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At the heart of the rescissions package that passed in the Senate early Thursday morning is $9 billion in spending cuts, from funding that had previously been approved by Congress.

In a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said, "It’s a small but important step toward fiscal sanity that we all should be able to agree is long overdue.”

Republicans are celebrating the 51-48 vote, which gives the green light to claw back those funds, including about $8 billion in foreign aid they say is wasteful, citing examples in speeches.

"$18 million to gender diversity in the Mexican street lighting industry. 2.4 million to make international disaster aid more considerate of sexual orientation and gender identity $2.2 million to reduce xenophobia toward Venezuela migrants; $3 million for Iraqi Sesame Street," said Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Miss.

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