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Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:53 PM Sep 2020

House Passes Stopgap Funding Measure to Keep Government Open

The U.S. House passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government operating through Dec. 11 after both parties in Congress and officials at the White House struck a deal to provide aid to farmers and food assistance for low-income families.

The 359-57 vote on Tuesday night now sends the temporary spending bill to the Senate for a vote before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. Final passage would avert a government shutdown just before the Nov. 3 general election.

In addition to funding most government agencies, the deal provides $30 billion for the Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corp. that the Trump administration and farm-state lawmakers had sought.

Democrats got almost $8 billion for a pandemic program to feed children who normally receive school lunches. That’s an increase from the $2 billion Democrats initially suggested they could accept on Friday.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-22/congress-holds-fresh-talks-on-stopgap-funding-to-avert-shutdown?srnd=premium

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House Passes Stopgap Funding Measure to Keep Government Open (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2020 OP
Let's see what Moscow Mitch does with this. Laelth Sep 2020 #1

Laelth

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1. Let's see what Moscow Mitch does with this.
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:01 PM
Sep 2020

The ball is in his court.

He got the $30 billion untraceable Agricultural slush fund he was demanding. Nancy caved on that, and that might make the difference.



Sigh. We got an extra $8 billion to feed school children. The Republicans got an extra $30 billion that they can dole out to wealthy supporters in agricultural states. It might have been more politically advantageous to just let the government shut down without caving to Moscow Mitch’s demands.

-Laelth

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