PANIC in DC
Next week: House wants to vote on spending and taxes, then go home
House lawmakers are hoping to wrap up legislative business next week by passing three tax reform bills and a massive spending bill that would prevent a government shutdown.
The fiscal year ends Sept. 30, and lawmakers are poised to cleanly avoid the usual partisan showdown over federal spending that has ensnared the House and Senate for years.
They are expected to approve a massive measure funding the Defense Department for fiscal year 2019 at $607 billion. The measure would provide the Health and Human Services, Labor, and Education Departments with a total of $178 billion for the year.
The measure includes a continuing resolution for the remaining unfinished spending legislation, which encompasses seven spending bills and amounts to about 25 percent of federal spending.
The “CR” funds those seven budgets until Dec. 7, which would give Congress several weeks in the post-election lame duck session to come with year-long bills. The Senate passed the measure, including the CR provision, last week.
Among the bills the the CR temporarily funds at 2018 levels is the Department of Homeland Security, which means no funding increase.
Before leaving Washington, Republicans next week will approve a set of tax reform measures they hope will bolster their economic message to voters.
The trio of bills, on the schedule for late in the week, would make permanent the individual tax cuts set to expire in 2025, expand retirement savings options, and give startup businesses more tax deductions.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/next-week-house-wants-to-vote-on-spending-and-taxes-then-go-home
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Aliens are among us
We have reached critical mass of influence.
The MSM has lost control of the narrative.
The brainwashed will come around.
There will be pain.
Our role is to help them.
Til the music stops…