The bill included provisions that would block funds from being used to withdraw from the Paris climate accord and restrict the Trump administration from selling nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia.

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“It rejects the Administration’s unacceptable, irresponsible fiscal year 2020 requests and reaffirms strong support for reproductive health, climate change, and multilateral assistance," she added.

The full House Appropriations Committee is expected to take up the bill as soon as next week.

While it is not unusual for recommendations in presidential budgets to be ignored, the subcommittee's passage of the funding bill underlines the battles to come between the administration and newly elected Democratic House majority on spending.

Republicans objected to the bill's repeal of the Mexico City policy, or "global gag rule," which blocks U.S. funding from organizations that provide counseling related to abortions.