Posted on 03/08/2024 7:32:54 PM PST by Coronal
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 75-22 on Friday to pass a major government funding bill to keep a slew of agencies afloat through September, defusing fears of a partial shutdown and sending the legislation to President Joe Biden to become law.
The 1,050-page measure is a collection of six appropriations bills negotiated by Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Biden and top appropriators in both parties and chambers. It funds the departments of Justice, Commerce, Agriculture, Transportation and many other parts of the government, after leaders split federal funding into two packages.
It passed the House on Wednesday by a vote of 339-85.
The Democratic-led Senate approved the legislation after some delays caused by Republican demands for amendments, which leaders in the chamber resolved by granting votes on multiple GOP-pushed measures before passing the main bill.
“After months of hard work, we have good news for the country: Tonight the Senate has reached an agreement avoiding a shutdown on the first six funding bills,” Schumer said before the vote. “We will keep important programs funded for moms and kids, for veterans, for the environment, for housing, and so much more.”
“I want to thank our appropriators. You’ve done such a fine job,” he said.
Senate leaders faced a tricky balance with GOP demands for amendments on immigration and other items. If an amendment came up and passed, it would have sent the bill back to the House, all but guaranteeing a shutdown. Instead, they struck a deal on vote timing designed to keep the bill intact.
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To paraphrase from the book”Dune”
“The Sludge must flow!”
Don’t they always?
“...After months of hard work, ...”
Shoveling out tremendous amounts of BS day after day can be back-breaking.
Please. Shut down. Shut up. Go away. Fvck off. And all that.
!*@&#@&@ers.
Close call, LOL!
Wow! The GOPe arm of the Uniparty almost held their ground! They got my vote!
Useless mother$&@%#s.
Spoken like a true porn star aka political whore.
Money printer goes brrrrrrr
People being asked Gallup Poll questions about respect.
Car repo man 1.1%
Person at IRS who repossesses your home 1%
Congress .1%
Yay..... golf clap.
I’m actually a bit pleased. It is six appropriation bills. That’s the way it’s supposed to work, not continuing resolutions with big increases. I would prefer they were done separately.
The House did pull a power play by sending it to Senate with no time to make amendments, shoving it down Schumer’s throat. That sounds like something Nancy would have done to Mitch.
Let’s see if Off-The-Juice-Joe can wake up to sign it in time.
EC
Take out the pork and the bill is actually 2 paragraphs.
As I recall, this bill was for half a trillion dollars
Our uniparty is burning through a trillion dollars every 100 days. There simply isn't enough tax revenue in all the world to keep up with the burn rate.
It’s amazingly easy to spend trillions when it’s not your money.
What a bleepin' waste of time and tax dollars. Enough already. Enforce the laws already on the books. Imagine if we still had that $75 BILLION we gave to Ukraine.
They should have added that all Fed illegal alien parolees will be sent to Washington, DC, until their trials come up. That way states' sovereignty won't be threatened.
Senate passes major government funding bill just in time to prevent a shutdown.
Useless they didn’t stop any spending to end any debt it keeps growing and want a pat on the pack for nothing done.
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