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Hagerty: Senate passed a $9B+ spending rescissions package

Senator Bill Hagerty · Trump vs Powell, Solving the Debt Crisis, The $10T AGI Prize, GENIUS Act Becomes Law · Jul 19, 2025 · at 1:12:13

Senator Bill Hagerty discusses congressional efforts to curtail spending in an interview with David Sacks at the White House.

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“What, what's happening right now in the United States Senate, we just put through a rescissions package for a little bit over nine billion dollars.”

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The U.S. Senate passed a spending rescissions package of a little over $9 billion.

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Assessment

On July 17, 2025, two days prior to the publish date of the podcast, the U.S. Senate passed an amended version of H.R. 4 (the Rescissions Act of 2025) in a 51-48 vote. The passed package rescinded approximately $9.0 billion in budget authority (reduced from the original $9.4 billion proposal following a Senate amendment), directly fulfilling the resolution criteria.

On July 17, 2025, the U.S. Senate passed an amended version of H.R. 4 (the Rescissions Act of 2025) in a 51–48 vote.
Official records and major news outlets confirm the Senate-passed package rescinded approximately $9 billion (with CBO outlay savings scored at $8.9 billion).

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