There was an intense debate in the U.S. Senate Tuesday over President Donald Trump's efforts to get Congress to claw back more than $9 billion in spending.

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.

Senator Angus King took to the senate floor Tuesday to speak out against the current proposed rescissions package, which is legislation that aims to remove congressionally-approved funding

In less than 48 hours, lawmakers had to decide how to appropriate up to $7 million in state funding for nearly 300 bills.

The budget reconciliation bill President will sign Friday passed without the support of any of the members of ... that were approved back in 2017. Irwin Gratz: Of course, in the end, you did vote against the measure as it stood in the Senate.

The Senate could vote as soon as Wednesday on a so-called rescissions package, significantly impacting public media funding and foreign aid programs.

The Trump administration's package to make DOGE spending cuts official still faces some Republican opposition.

Maine's struggling hospitals are bracing for another hit to their finances after the U.S. Senate's narrow vote Tuesday to pass a sweeping tax and spending bill that is expected to cut off tens of thousands of Maine residents from Medicaid coverage.

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