GottaLaff ,
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Via Emptywheel:

Reason so late: SpeakerJohnson prioritized his Dick Pics impchmt over most basic job of Cong

Manu Raju:

At 2:48am House & Sen appropriators released biprtisn $1.2 tril, 1,012-pg bill to fund major fed agencies thru end Sept. Bill— byproduct of deal cut by House-Sen leaders & WH—almost 6 mos late, must be jammed thru Cong by 11:59p to avoid shutdown giving members barely any time to vet

Bill text: https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20240318/WDI39597.PDF

How Dems view it: https://appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/murray-top-appropriators-release-second-funding-package

via DeLauro:

» $1 billion increase for child care and Head Start. » $120 million increase in funding for cancer research at the National Institutes of Health. e $100 million increase for Alzheimer’s and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias research. * Rejecting Republican cuts, including saving 224,000 teachers’ jobs House Republicans tried to eliminate and protecting Job Corps and more than 20 K-12 and higher education programs. » Blocking 10 Republican riders to limit women’s reproductive health. e 12,000 more Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans that assisted the United States. » $1 billion increase in climate change and resilience activities at the Department of Defense. The Further Consolidated Appropriations
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    • sbourne ,
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    @GottaLaff Al those poor staffers that have to go through that today.

    TCatInReality ,
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    @GottaLaff
    Boy, these are so bad, they even give away Dem wishlist items just to avoid causing their own funding crisis. 😂😂😂

    Eddiethebulldog ,

    @GottaLaff so, after all the delays ... it's mostly the same. Except Ukraine, who are still dying every day.

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