted on Tuesday evening to advance a package that would roll back $1.1 billion in funding to PBS, NPR and public media that had already been allocated over the next two years.

The House is planning to vote on the Senate-passed version of President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" as soon as Wednesday morning.

A handful of hard-line House conservatives are threatening to tank a Wednesday procedural vote for the party’s reconciliation bill, a revolt that would bring the lower chamber to a screeching halt and potentially derail GOP leadership’s plan of clearing the legislation by July 4.