Posted on 05/01/2017 9:24:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A deal has been reached on a $1 trillion-plus bill to fund the government for the final five months of this fiscal year, an agreement that is likely to avert a government shutdown.
Congressional negotiators had been working through the weekend to hash out the last remaining complications in a bill to fund the government before the agreement was announced Sunday night.
After President Donald Trump backed down on funding for the construction of a border wall, some additional sticking points remained, including health benefits for coal miners, funding for Puerto Rico and an additional $30 billion for defense, delaying congressional negotiators and causing them to miss their deadline of last Friday. Congress passed and Trump signed into law a one-week extension to keep the government open and give negotiators more time.
The newly reached deal includes an additional $15 billion in defense spending, less than what Trump asked for, but still $25 billion more than last year's spending. It also includes a permanent fix to fund coal miners' health care instead of a temporary extension.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York called the deal "a good agreement for the American people" that "takes the threat of a government shutdown off the table."
"The bill ensures taxpayer dollars aren't used to fund an ineffective border wall, excludes poison pill riders and increases investments in programs that the middle-class relies on, like medical research, education and infrastructure," Schumer said Sunday night.
"Early on in this debate, Democrats clearly laid out our principles," he said. "At the end of the day, this is an agreement that reflects those principles."
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swamp wins
Use it well.
So, we’re going to bail out Puerto Rico and get no wall.....
The Good News is that Planned Parenthood remains fully funded.
Yay!
/serious sarcasm off.
Looks that way.
spit
Veto.
Anytime there’s lots of spending it is a good deal to Democrats.
No funds for border wall,
planned parenthood gets every penny.
Why the hell do I vote republican?
Sickening.
And sanctuary cities get their funds? FAIL!
WTF?
Got it.
Thank you, Lord, for bringing us this man President Trump to show us all who the Uniparty moneychangers in the Temple of the People are.
No problem here.
Paul Ryan got exactly what he wants.
Watch the movie “The Perfect Dictatorship”. It will really enlighten everyone who sees it.
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