The Continuing Resolution contained $700 billion in funding for USAID.
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Badlands MediaAug 11, 2026
No source reports a $700 billion appropriation for USAID. The FY2026 CR funded SFOPS at FY2025 levels, the entire SFOPS request was about $31.5 billion, and USAID was largely eliminated in 2025, so the claimed figure is roughly 20 times larger than the total for all foreign affairs funding.
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… And you can tell them about the epicatikin and how it's basically, um, you know, age defying hot chocolate, because that's awesome. Also, I learned how to say epicatikin, and, um, I'm pretty proud of it. Okay, Curtis Bruce says, Ash, you missed that the CR had 700 billion for USAID funding that Dodge had already flagged and cut. Now you'll see the DNC charged with cash. Yeah, probably. I stand by my earlier assertion that the legislature is illegitimate because the manner in which they become legitimate is fake, and so they—they're just—it's just looting the Treasury, in as much as …
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Contradicts. The CRS report says the FY2026 continuing resolution funded SFOPS agencies at FY2025 levels, and the administration requested only $31.52 billion in new SFOPS budget authority, including $20 billion in State and USAID rescissions. A $700 billion USAID appropriation is far beyond the scale of the entire account.[2]
Contradicts. The USGLC update puts the administration's emergency request for State Department and international assistance at $3.36 billion, and the CR extends FY26 funding levels for State and development agencies, which again indicates billions rather than hundreds of billions.[3]
Context. Reuters reports the House-passed stopgap (through December 11) and notes that the Trump administration had eliminated USAID since early 2025, which makes large USAID appropriations in the CR unlikely.[1]
Context. The sources cite a $500-700 billion gap between Pentagon plans and likely appropriations, which appears to be the likely source of the $700 billion figure rather than any USAID funding.[4]
Context. No source directly addresses a $700 billion USAID line in any continuing resolution, and the post's own passage does not support the figure, so the claim rests on inference from the scale of the SFOPS funding.[2][3]
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 2 not rated
- 1US House passes funding bill to avert government ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2FY2026 Budget and Appropriationscongress.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3International Affairs Budget Updateusglc.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 4Can't start, won't start: Over 150 new military programs face ...breakingdefense.com · not rated · cited for: context
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