No one is surprised, right?
House narrowly passes military construction, veterans funding bill
The House cleared its military construction and veterans spending bill Wednesday, almost entirely along party lines — the first annual government funding measure to be approved in a contentious budget season.
What happened: Republicans muscled through the spending bill in an 218-206 vote. Nearly all Democrats opposed the bill, with only two breaking ranks to help pass it.
Partisan divide: Democrats are at odds with President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, which seeks deep cuts in domestic spending while keeping defense spending at the same level as this year — while using Republicans’ megabill to layer on an extra $150 billion for the Pentagon.
Democrats have criticized Republicans for moving ahead with the military construction bill — which deals with the sliver of the Pentagon budget that includes the armed services’ infrastructure projects — before the administration has sent Congress a full defense budget proposal.
You know, the thing that is specifically mentioned in the Constitution. Defense? And taking care of veterans? Why wouldn’t they want that?
They’ve also slammed policy provisions in the bill that limit funding to cover abortions and gender-affirming care at the Veterans Affairs Department.
These f’ing people.
…Supports President Trump’s effort to end veteran homelessness
Protects Second Amendment rights for veterans
This bill will directly benefit the 45,000 veterans in our District, as well as their families. I urge my colleagues to pass this legislation, which reflects our values, strengthens our defense, and ensures we never waver in our duty to those who’ve sacrificed for our freedom.
Will the Democrats try and stop this in the Senate, use the filibuster?
The GOP majority should put the VA funding in a separate bill instead of limping it into the Bill that gives our elites massive tax cuts. .
So, Johnny-hairy-smith….our “elites” would be the only ones receiving tax cuts?
What’s an elite?
The same party that just elected a true, unabashed Communist to run the largest and arguably the most important city on the planet.
The same party that did that surprises you by voting against a military bill that helps the military.
I don’t know a thing about this bill. I have been too preoccupied with the Iran/Israel conflict to divest time for other things. There is much more than the actual conflict to absorb. The more important feature of this war is the true silence on the Arab streets around the world and in the middle east. The failure of Russia, China, and N. Korea to come to the aid of its proxy state.
In the meantime, the USA elects openly communist trash to run the heart of America’s business world. Only in America. Only in America….well and the EU of course which only SAID they will spend 5 percent. At least Spain was being honest. Led by another Communist-socialist.
It’s simple: Dems know that they get more pork through in omnibus appropriations bills than in the what used to be standard appropriations bills.