Posted on 12/20/2024 3:48:19 PM PST by CFW
The bill would fund government until mid-March and includes $110 billion for disaster relief, $30 billion in farm aid, and a 1-year extension to the farm bill.
President Joe Biden will not stand in the way of a funding package passed by the House on Dec. 20, the White House announced.
“President Biden supports moving this legislation forward and ensuring that the vital services the government provides for hardworking Americans—from issuing Social Security checks to processing benefits for veterans—can continue as well as to grant assistance for communities that were impacted by devastating hurricanes,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
That statement criticized Republicans’ decision to walk away from a previous 1,547-page proposal that ignited a social media firestorm following its release on Tuesday. President-elect Donald Trump opposed the legislation, while his ally Elon Musk vowed to primary any Republican who voted for it.
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
INAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 517
(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll517.xml
Senate will likely pass it by midnight so they can all go home for Christmas.
Senate will likely pass it by midnight so they can all go home for Christmas
Which we knew they would. We do this every year with one “emergency” bill or another. I’ve yet to read the entire bill, but I wonder how many poison pills are in it that aren’t yet apparent.
Ya know, it’s kinda funny...
These guy spend money we don’t have every day, piling debt on top of debt like there’s no limit.
But boy howdy, hit the end of the year and the spigot gets turned off, the gummint cannot continue unless a new piece of paper is approved and put on file.
It’s a joke, really...
Republicans walked away? How many Democrats voted for that one?
Johnson fails again: requires Democrat votes to obtain government funding ...
How big are the raises for this crooks?
Only 118 pages. But it got 196 Rat votes, and that CAN'T be good.
Pay raises in the bill?
There is a lot of crap in this one too. With funding to 2029 in some cases. Crazy.
They are handicapping the president on a lot of issues. Johnson needs to go as quickly as possible.
Pay raises in the bill?
No pay raises that I’ve seen thus far. I’m reading it slowly in bits and pieces because I’m in the middle of several other things right now.
Do ya’ll realize it is only five days until Christmas Day!?? Eeek!
And a tasteless unfunny joke at that.
Impoundments are the way to go if they think they’re ‘tying Trump’s hands during his administration’.
“Which we knew they would. We do this every year with one “emergency” bill or another. I’ve yet to read the entire bill, but I wonder how many poison pills are in it that aren’t yet apparent.”
The details will be interesting and how it compares to the original bill.
I will be looking forward to your report on the bill that has just passed the House.
All but 15 commicrats voted for it. One voted ‘present’ and 14 didn’t vote at all. 34 Pubs voted ‘nay’.
With that many commicrats voting for it, it can’t be good. I read on an X post that they put some stuff they wanted back into this version, accounting for the two extra pages I suppose.
The Baltimore bridge funding is still there.
COAST GUARD
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Support’’, $102,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and other disasters, including for minor repairs, maintenance, and environmental remediation costs: Provided, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an expenditure plan and quarterly updates for the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Similar deal with the big Ukraine funding package in April - passed by a minority of Republicans plus ALL of the Democrats. Kind of makes you wonder what "GOP leadership" actually means...
Did the subpoena protections for the J6 committee get included?
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