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Where
has Trump’s concern over national debt gone? He’s following the
same route as Obama, isn’t he?
Trump
signs US spending bill ending government shutdown
RT,
9
February, 2018
US
President Donald Trump says he has signed a spending bill into law,
bringing an end to the temporary government shutdown. He confirmed
the move in a tweet early Friday.
“Our
Military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our
Military and gave them everything – and more,” the president
said.
Just signed Bill. Our Military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our Military and gave them everything — and more. First time this has happened in a long time. Also means JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!
The
federal government had shut down for the second time in a month
overnight, due to Senator Rand Paul delaying a senate vote on the
spending bill past the midnight deadline. Paul delayed the vote in
opposition to the spiraling federal budget deficit.
"It
spends too much money, borrows too much money, and actually we’re
going to bring back Obama era deficits,” Paul said before delaying
the bill.
The
Senate eventually passed the bill in the early hours of Friday
morning on a 71-28 vote. The legislation was then passed by the House
of Representatives at 5:30am local time, with Trump tweeting three
hours later that he had signed it into law.
In
a follow-up tweet, the president expressed misgivings with some
aspects of the bill that the government was pushed to add in exchange
for Democrat votes in congress.
Without more Republicans in Congress, we were forced to increase spending on things we do not like or want in order to finally, after many years of depletion, take care of our Military. Sadly, we needed some Dem votes for passage. Must elect more Republicans in 2018 Election!
The
compromise budget deal, which adds more than $560 billion in federal
spending, aims to increase funding for military and civilian
programs. It was met with opposition by Democrats over its failure to
address protections for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
program (DACA) and by fiscally conservative Republicans who objected
to a huge increase in federal spending.
Trump
expressed relief that DACA wasn’t included in the bill and hinted
at fraught negotiations yet to come. “This Bill is a BIG VICTORY
for our Military,” he wrote, “but much waste in order to get Dem
votes. Fortunately, DACA not included in this Bill, negotiations to
start now!”
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