The bill that will avert the federal shutdown was stuck over the following issues loaded in by Republicans, about half of which they got:
*Cuba restrictions *Planned Parenthood *DC paying for abortions with DC revenue *DCs needle exchange program *Lightbulbs *Block environmental regulations *an oil pipeline *Defund family planning abroad *Require abstinence-only programs *Block Net Neutrality *Block Consumer Product Safety commission from building a database of bad products So basically, while the budget is supposed to be everything, (oh and jobs), the actual battles are over all of this non-budget crap. In short, it's the same old Republican nonsense. |