Posted on 09/25/2024 7:41:23 PM PDT by Coronal
WASHINGTON — Congress overwhelmingly passed a funding bill Wednesday to avert a government shutdown next week after House Republicans removed a proposal demanded by Donald Trump that would require Americans nationwide to show proof of citizenship to register to vote.
The Senate voted 78-18 Wednesday evening, shortly after the House passed the same measure on a 341-82 vote, with all opposition in both chambers coming from Republicans.
House Republican leaders, facing defections within their ranks, relied heavily on Democratic votes to approve the short-term measure. It now heads to President Joe Biden, who plans to sign it well before the Tuesday shutdown deadline. Both chambers are set to adjourn this week for a lengthy recess and will not return to Washington until after the Nov. 5 election.
The package, negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and top Democrats, would fund the government at current levels through Dec. 20, setting up another spending fight right before the holidays. It would also provide $231 million in additional money for the Secret Service, including for operations related to the presidential campaign, in the wake of two apparent attempts to assassinate Trump.
Trump has publicly insisted that congressional Republicans shut down the government unless they can enact the proof-of-citizenship election legislation, known as the SAVE Act, even though it’s already illegal and rare for noncitizens to vote in federal elections.
But after the House rejected a package that combined government funding and the SAVE Act last week, Johnson stripped out the Trump-backed election legislation and brought the new, mostly clean spending bill to the floor. Defending the move, Johnson and other key Republicans have argued a GOP-led shutdown just 35 days before Election Day would amount to “political malpractice.”
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The useless GOP is begging for us to form a new party. I recommend that President Trump form a MAGA caucus that will ally with the Democrats but not be a part of them. Eventually the old guard leftists will go away.
I think they should triple the spending! Fire up the Printing Presses and lets party like no tomorrow!
Lock them all up for fraud.
And conservatives are sold down the river with a knife in the back once more. Shameful.
“negotiated.”
Interesting way to way to describe capitulation.
Just remember Trump said at the end of his 1st term that at some point soon the music will stop playing and a bunch of folks are going to be left without a chair..but he was expected to be reelected as he stated he would not be President by then. What he was not expecting was yes he may well be that President...
F*****g criminals.
I hope the money hungry republicans that betrayed their country,choke on that blood money !
Well, did jill sign it?
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Where are the people here that were cheering when Republicans defeated it when the Save Act (Election safeguards) was included?
Get all the Spending with No Election safeguards. Brilliant!
Just Brilliant
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They kept Impeachment as strictly a Dem Weapon.
Their goal was to protect Joe and keep the Ukraine money spigot turned on full.
“...even though it’s already illegal and rare for noncitizens to vote in federal elections...”
How does Scott Wong and Sahil Kapur know it’s rare? I would not be surprised if they are noncitizens themselves. Filthy foreigners. /spit
As expected... We don’t have representativee we have rubber stampers.
The GOP is DEAD. Kill it! #NotOneRedCent!!!
But will Jill sign it?
“...sending it to Biden.”
Jill or Joe? /s
“What he was not expecting was yes he may well be that President...”
Pretty sure President in Exile Trump has plans for EVERY conceivable scenario.
I’d rather have him at the helm in times like these than anyone else I can think of.
May God keep President in Exile Trump SAFE from ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC! MAGA!
I dumped the HR Bill into ChatGPT just searching for listed dollars and associated description:
Here is a comprehensive list of all the dollar amounts and ranges found in the document:
$25,000,000 for “Executive Office of the President—Office of Administration—Presidential Transition Administrative Support”(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$47,000,000 for “District of Columbia—Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia”(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$19,424,177 for “General Services Administration—Expenses, Presidential Transition”(BILLS-118hr9747eh)
$14,443,726 for activities under sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10)(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$2,980,451 for activities under section 5(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$2,000,000 for activities under sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9)(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$7,221,863 as the maximum share for activities under sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7)(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$1,000,000 as the maximum share for activities under sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9)(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$23,000,000 for “National Archives and Records Administration—Operating Expenses”(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$190,784,000 substituted for $219,076,000 under “Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Expenses”(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$245,267,000 substituted for $192,975,000 under the same heading(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$37,600,000 for compensations related to flood storage at Hugh Keenleyside Dam(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$231,000,000 for “United States Secret Service—Operations and Support”(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$5,000,000 for “Department of the Interior—National Park Service—Operation of the National Park System”(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$24,262,000 for “Indian Health Services” for staffing and operating facilities(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$2,060,000 for “Indian Health Facilities”(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$6,000,000 for “Bureau of Labor Statistics—Salaries and Expenses”(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$27,100,000 increase for Northern Mariana Islands(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$3,197,000,000 for Medicare Improvement Fund in 2026(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$174,000 payments to the heirs of Sheila Jackson Lee, William Pascrell Jr., and Donald Payne Jr., each(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
$2,000,000 annually for fiscal years 2010 through 2023(BILLS-118hr9747eh).
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