Congressional Republicans are gearing up for a major test of how easily they can lock in cuts sought by President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he aims to have the House act swiftly on approving Trump’s request for more than $9 billion in cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funding. That package is expected to hit the floor this week.

“We haven’t done anything like this in a while, so this is probably, in some ways, a test run,” House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told reporters.

Trump last week sent Congress a request for $8.3 billion in cuts to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and foreign aid, and more than $1 billion in cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which p

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