The COVID relief bill also known as the Governor William J. LePetomaine Memorial
We Have to Keep Our Phony Baloney Jobs Act of 2020 is 5,593 pages long. (It s a good thing that OSHA regulations don t apply to Congress, or a lot of pages and messengers would have a helluva class action suit.) Naturally, within this massive cinderblock is something for everyone. For example, on pages 341-342, there is $500,000,000 for Israel s defense.
1. SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and
2. ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $73,000,000 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended; $177,000,000 shall
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$2.3 Trillion Spending Package Includes Foreign Aid and Funding for US Engagement Abroad
The congressionally approved $2.3 trillion year-end spending package, which includes $900 billion in pandemic relief, provides hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid and other offshore initiatives.
The 5,593-page legislation (pdf) by far the longest bill ever came together Sunday after months of battling, posturing, and post-election negotiating. It passed the House and Senate on Monday and is expected to be signed into law by President Donald Trump within days.
The package includes a $1.4 trillion omnibus bill that will fund defense spending and domestic programs, as well as various forms of aid to foreign countries and other forms of American engagement abroad.