The voting in the House of Representatives followed a twelve-hour voting in the Senate on Wednesday night Swedish time, where the yes-side got 51 votes and the no-side 48.
In total, it is about cuts of around 9 billion dollars, closer to 88 billion kronor. In addition to aid, support for public service TV and radio is also affected.
According to the news agency AP, it is the first time in decades that a president has managed to get a similar measure through.
President Trump and the Republicans in the House of Representatives promised fiscal responsibility and government efficiency. Today, we are once again fulfilling that promise, said Speaker and Republican Mike Johnson shortly after the vote.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk was tasked by President Donald Trump to review the state's expenses earlier this year and the cuts are part of that assignment. Musk left his assignment in the spring.
The cuts that have now been voted through achieve only a fraction of the savings that Musk promised to implement before he left.
Most of the savings are aimed at programs for countries affected by diseases, wars and natural disasters. A proposal to cut off funding for a global AIDS program that is said to have saved 26 million lives was stopped by moderate Republicans.
The next step is to let the president himself, Donald Trump, sign the document on the cuts for them to come into effect.
