The Senate early Thursday narrowly passed, 51-48, a $9 billion foreign aid and public media rescissions package, sending the spending cancellations sought by President Donald Trump back to the House where the clock is ticking to get it cleared by Friday.

In a statement, Duffy said the Federal Railroad Administration terminated approximately $4 billion in unspent funding for “California’s High Speed Rail Boondoggle,” saying the $135 billion projected cost of the project could buy every San Francisco and Los Angeles resident nearly 200 round trip flights between the cities.

Senate Republicans are preparing to advance Trump's multibillion-dollar clawback package, though internal dissent threatens to stall the effort.

In a dramatic 50-50 Senate vote, Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote to advance US President Donald Trump's $9.4 billion rescission package. The cuts, part of a broader White House plan to eliminate what it calls wasteful “DOGE-identified” funds,