Some highlights:
Provides a $131 billion increase for non-defense programs — $57 billion in new funding over the next two years above the cap established by the 2011 Budget Control Act.
Increase defense spending by about $80 billion over the next two years.
Sets a non-defense funding cap for 2018 that is $117 billion higher than what President Trump requested in his 2018 budget request.
Provide between $80 billion and $90 billion in disaster relief for communities hit by hurricanes and wildfires
A two-year re-authorization for community health centers, with $7 billion in total funding, and $6 billion to fight opioid addiction.
$4 billion to rebuild veterans’ hospitals and clinics, $2 billion for research at the National Institutes of Health and $20 billion for infrastructure programs.
Extends funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) another four years on top of the six-year extension that Congress approved last month.
where’s the wall funding?
F that.
Budgeting is for one year.
These chumps can’t just do their job?
Because $20 Trillion in current debt, and >$100 Trillion in future debt with current baselines, is not enough.
Wall?
“Provide between $80 billion and $90 billion in disaster relief for communities hit by hurricanes and wildfires.”
Where exactly do these monies go?
Is this a way to “reimburse” insurance companies for their “losses”?
Why are taxpayers funding disaster relief for “Acts of God”?
Inquiring minds want to know.