Posted on 02/28/2024 1:40:51 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Congressional leaders struck a deal on Wednesday that would hope to avert a partial government shutdown.
Top lawmakers closed negotiations on the Agriculture, Energy, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs; Transportation-Housing and Urban Development, and Interior; and Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bills, setting a deadline for March 8 to pass the spending bills. Leadership hopes to release the text of the bills by this weekend and pass the bills next week. The spending bills would fund related government agencies through September, right before the 2024 elections.
The remaining appropriations bills that would fund the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education, which are more controversial, will have a deadline of March 22
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The fallout in the House should be a doozy.
GOP blinks again.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha...
That whole taxation without representation thingy. We ain’t got none...
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha...
We’ll see what’s interesting details. Doesn’t sound like a CR.
It’s not a CR. And it’s just fine. I believe we actually know all the details...been in the works since way back when...
It’s not a CR; it’s just a resolution that continues things as they are, that’s all.
This is my shocked face.
Republicans in Congress just don’t know how to manage. Maybe they should Trump’s book.
I would defund and eventually eliminate every agency that did not exist before 1960.
The junior Democrats have shown cowardice once again! There is no hope for the lousy Rep;blicrat Party!
Americans who respect the Constellation need an America First Party!
Peelosi wins …
Gee, why don’t the Republicans use this power that they have, to shut down the government, to force Pedo Joe to SHUT DOWN THE BORDER?
This is segmented. It’s not all that far from regular order. It is not an omnibus.
It will allocate an amount to just the agencies mentioned above. That amount will be a number. It will be compared to last year.
There has been 3% inflation since then, so anything under 3% increase is a cut.
We’ll see.
Back to before 1947.
We are going 25 Billion Dollars more in debt each day.
This nation is finished. Both parties did it, with voters who wanted other peoples’ money and endless wars.
Sounds like the Speaker got what he wanted which is good. He has made it clear, he’s no pushover.
Of course they did.
Can we un-grandfather the Federal Reserve while we’re at it?
As always.
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