Roll Call Article RatingFiscal 2024 spending finale starts to take shape - Roll Call
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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| "However, the Department of Veterans Affairs received $20 billion in advance health care funding for veterans exposed to toxic substances in last year's debt limit law, so comparable funding for Military Construction-VA programs would see a sizable increase over the prior year." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Democrats also successfully kept out of the legislation a pilot program that House Agriculture Appropriations Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., was pushing that would have restricted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients from purchasing unhealthy food." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Senate Appropriations ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, said the bill supports America's veterans, servicemembers, farmers and rural areas and would improve infrastructure, energy independence, and housing and workforce opportunities." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "I am grateful that each of these bills rejects many of the extreme cuts and policies proposed by House Republicans and protects the great strides we made over the last two years to reverse the underinvestment in domestic programs that Americans depend on, House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Co., said." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Democratic prioritiesThe $7 billion for WIC is a $1 billion increase over the fiscal 2023 enacted level, meeting the requested level identified late in the appropriations process by the Biden administration." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Democrats also successfully kept out of the legislation a pilot program that House Agriculture Appropriations Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., was pushing that would have restricted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients from purchasing unhealthy food." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Forcing states to pick and choose which moms and kids will be able to access essential WIC benefits was never an acceptable outcome to Democrats, and this bill ensures that won't happen by fully funding WIC for millions of families nationwide, Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in a statement accompanying the bill release.Democrats also highlighted limits on new policy riders Republicans secured, and funding for priorities including infrastructure and veterans' health care.Republicans highlighted cuts in the Commerce-Justice Science bill to the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and to the EPA in the Interior-Environment bill, as big wins of their own in the legislation, along with gun-related policy riders.GOP negotiators said the package would reflect the first overall cut to nondefense, non-VA spending in almost a decade." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Throughout the negotiations, Democrats fought hard to protect against cuts to housing and nutrition programs, and keep out harmful provisions that would further restrict access to women's health, or roll back the progress we've made to fight climate change, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "House Republicans secured key conservative policy victories, rejected left-wing proposals, and imposed sharp cuts to agencies and programs critical to President Biden's agenda, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "House Republicans secured key conservative policy victories, rejected left-wing proposals, and imposed sharp cuts to agencies and programs critical to President Biden's agenda, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The FBI's construction account is facing a whopping $621.9 million, or 95 percent, cut, according to a GOP summary, as the agency faces criticism from Republicans for its investigations of former President Donald Trump." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
53% : However, the Department of Veterans Affairs received $20 billion in advance health care funding for veterans exposed to toxic substances in last year's debt limit law, so comparable funding for Military Construction-VA programs would see a sizable increase over the prior year.47% : Democrats also successfully kept out of the legislation a pilot program that House Agriculture Appropriations Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., was pushing that would have restricted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients from purchasing unhealthy food.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.