The House passed a bill to codify $9.4 billion in DOGE cuts, and once again, the vote came down to the wire.

The measure passed by just one vote, with four Republicans bucking President Trump's wishes.

"Every single Republican in Congress should vote, 'YES,'" President Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump's bill scrapes through

The rescissions bill claws back $8.3 billion in foreign aid and $1.1 billion for public broadcasting. Republicans have slammed PBS and NPR for promoting woke agendas using taxpayer money.

USAID, the foreign aid arm of the U.S. government, was effectively gutted by DOGE, which highlighted examples of dubious spending on ideological projects abroad. But the USAID cuts need to be made permanent, and only Congress can do that.

"How about we cut $3 million for circumcisions, vasectomies and condoms in Zambia,” House GOP Conference Secretary Lisa McClain of Michigan said in floor remarks. “How about we spend that money and invest in American health care.”

Michael R. Turner of Ohio, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mark Amodei of Nevada, all voted no. Amodei voiced concerns about his rural residents being impacted by cuts to public broadcasting.

Johnson celebrates

The vote comes a month after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) muscled Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" through the House, also by one vote. The GOP has a narrow majority, leaving little room for defectors.

"We are fulfilling the promises we made to the American people," said Johnson. "Today's passage of this initial rescissions package marks a critical step towards a more responsible and transparent government that puts the interests of the American taxpayers first."

The House can rescind money that it has appropriated but not yet spent. Trump's rescissions package reflects an effort to make some of DOGE's government cuts stick - and assuage a handful of GOP critics who have voiced complaints about the cost of his legislative agenda.

Headed to Senate

The rescissions package now heads to the Senate, where some Republicans have voiced concern about the cuts to public broadcasting and PEPFAR, which combats HIV/AIDS globally.

The Senate this week released its version of Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," which had scraped through the House after delicate negotiations between different factions. The Senate made some changes that are facing backlash in the House, including a lower deduction cap on state-and-local taxes. The House's version of the bill raised that cap to $40,000, a concession to moderate Republicans in high-tax blue states.

One of those Republicans, New York's Nick LaLota, initially opposed the rescissions package but changed his vote to yes.

The final tally was 214-212. It wouldn't have passed if the vote was tied.

"I ultimately voted yes after a conversation or two with the Speaker and the Whip raised my confidence level," said LaLota. "I trust those two individuals. We've dealt with each other for the last couple of years. We've gotten on the same page."