For the third time this year, the Senate will undergo a marathon voting session known as a “vote-a-rama,” the last step in a dayslong process to rescind billions in foreign aid spending. Beginning Wednesday afternoon,

Senate Republicans advanced President Donald Trump's request to cancel some $9 billion in previously approved spending cuts.

GOP senators said they would remove $400 million in cuts to PEPFAR from the rescissions proposal, which targets foreign aid and public broadcasting, ahead of a Friday deadline.