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With no appropriations bill in sight, House GOP keeps kicking the can (otherwise government shutdown Oct 1st...Nov 17th...JanFeb...March...)
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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 77609583" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p>And now the bill itself.</p><h3><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/21/spending-bill-shutdown-congress/" target="_blank">Congress gets a $1.2 trillion spending bill days before shutdown</a></h3><h3>House and Senate leaders unveiled new legislation that would fund the federal government for the next six months. But current funding is set to expire Saturday.</h3><p>Congressional leaders unveiled new federal funding legislation Thursday that would raise pay for military service members, eliminate U.S. funding for the U.N. relief agency in Gaza and bolster security spending at the U.S.-Mexico border.</p><p></p><p>The bill also includes a 6 percent cut to foreign aid programs, already a minuscule slice of federal spending, and a largely symbolic Republican win that prohibits nonofficial U.S. flags from flying atop American embassies. GOP lawmakers had hoped to use that provision, a slightly narrower version of which had previously been in place, to prevent Biden-nominated officials from displaying Pride flags at official locations at U.S. diplomatic outposts.</p><p></p><p>Certain Democratic priorities also saw significant funding boosts, including $1 billion more for early education program Head Start and $1 billion for climate resilience funding at the Defense Department. The legislation also provides an additional 12,000 special immigrant visas for Afghans who assisted the U.S. military and are attempting to escape the Taliban government.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 77609583, member: 294566"] And now the bill itself. [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/21/spending-bill-shutdown-congress/']Congress gets a $1.2 trillion spending bill days before shutdown[/URL][/HEADING] [HEADING=2]House and Senate leaders unveiled new legislation that would fund the federal government for the next six months. But current funding is set to expire Saturday.[/HEADING] Congressional leaders unveiled new federal funding legislation Thursday that would raise pay for military service members, eliminate U.S. funding for the U.N. relief agency in Gaza and bolster security spending at the U.S.-Mexico border. The bill also includes a 6 percent cut to foreign aid programs, already a minuscule slice of federal spending, and a largely symbolic Republican win that prohibits nonofficial U.S. flags from flying atop American embassies. GOP lawmakers had hoped to use that provision, a slightly narrower version of which had previously been in place, to prevent Biden-nominated officials from displaying Pride flags at official locations at U.S. diplomatic outposts. Certain Democratic priorities also saw significant funding boosts, including $1 billion more for early education program Head Start and $1 billion for climate resilience funding at the Defense Department. The legislation also provides an additional 12,000 special immigrant visas for Afghans who assisted the U.S. military and are attempting to escape the Taliban government. [/QUOTE]
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