May 17, 2024
Funds

Texas Republican on why he opposed funding bill: ‘I wanted some sense of sanity on spending’

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Sunday he opposed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan spending bill last week because he wanted to see a “sense of sanity on spending.” “I didn’t want to get everything right. I mean, I wanted to, but I knew I wouldn’t get everything I wanted. But you know what I wanted? I

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FBI headquarters funding draws sharp backlash from conservatives

Hard-line conservatives are fuming over a bipartisan government funding deal that includes dollars for construction of a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  The proposal was inside the sweeping $1.2 trillion government funding package congressional leaders rolled out on early Thursday, as Congress works to avert a shutdown this weekend.  The bill would put $200

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