The package finally cements the fresh budgets Democrats have sought since former President Donald Trump left office.
to provide extra assistance to aid recovery from several hurricanes that struck the Gulf Coast in recent years. that would bar earmarks, a practice Congress revived for the first time in more than a decade by including billions of dollars in special projects within the package. Earmarks “lead to waste and abuse,” Braun said, and “should have never been allowed back.” defended the return of earmarks, noting new reforms to prevent corruption in the process.
“The House is not in session. To say that we’re going to pass it and presto change-o, it goes right to the president’s desk? That’s not how the process works,” Tester said. “You can say that we’re blocking this aid? No, no, no, no. The good senator from Florida is blocking this bill.” For months, Republicans refused to engage in negotiations unless Democrats buckled to their demands on controversial policy issues, like the Hyde amendment ban on federal funding for abortions. Democratic leaders largely agreed to those conditions in the end, including the abortion funding moratorium.signaled he was satisfied that the bill raised defense and non-defense spending at similar amounts and did not scrap old GOP riders or add new Democratic ones.
“This agreement checks the three boxes I laid out months ago,” McConnell said Thursday. “Most urgently, amidst this war in Europe, this delivers the urgent aid the Ukrainians need right now.” A group of conservative Republicans on Wednesday requested a budget score on how the bill might affect inflation, which is at a 40-year high, according to
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