The White House announced earlier today that will sign the $1.3 trillion dollar spending bill.
“Yes.†@MickMulvaneyOMB says that @realDonaldTrump will sign the bill
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) March 22, 2018
“Is it perfect? No.†@MickMulvaneyOMB says about 2,232 omnibus bill, but says it can pass the Senate with 60 votes
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) March 22, 2018
– @MickMulvaneyOMB says that because of 60 vote threshold, they can extract “pound of flesh†in budget process – bill isn’t perfect, but he will sign it
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) March 22, 2018
As we reported this bill is a huge win for the Democrats. Planned Parenthood, Sanctuary Cities and Schumer’s tunnel all get funded while almost all of Trump’s promises do not. Defense is increased but other than that this is a handout to the Democrats.
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TURNCOATS: GOP hands Democrats huge win on spending bill, WH must veto
