Roll Call Article RatingSenate sends spending package to Biden, wrapping up fiscal 2024 - Roll Call
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| "As part of the agreement, Schumer also agreed to hold a floor vote by April 19 on a bill modeled on an amendment offered by Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing its tightened tailpipe emissions standards." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, praised the funding in the package directed at strengthening national security." | Positive | 26% Conservative |
| "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., introduced a resolution to vacate the speaker's chair after House passage of the appropriations package." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "He went after projects like $1 million for Martha's Vineyard hospital -- in one of the richest ZIP codes in the United States, Paul said -- and $2 million for a kelp and shellfish nursery at the University of Maine." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "The Senate cleared the package for President Joe Biden's signature around 2 a.m., a couple hours after the 11:59 p.m. Friday deadline to fund the government, though the effects of a partial government shutdown were unlikely to be felt until Monday." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Congress is poised to spend a third more dollars than they receive, Paul said." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Seventy percent of the funding in this package is for our national defense, including investments that strengthen our military readiness and industrial base, provide pay and benefit increases for our brave service members and support our closest allies, Collins said on the floor ahead of the vote." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "When we do work together, when we put our heads down and focus on solutions, and listen to our constituents, we can find common ground, Murray said." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "As part of the agreement, Schumer also agreed to hold a floor vote by April 19 on a bill modeled on an amendment offered by Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing its tightened tailpipe emissions standards." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "It wasn't easy, but tonight our persistence has been worth it, Schumer said in aouncing the deal, which allowed the Senate to bypass procedural rules to speed up passage." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "But Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., aounced an agreement on amendment votes late Friday night that cleared a path for final passage." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took the floor ahead of the vote to criticize the measure." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "We had to work under very difficult topline numbers and fight off literally hundreds of extreme Republican poison pills from the House, not to mention some unthinkable cuts, Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., said on the floor ahead of the vote." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Those included one offered by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., that would stop the release of immigrants flagged as potential national security risks during immigration proceedings and another, offered by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to block funding to local governments that don't inform the Department of Homeland Security ahead of releasing an undocumented immigrant from custody." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Those included one offered by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., that would stop the release of immigrants flagged as potential national security risks during immigration proceedings and another, offered by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to block funding to local governments that don't inform the Department of Homeland Security ahead of releasing an undocumented immigrant from custody." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Paul also took aim at the short turnaround between the bill's release in the early hours Thursday morning to the final passage vote, saying members lacked adequate time to examine the 1,012-page bill and its more than 1,400 earmarks." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Democrat and Republican leadership want this reckless spending bill to pass quickly to make sure no one has time to read or scrutinize the bill, Paul said." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Murray touted funding for child care, research for cancer and Alzheimer's disease, and efforts to combat the opioid crisis included in the bill." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "She also took aim at House Republicans, who for months resisted the parameters of the deal former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., struck with Biden, eventually ending up with a final result that resembled the original agreement." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "She also took aim at House Republicans, who for months resisted the parameters of the deal former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., struck with Biden, eventually ending up with a final result that resembled the original agreement." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "But in a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., the bill failed to win support from the majority of House Republicans, with 101 voting for it and 112 voting against it, after facing criticism from the party's right flank." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "The Senate also tabled, or killed, an amendment offered by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that would prevent the Biden administration from waiving sanctions on Iran and an amendment offered by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., that would block federal funding for schools that allow transgender women to participate in women's sports." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "The Senate also tabled, or killed, an amendment offered by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that would prevent the Biden administration from waiving sanctions on Iran and an amendment offered by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., that would block federal funding for schools that allow transgender women to participate in women's sports." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "The Senate also tabled, or killed, an amendment offered by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that would prevent the Biden administration from waiving sanctions on Iran and an amendment offered by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., that would block federal funding for schools that allow transgender women to participate in women's sports." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
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50% : As part of the agreement, Schumer also agreed to hold a floor vote by April 19 on a bill modeled on an amendment offered by Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing its tightened tailpipe emissions standards.*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.