house Republicans New foot Bill spending Saturday, known as a Continuous decision (CR), this includes some discounts in financing police and law enforcement programs, including completely eliminating the financing of police services directed towards society (COPS).
Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike JohnsonLouisiana republican,, Suggested the Stopgap Funds Bill to maintain current federal spending levels until September 30.
Newsweek He arrived at Johnson’s office via email on Saturday for comment.
Why do it matter
In fact, social last night, the president Donald Trump Republicans demanded Avoid closing the potential government.
CR, which will finance the government until September 30 without the need for new credits legislation, reduces Ministry of Justice“S (doj) to help enforce law, local and zeros outside many police grant programs.
This legislation must pass by midnight on Friday, March 14th to avoid the closure of the partial government. This will be the first suspension under the second Trump administration.
The draft law represents a major transformation in the determination of the Republican positions on law enforcement financing, and it is historically a major priority for the Republican Party. With Trump’s support, Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to pay these police financing discounts despite possible political costs and a possible democratic opposition.
Great discounts in services, increase defense
The proposed legislation reveals many specific discounts for law enforcement programs:
- The Assistant Ministry of Justice and Local Aid for Law enforcement will receive 499,033,000 dollars, while reducing multiple software allocations to $ 0. These programs usually provide grants to local police departments for equipment, training and community initiatives.
- Police service programs directed towards society, which are fully reduced (allocating $ 0) in this draft law, provides traditional funding for the employment of community police officers, the development of community police officers, and the support of crime control initiatives at the local level.
- The draft law reflects a broader republican strategy to reduce spending that is not about $ 13 billion compared to last year.
- Other large discounts target health services, drug abuse programs, children’s services, families and the elderly population.
This approach is separated with the traditional criterion of the two parties, as the defense (military and national security) moves and the unexpected spending (local programs such as education, health care and law enforcement) side by side.
The draft law provides about 892.5 billion dollars in defense (a slight increase) with a reduction in non -defense programs to about 708 billion dollars.
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What people say
President Donald Trump wrote about the social truth, the social media platform, on Saturday: “Home and Senate In light of these circumstances, I collected a very good financing bill (‘C “! All Republicans must vote (please!) Yes next week … we must remain united – not opposition – fighting for another day when the timing is true. Very important. Make America great again! “
Actor Ralph Norman, a Republican in South Carolina, said in a statement: “I don’t like CRS [continuing resolutions]. But what is the alternative? Negotiation with Democrats? no.”
The minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hakim Jeffrez, a democratic in New York, told reporters last week: “Democrats are ready to negotiate a meaningful spending agreement that places workers in the first place. [The] The ongoing partisan decision threatens to reduce funding for the main programs … and this is unacceptable. “
Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican Louisiana, told reporters: “[I’m] All of you ask you to give us a few months to get to September so that we can continue to put the “financial house” in the country in order.
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat in New York, in a statement: “We always thought that the only solution is the solution from the two parties, regardless of what.”
What happens after that
The bill is scheduled to vote on Tuesday, although there is no democratic support. if Congress He failed to act by the deadline on Friday, the partial government will start closing.
