House Republican leaders are preparing for a late night in the chamber as they try to jam through President Donald Trump’s $9 billion package of cuts to federal funding — after a day of intense talks with GOP holdouts demanding a vote on a Jeffrey Epstein-related measure.

The conservative tapped by the White House to help see to fruition President Donald Trump’s quest to slash foreign aid and public broadcasting funds views the moment as something greater than clawing back $9 billion Congress previously approved.

In a narrow 51–48 vote, the US Senate has approved a $9 billion Trump-backed rescissions package that slashes $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting, including PBS and NPR, and cuts $8 billion from foreign aid programs.