Republicans folded more quickly than someone with one pair in a poker game.
The GOP, despite its tough talk, is essentially giving President Joe Biden what he wants: $1.7 trillion for an omnibus spending bill. In fact, the Senate Republicans are giving the White House a 9.3 percent annual increase in non-defense funding, more than what the president requested.
It is more than 4,000 pages, and nobody read the whole thing, despite .
It is outrageous, egregious, preposterous.
So, here are the 18 worst outlays in the legislation:
1. $1.5 million for a COVID-19 American History Project.
2. $410 million for border security in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, and Tunisia.
3. $3 million for bee-friendly highways.
4. $65 million for two programs for retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy and a federal building named for Nancy Pelosi.
5. $3.6 million for the Michelle Obama Trail.
6. $200 million for gender programs in Pakistan and a Gender Equity Fund.
7. $335 million for an influenza pandemic, which includes the purchase of vaccines, antivirals, medical supplies, diagnostics, and “surveillance tools.”
8. $535 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which extends grants to NPR.
9. $750,000 for the TransLatino Coaliton
10. $400,000 for the Racial Justice Improvement Project
11. $1.2 million for an LGBTQ+ Pride Center in California.
12. $3 million for an American LGBTQ+ Museum in New York City.
13. $2 billion in Defense to “tackle the climate crisis.”
14. $2 million for the MLK Labor Council for an online hiring platform.
15. $108 million for Environmental Justice activities.
16. $8.6 million to the Pentagon for gender advisor programs.
17. Another $47 billion for Ukraine.
18. $750,000 for Oregon salmon conservation.
Since this is a 4,000-page-plus bill, there are probably a lot more goodies inside this reckless legislation.
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