Congress Debates Spending Bill With 605 Pages of Earmarks
Congress passed a bill last week to extend the appropriations deadlines to March 8 and March 22.
The latest spending bill includes a $850,000 earmark for a bus stop
and $1.8 million to expand an LGBTQ community center.
UPDATE - They Passed it!
he U.S. Congress is debating a spending package ahead of a government shutdown deadline on Friday, the day after President Biden's scheduled "State of the Union" address.
Congress passed a bill last week to extend the first appropriations deadline to Friday, March 8 and the second to Friday, March 22.
On Sunday, House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., released six fiscal year 2024 appropriations bills. The committee chairs said in a press release that the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 "funds the six bills at levels consistent with the bipartisan budget agreement and reaffirmed in the topline agreement struck by Leader Schumer and Speaker Johnson in January of this year."