‘Woke, Weaponized, Wasteful’ – Alabama’s GOP U.S. House members vote to pass Trump’s $9 billion spending cut package

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July 18, 2025

Every Republican member of Alabama’s U.S. House delegation voted along with their colleagues to give final passage to President Donald Trump’s rescissions package.

President Donald Trump’s rescission package, which would codify a portion of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts, passed the U.S. House on Friday by a 216-213 vote.

This comes just a day after U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) joined their Republicans colleagues to pass it in the upper chamber.

Trump’s rescissions package that includes $9 billion in cuts for global aid programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) praised the measure for slashing money for “bias media handouts.”

The bill to slash billions of bloated foreign aid and biased media handouts is headed to President Trump’s desk. I’ve long called for NPR’s funding to be cut – your taxpayer dollars shouldn’t be used to promote left-wing propaganda. I am proud to work with my Republican…

— Dale W. Strong (@RepDaleStrong) July 18, 2025

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) said the legislation brings back accountability to government spending.

Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, the days of woke, weaponized and wasteful spending are no more.

The recessions package is headed to his desk and we are cutting billions to restore fiscal sanity.

This is the accountability American taxpayers deserve!

— Rep. Barry Moore (@RepBarryMoore) July 18, 2025

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) also celebrated the bill’s passage, but noted that they need to cut even more in the future.

Last night, @HouseGOP kept our promise to the American people to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse within our government by voting to send $9 billion of DOGE cuts to President Trump’s desk.

We must continue to cut bloated government spending and hold agencies accountable!

— Gary Palmer (@USRepGaryPalmer) July 18, 2025

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee

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