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Federal funding bill decreases spending, limits firing power
The bill reduces agency budgets by up to 4% and restricts firings to protect federal workers, aiming to prevent shutdown and preserve congressional spending control.
- On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass a funding bill that would fund multiple agencies and limit firing federal workers, aiming to avert a partial government shutdown before Jan. 30.
- Facing last year's mass firings, lawmakers designed the package to trim budgets for the Justice Department, Department of the Interior, Department of Commerce and Department of Energy while limiting reorganizations.
- Line-Item allocations include $24.43 billion for NASA and $3.27 billion for the National Park Service, both down 2%, a 4% EPA cut, and a $160 million boost for the Department of Energy's Office of Science.
- Practically, agencies would keep national parks open and wildfire protection programs running while the Department of Justice maintains efforts against illicit drugs, Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., said, and the bill bars listed agencies from using funds for reorganization, reinforcing congressional power of the purse.
- Politically, lawmakers framed the bill as pushing back against President Donald Trump's agency cuts while supporting scientific research, with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, calling it fiscally responsible and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., emphasizing Congress’s control over spending, not Russ Vought or the president.
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