Biden Signs $1.7 Trillion Bill to Avoid Shutdown

Dec 30, 2022 View Original Article
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  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    6% Negative

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"Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader who hopes to become speaker when a new session Congress opens on Jan. 3, argued during floor debate that the bill spends too much and does too little to curb illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. from Mexico."
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6% Conservative
"The bipartisan overhaul of the Electoral Count Act is a direct response to-then President Donald Trump's efforts to persuade Republican lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence to object to the certification of Biden's victory on Jan. 6, 2021, the day of the Trump-inspired insurrection at the Capitol."
Positive
20% Conservative
"The bipartisan overhaul of the Electoral Count Act is a direct response to-then President Donald Trump's efforts to persuade Republican lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence to object to the certification of Biden's victory on Jan. 6, 2021, the day of the Trump-inspired insurrection at the Capitol."
Positive
20% Conservative
"The bipartisan overhaul of the Electoral Count Act is a direct response to-then President Donald Trump's efforts to persuade Republican lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence to object to the certification of Biden's victory on Jan. 6, 2021, the day of the Trump-inspired insurrection at the Capitol."
Positive
20% Conservative
"The bipartisan overhaul of the Electoral Count Act is a direct response to-then President Donald Trump's efforts to persuade Republican lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence to object to the certification of Biden's victory on Jan. 6, 2021, the day of the Trump-inspired insurrection at the Capitol."
Positive
20% Conservative
"It was delivered to Biden for his signature by White House staff on a regularly scheduled commercial flight."
Positive
32% Conservative
"President Joe Biden participates in a briefing on winter storms across the United States in the Oval Office of the White House, Dec. 22, 2022, in Washington."
Positive
18% Conservative
"Biden signed the bill Thursday in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where he is spending time with his wife, Jill, and other family members on the island of St. Croix."
Positive
18% Conservative
"Biden signed it to ensure services would continue until Congress sent him the full-year measure, called an omnibus bill."
Positive
10% Conservative
"McCarthy is appealing for support from staunch conservatives in the GOP caucus, who have largely blasted the bill for its size and scope."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader who hopes to become speaker when a new session Congress opens on Jan. 3, argued during floor debate that the bill spends too much and does too little to curb illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. from Mexico."
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-20% Liberal
"Biden had said passage was proof that Republicans and Democrats can work together."
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-4% Liberal
"Lawmakers provided roughly $45 billion for Ukraine and NATO allies, more than even Biden had requested, an acknowledgment that future rounds of funding are not guaranteed when Republicans take control of the House next week following the party's gains in the midterm elections."
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-10% Liberal
"President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end of the federal budget year in September 2023, and provide tens of billions of dollars in new aid to Ukraine for its fight against the Russian military."
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-12% Liberal
"Republicans will have a narrow House majority come Jan. 3 and several conservative members have vowed not to vote for McCarthy to become speaker."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"McCarthy has warned that Republicans will not write a blank check for Ukraine in the future."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Biden had until late Friday to sign the bill to avoid a partial government shutdown."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"This is a monstrosity that is one of the most shameful acts I've ever seen in this body, McCarthy said of the legislation."
Negative
-28% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader who hopes to become speaker when a new session Congress opens on Jan. 3, argued during floor debate that the bill spends too much and does too little to curb illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. from Mexico.

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