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Post by laurazone5 on Mar 7, 2024 12:44:01 GMT
The 1,000+ page spending plan for the first six agencies of government, which have a funding deadline of Friday, was released Sunday and members of the House's Freedom Caucus and like-minded senators decried the $12 billion and 605 pages of earmarks in the bill.
This is laughable. I see why "candidates" spend zillions of dollars to get in office. It's like 'pre paying' for a life long paid vacation.
How many man hours to write 1000 pages? And how many more to make sure that more than half, is worded in a sneaky way?
Just. Wow.
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Mar 7, 2024 18:36:34 GMT
laurazone5, That could be better termed as "605 pages of vote buying schemes and paybacks to big donors". I swear, a person could get rich selling "shame pills" in DC, it's so rare there.
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Post by farmgirl on Mar 19, 2024 15:21:45 GMT
www.axios.com/2024/03/19/government-shutdown-2024-budget-border-fundingTop lawmakers and the White House have reached a preliminary deal to fund key agencies after delays cause by partisan fights over the border. Why it matters: If this deal goes through, it's a milestone for Speaker Mike Johnson, who will have accomplished what his predecessor could not by passing a budget — even if it was 5 months overdue. But text is still not finished, and Congress is running out of time ahead of Friday's deadline. Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman on X was first to report on the tentative deal. Top conservatives are already calling for the conference to vote against any package of spending bills unless it includes drastic changes to border policy, according to a letter signed by 43 GOP members. How we got here: The Homeland Security bill was causing so many problems that congressional leaders were planning to punt the problem and use a stopgap measure to fund the agency. But Saturday night, the White House rejected the short-term funding offer — causing a last-minute scramble, congressional and administration sources told Axios. The White House rejected the offer because it did not come close to getting DHS through September as it continues dealing with historic migration at the border, two of the sources said. The big picture: DHS has been the last piece of the puzzle, on what was the more complicated of two slates of spending bills — or "minibuses." Appropriators even managed to reach a resolution for a State bill over funding for the U.N. agency focused on providing relief for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) which caused initial roadblocks.
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