A brief overview as to the features of the current two year fiscal spending bill.

The recent financial congressional bill promises leaving Trump's reduction in regualtions in place, no Green Deal,   the Hide Amendment is a continuing policy, and a third year of military build-up and reepair.   In addition to the above,  the following are part of the current bill: 

  • Extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program for 10 years
  • Include $80 billion in disaster relief funding
  • Put $6 billion in funding toward opioid and mental health treatment
  • Put $5.8 billion toward the bipartisan Child Care and Development Block Grant
  • Put $4 billion toward the Veterans Administration to rebuild and improve veterans hospitals and clinics
  • Put $2 billion toward research at the National Institutes of Health
  • Put $20 billion toward infrastructure, including highways, water, wastewater, and rural broadband
  • Put $4 billion toward college affordability programs for police officers, teachers, and firefighters
  • Include $7 billion in funding and a two-year reauthorization for Community Health Centers

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