WASHINGTON (July 17, 2025) – The Senate approved a bill Thursday that would cut $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding, including support for the U.S. Agency for International Development, global health programs, peacekeeping efforts, PBS, and NPR. The bill is now waiting to be voted on by the House by Friday.
Experts at George Washington University are available to provide context and analysis on these developments. To speak with an expert, please contact Skyler Sales at skylers
gwu [dot] edu (skylers[at]gwu[dot]edu).
Peter Loge is a professor at the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs. Professor Loge has more than 30 years of experience in politics and communications. He currently leads the Project on Ethics in Political Communication at the School of Media and Public Affairs.
"Public broadcasting pays for some of the only local news in small towns across America,” Loge said. “It would be sad to lose Big Bird, but it would be a devastating blow to communities to lose their only source of local news."
Matthew Dallek is a professor at the George Washington University School of Political Management. Professor Dallek is a political historian whose intellectual interests include the intersection of social crises and political transformation, the evolution of the modern conservative movement, and liberalism and its critics. He is also a frequent commentator in the national news media on politics, history and public affairs.
-GW-