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Five days to avoid a shutdown: Congress goes to battle to keep government running with package that includes $12B for Ukraine, winter heating bill help and Manchin's energy bill Dems think will lead to MORE drilling
- While a final funding bill is still being drawn up, the Senate is set to vote in a procedural move on a 'shell' of the bill on Tuesday
- Both sides are under pressure to pass a temporary bill to fund the government at its current levels until after the midterms
- Lawmakers must first work through a stalemate on a permitting deal brokered between Schumer and Manchin
- Another $12 billion is looking to be tacked on in Ukraine funding, bringing the total amount of aid since the start of the war up to about $60 million
I think that's B as in Billion
- Also expected in the stopgap funding bill is funding to aid with the Jackson water crisis and money for heating bills, aid to resettle Afghan refugees
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-09-26 |
