The 6-3 vote was never really in doubt by the final week. The fight was over what replaces the office.
## What Happens Next
The budget line does not simply disappear — it is redistributed. Where it lands is the story the next quarter will tell.
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After three months of hearings and an 8,000-signature petition. What happens to the staff — and the budget — next.

Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress
The 6-3 vote was never really in doubt by the final week. The fight was over what replaces the office.
## What Happens Next
The budget line does not simply disappear — it is redistributed. Where it lands is the story the next quarter will tell.