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Appropriations panel advances sharply rewritten State Department, national security spending bill after heated partisan debate
Summary
The House Appropriations subcommittee approved a fiscal 2026 bill that cuts international-affairs spending by about 22% and redirects funds toward priorities described as "national security," with members sharply divided over humanitarian cuts, new executive flexibility funds and prohibitions on U.N. entities.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs voted to report the fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill after a day of contentious debate over large cuts to foreign assistance and a reorientation of spending toward what the Republican majority called national security priorities.
The bill reduces international-affairs spending about 22% from enacted levels, according to the subcommittee chair, and includes explicit funding guarantees for Israel, new loan and loan-guarantee authorities for Taiwan, restrictions on assistance involving the People’s Republic of China, and a new “America First…
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