GTFO - right thing. Its a pile of dog S$%^%.
WTF is wrong with you? So you think Millions to pakistan to study goat FNG pedophiles is a good thing? Well now that makes total sense.
There are two different pieces of legislation, the Covid Relief Bill and the Consolidated Appropriations act of 2021. Congress used one Legislative Act to pass two pieces of funding legislation.
There are 12 spending bills packaged in the Omnibus Spending Bill. Here’s how it breaks down: $1.4 trillion will fund the government for the next year. That includes budgets for domestic and foreign spending. Then Congress added $900 billion for COVID-19 economic relief. None of the Covid-19 economic relief money $900 billion goes to foreign aid.
In order to reach agreement Congress packages various spending bills as well as other provisions. It's a "I'll give you what you want only if you give me what I want and vice versa.
The stimilus isn't a completely done deal. Today, the House votes to raise the $600 to a $2,000 stimulus check.
I think this is a great example of how Congress plays games with tax payers money. It has been going on since forever.
One problem Congress faces is that you can't fund individual spending bills until you pass the budget (Consolidated Appropriations Act). Think of it this way, you can't pay your rent, buy groceries and utilities or figure out how much you can spend on non-essentials until you get your income. Congress has an extra step which is to pass a spending budget first, before they can fund anything.