GOPers Cancel $9 Billion In Funding For Foreign Aid, NPR And PBS

The Republican Senate voted early this morning to pass a package of spending cuts requested by the Orange Tornado, sending it to the House. Via NBC News:

The rescissions package cancels previously approved funding totaling $9 billion for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. Republicans passed it through a rarely used process to evade the 60-vote threshold and modify a bipartisan spending deal on party lines.

The vote of 51-48 followed a 13-hour series of votes on amendments...