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The 5,593-page government funding bill that includes the COVID-19 stimulus legislation also includes a section outlining the reincarnation and succession of the Dalai Lama. The legislation includes some notable sections that are not directly related to government funding or the pandemic.Section 342 of the bill outlines a "statement of policy regarding the succession or reincarnation of the Dalai Lama." Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, currently resides in exile in India after escaping from Tibet in 1959 amid a revolt against Chinese governance. Tibet was occupied by China in 1951 and incorporated as part of the East Asian nation.

The stimulus bill has been released and is available to be read in all of its pork filled glory. What has been billed as a job creation and economic stimulus bill turns out to be a vehicle for pet projects of the politicians who will vote on it. The final version of the bill exceeds 1000 pages in length; are we to assume that all of the members of Congress have read this enormous bill and understand every provision of it so that they are able to vote intelligently on it? It is highly unlikely since it was posted late...