Republicans Cave To Pelosi, Unanimously Vote To Give $350 Million To Refugees, Migrants

dailycaller ^ | March 26, 2020 | justincaruso

[Syncro]

Republican and Democratic senators unanimously voted to pass a coronavirus relief bill late Wednesday that gives $350,000,000 to assist refugees and migrants.

Earlier this week, it was revealed that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s relief package would include $300,000,000 for refugee assistance.

The new bill, approved by the Senate and now headed to the House, includes an additional $50 million on top of Pelosi’s initial $300 million for refugees.

On page 817 of the 880-page bill, the measure calls for “an additional amount for ‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.”

Excerpt, read more at Daily Caller

[Salvation]

I didn’t think it would happen.

[caww]

Unrelated Spending Larded Into the Bill
Corporation for Public Broadcasting: $75 million
National Endowment for the Arts: $75 million
National Endowment for the Humanities: $75 million
Institute of Museum and Library Services: $50 million
The Kennedy Center: $25 million
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): $20 million
Legal Services Corporation: $50 million
Internal Revenue Service: $250 million
***House of Representatives salaries and expenses: $25 million****??????

But ‘No Funds’ for Topping Up Petroleum Reserve
Chuck Schumer stripped out the funding for Strategic Petroleum Reserve purchases.

[clearcarbon]

"Trump should bring this up non-stop 24/7 how democrats ignore Americans in need in favor of illegals."

[Fledermaus]

Until the wolf is at the door.

[JohnBrowdie]

He won’t. He’s one of them now.

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just want to be clear. you’re saying the DJT is “one of them”, and in this thread, “them” is uniparty GOPe open border immigrant hugging swamp creatures. is that what you just said?

[TakebackGOP]

You’re not going to vote for him, because of this?

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

I am contacting the WH about this right now, if we have an extra 300 million it needs to go to Americans!!

[Syncro]

**President Trump should veto this bill and send it back to Mitch McConnell for more work.**

Yes my thoughts exactly

See my post 29

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3828676/posts?page=29#29

[Steve Van Doorn]

page 817 "DEPARTMENT OF STATE MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided , That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985"

[JohnG45]

Here’s some of the stuff the dems stuck in at the last minute. (H/T Conservative Treehouse)

The Coronavirus porkulos bill jumped up by $500,000,000 in the last few minutes before final vote.

Primarily from Conservative Treehouse:

$264 million for “Diplomatic Programs”

$435 million for “Global Health Programs”

$300 million for “International Disaster Assistance”

$250 million for the “Economic Support Fund”

$100 million for “Worldwide Security Protection”

$61,000,000 HHS FDA Salaries

$20,000,000 Small Business Admin Salaries

$2.2 Billion CDC Appropriation

*$950,000,000 CDC State Grants

*$300,000,000 Global Disease Prevention

*$300,000,000 Reserve fund holding

$836,000,000 NIH Appropriation

$3.1 Billion Public Health and Social Services, Emergency Fund Appropriation (testing, diagnostics, therapeutics, etc)

*$100,000,000 Obamacare (primary care)

*$300,000,000 Obamacare (emergency fund)

Department of State Appropriation

$264,000,000 State Dept. Diplomatic fund (outside U.S.)

$435,000,000 Global Health and Economic Assistance (outside U.S.)

*$200,000,000 Global Health, Emergency Fund (outside U.S.)

$300,000,000 International Disaster Assistance (outside U.S.)

Dept of State Cont…

$250,000,000 Economic Support Fund (outside U.S.)

*$7,000,000 “Operating Expenses” (outside U.S.)

$100,000,000 Worldwide Security Protection (Americans outside U.S.)

Summary

Approx. $5 billion on U.S. programs (federal and state)

Approx. $3 billion in foreign aid (non Americans)

Approx. $500 Million General Administrative expenses.

[Fledermaus]

He is going to sign it isn’t He? That’s a Bush move.

[ozarker]

Once again the washington generals lose to the harlem globetrotters; what a surprise.

[no-to-illegals]

Lots of yelling WOLF

[Ratman0823]

So are you going to vote for Quid Pro Joe or Comrade Bernie?

[corlorde]

For later

[Dave Wright]

Do you think the coronavirus cares whether the host it invades is here legally or illegally? If you only mitigate the spread for citizens the virus will just use the non-citizens to spread itself.

I don’t know why they had to call this out separately. The whole intent of the bill is to kill the virus anywhere it spreads. That means all humans that can spread it.

[JohnBrowdie]

thanks. just making sure I understood what you said before I wrote you off as either insane or somehow learning disabled.

[drdirt333]

It would be so dramatically effective if he addressed the nation from the Oval Office and explained the play politics of Pelosi, the country already blames her, then veto the bill demanding a clean bill.
But he won’t. Sad. He’s winning, but like Congress he doesnt know how to win. The Turtle should have stood firm on a clean bill.. but we know he’s a RINO

[lgjhn23]

“...I hope these Democrat bastards burn in hell for all eternity...”

They will. Getting them there is the problem.

[Eleutheria5]

300M is chump change, and refugees catch corona, too, and spread it, whether or not they are actually refugees. Put them on Alkatraz for now, and feed them three times a day.