President Donald Trump sent House GOP leaders his $9.4B spending cut proposal. (Getty Images)
None of the four Republicans – Reps. Mark Amodei, R-Nev.; David Valadao, R-Calif.; Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y.; and Don Bacon, R-Neb. – have said how they will vote on the bill, however. They also all approved a procedural vote to allow for debate on the measure.
But Amodei, co-chair of the Public Broadcasting Caucus, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday afternoon that he was not worried about NPR and PBS' national brands, with which he acknowledged the GOP's bias concerns, and that his fear was gutting funding to smaller local outlets that rely on federal funding to keep people informed in areas with less access.
"These aren't the people that are doing editorial boards that are flipping you the bird," Amodei argued to his fellow Republicans. "They're kind of important pieces of infrastructure in their communities."
Amodei, who is intimately familiar with the government funding process as a House appropriator, said "a whole bunch of red counties" depend on public broadcast funding.
"It's easier for the nationals to raise money if they've got to make up for some funding they lost than it is these guys," he said.
Valadao, who represents a California swing district, told Politico he was not sure if the measure would pass.
He declined to elaborate on his concerns to Fox News Digital, however, and his office did not respond to a request for clarification.
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., said he was discussing his concerns with House leaders. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The $9.4 billion proposal is called a rescissions package, a mechanism for the White House to block congressionally approved funding it disagrees with.
Once transmitted to Capitol Hill, lawmakers have 45 days to approve the rescissions proposal, otherwise it is considered rejected.
Such measures only need a simple majority in the House and Senate to pass. But that's no easy feat with Republicans' thin majorities in both chambers.
If passed, Republican leaders hope the bill will be the first of several rescissions packages codifying spending cuts identified by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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Musk set out with a goal of finding $2 trillion in federal waste, but wound up identifying about $180 billion.
House GOP leaders lauded the proposal during their weekly press conference on Tuesday.
"These are commonsense cuts. And I think every member of this body should support it. It's a critical step in restoring fiscal sanity and beginning to turn the tides and removing fraud, waste, and abuse from our government," Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
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