{"id":529706,"date":"2022-12-20T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pelosi-urges-democrats-to-support-massive-spending-bill-urgent-and-necessary\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T19:01:00","slug":"pelosi-urges-democrats-to-support-massive-spending-bill-urgent-and-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pelosi-urges-democrats-to-support-massive-spending-bill-urgent-and-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pelosi urges Democrats to support massive spending bill: \u2018Urgent and necessary\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df44c80197\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df44c80197\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pelosi-urges-democrats-to-support-massive-spending-bill-urgent-and-necessary\/#Pelosi_urges_Democrats_to_support_massive_spending_bill_%E2%80%98Urgent_and_necessary\" >Pelosi urges Democrats to support massive spending bill: \u2018Urgent and necessary\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pelosi_urges_Democrats_to_support_massive_spending_bill_%E2%80%98Urgent_and_necessary\"><\/span>Pelosi urges Democrats to support massive spending bill: \u2018Urgent and necessary\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/pelosinancy_121522gn3_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is urging her troops to get behind a massive bill to fund the government through most of next year, touting new funding for Democratic priorities and citing an urgency to get the package to President Biden\u2019s desk before a potential shutdown at week\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/122022-0\">a letter to fellow Democrats<\/a>, the outgoing Speaker cited a number of Democratic victories in the package, including provisions to hike nutrition funding for low-income children, provide a huge increase in money for veteran health care and lend assistance to the victims of natural disasters around the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt is urgent and necessary that we enact this omnibus package, so that we may keep government open and delivering for America\u2019s families,\u201d Pelosi wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Uniting House Democrats behind the proposal could be crucial, as House Republicans have been highly critical of both the substance of the funding package and the process that led to it.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are set to take control of the lower chamber in January, and they\u2019ve been urging GOP senators to oppose a long-term spending bill in favor of a short-term patch that would grant the incoming House Republican majority more leverage in the negotiations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who is vying for the Speaker\u2019s gavel next year and needs the support of conservatives to get it, has joined the chorus of critics, breaking with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who is supporting the legislation, and putting more pressure on Pelosi and Democrats to rally behind it. With a thin House majority, they can likely afford few defections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting those dynamics, only nine House Republicans\u00a0had voted earlier this month for a one-week stopgap bill to prevent a shutdown last Friday. And a coalition of conservatives is already warning of retaliation\u00a0against GOP senators who support the package \u2014 a tactic McCarthy quickly endorsed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I\u2019m Speaker, their bills will be dead on arrival in the House if this nearly $2T monstrosity is allowed to move forward over our objections and the will of the American people,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1605233323814621188\">McCarthy tweeted<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Released just after 2 a.m. Tuesday morning, the $1.7 trillion spending package \u2014 known in Washington as an omnibus \u2014 would fund the federal agencies through the remainder of fiscal 2023, which runs through September. Without congressional action, large parts of the government are scheduled to shutter at the end of the day on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The legislation arrived after weeks of tense, post-midterm negotiations between three top <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriators: Sens. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) and Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Ct.), a close Pelosi ally. The absence of DeLauro\u2019s counterpart, Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), reflects the opposition of House GOP leaders to the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The package features $858 billion for defense programs \u2014 almost $80 billion over current levels \u2014 and $773 billion for other domestic initiatives, including $119 billion for veterans health care, a 22 percent increase over this year\u2019s spending.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Pelosi and other Democratic supporters were quick to promote the bump in health care spending as well as other provisions they secured as part of the talks. At the top of that list was new medical funding for low-income families under Medicaid, an increase in money for mental health services, and almost $45 billion in new assistance \u2014 both military and humanitarian \u2014 to help Ukraine weather Russia\u2019s long-running invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi is also cheering the inclusion of the Electoral Count Act, which is designed to ensure the smooth and peaceful transfer of power between administrations \u2014 a bill that came as a direct response to President Trump\u2019s refusal to acknowledge defeat in 2020, and the rampage at the U.S. Capitol that followed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That, Pelosi wrote, \u201cwill help thwart future attempts to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power like we saw on January 6th.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Still, the bipartisan nature of the package ensures that neither side gets everything it wants. And there were a number of Democratic priorities that were excluded from the legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among the most high-profile of those items were proposals to provide parity between defense and nondefense spending, allot more funding to fight COVID-19, grant new rights to young undocumented immigrants, and establish sentencing parity between crimes involving crack cocaine and its powder alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal groups are also decrying the absence of a bipartisan reform bill designed to rein in Big Tech monopolies. And environmentalists <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2022\/12\/20\/right-whales-maine-spending-bill\/\">are howling<\/a>\u00a0that a provision aimed to helped lobster fisheries in the northeast will lead to the potential extinction of North Atlantic right whales, which are highly endangered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a horrific legacy to leave to one\u2019s grandchildren,\u201d said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi, who has led the House Democrats for the last two decades, is the first to acknowledge that the package isn\u2019t everything her party fought to achieve. But in her final weeks at the top of the party, she\u2019s promoting the package as the last best chance for the Democrats to maximize their leverage before the House changes hands. <\/p>\n<p>The omnibus, she said, would conclude a \u201cmost consequential\u201d 117th Congress \u201con a strong note.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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