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    Trump Signs Short-Term Spending Bill, Averting Government Shutdown

    https://www.npr.org/2019/11/21/78164...government-shu

    Only good for one month.

    President Trump has signed a temporary spending bill to fund federal agencies, averting a possible government shutdown, according to an administration official.

    The Senate passed the bill earlier Thursday, hours ahead of the midnight shutdown.

    Lawmakers voted 74-20 to approve the measure to fund the government through Dec. 20. The legislative measure, known as a continuing resolution, will extend current funding levels at government agencies.

    The bill also includes a 3.1% pay raise for the military and additional funding to support the 2020 census.

    The House had approved the continuing resolution on Tuesday in a largely party-line vote with most Democrats backing it and only a dozen Republicans joining them.

    This marks the second time this year that Congress has had to pass a short-term funding bill to avoid a possible shutdown.

    On Sept. 27, President Trump signed a seven-week spending bill that extended funding for government agencies at 2019 levels until Nov. 21. The measure included some "anomalies," or additional spending, for special programs such as the 2020 census.

    Lawmakers signed on to the temporary funding plan with hopes they could work out a broader deal for the entire 2020 fiscal year by this week. However, the spending talks have been derailed by fights over border wall funding and the impeachment inquiry launched by House Democrats in late September.
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    I sure hope the government doesn't shut down again. Last time it shut down our roads almost disappeared.
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    A stopgap funding bill of House lawmakers extends surveillance-related provisions of the USA Patriot Act that were set to expire Dec. 15 for another three months.

    The provision called Section 215 allows the government to gain access to business records and conduct roving wiretaps of people trying to duck surveillance and counterterrorism investigations.

    Some lawmakers are in opposition because of concerns that data can be collected on private citizens, as The Washington Post reported.

    Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., offered a strong opposition on his Facebook page early Tuesday morning.

    He wrote: “Congress will vote to extend warrantless data collection provisions of the #PatriotAct, by hiding this language on page 25 of the Continuing Resolution (CR) that temporarily funds the government. To sneak this through, Congress will first vote to suspend the rule which otherwise gives us (and the people) 72 hours to consider a bill.”

    He added: “The scam here is that Democrats are alleging abuse of Presidential power, while simultaneously reauthorizing warrantless power to spy on citizens that no President should have... in a bill that continues to fund EVERYTHING the President does... and waiving their own rules to do it.”

    The bill, which has been overshadowed by the House impeachment inquiry into President Trump, passed 231-192. It gives negotiators through Dec. 20 to try to hash out details of more than $1.4 trillion worth of unfinished spending legislation and avert a holiday-season government shutdown.

    Added Massie in his Facebook post: “I predict Democrats will vote on a party line to suspend the 72 hour rule. But after the rule is suspended, I suspect many Republicans will join most Democrats to pass the CR with the Patriot Act extension embedded in it. It’s quite possible that your member of Congress doesn’t even know the Patriot Act reauthorization is in the CR.”
    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hou...qeTMVGLOqBl6Jw

    Oh, they know Thomas. They know.



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