The government is once again facing the prospect of a shutdown at midnight on Friday December 3. To stave off a shutdown for a few more weeks or months, Congress is once again resorting to a CR (continuing resolution).
The immediate problem is, that Dem leadership is debating adding unrelated policy riders to the CR, such as
- PAYGO Waivers—To stave off medicare cuts being induced by Democrats overspending in February of 2021. In a $1.9 trillion spending bill, Pelosi and Schumer prioritized their liberal agenda over long-established government programs. Now they’re in a pickle, and they want Republicans to bail them out. (For the moment, it looks like conservatives are winning on this issue, but it is destined to become a fight again in the near future).
- Funding for Unaccompanied Children—But voting for additional funding to process and settle unaccompanied minors (for DHS and HHS respectively) is a vote to worsen Biden’s ongoing border crisis.
- More Afghan Refugee Money (without protections for the American people)—Allocating additional money towards the resettlement of Afghan refugees on top of the $6.3 billion Congress spent in September, without adding any stringent vetting requirements for those in the program, is misguided at best and dangerous at worst.
There’s a lot going on with this CR, and so we decided to tackle it for a special episode of our new podcast, On Air with Heritage Action.
You can learn more about the CR and these policy riders by listening on Youtube, Rumble, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Please listen and learn what you can do to take action!
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