Here’s what made it into Congress’s big spending and tax bills
Source: Washington Post
By Mike DeBonis and Kelsey Snell December 16 Last updated 9:50 a.m.
The $1.1 trillion spending bill unveiled early Wednesday morning will keep most of the federal government funded through September — and it’s packed with policy instructions, known on Capitol Hill as “riders,” that will upset or excite Democrats, Republicans and various special interest groups.
Leaders also released a $650 billion tax package that will extend nearly 50 tax breaks for businesses and individuals and stall portions of the Affordable Care Act.
So what’s in the bill? We’ve sifted through the legislation, consulted supporting documents from Democratic and Republican aides, and called out some of the more notable and controversial elements below. (If you want to review detailed reports on all 12 parts of the spending bill, click here for the Republican summary and here for the Democrat summary.)
INDEX
Oil Exports
Alternative Energy
Obamacare
Refugees
Visa Waivers
9/11 Responders
Puerto Rico
Campaign Finance
Clean Water
Climate Change
Financial Regulations
Guns
Immigration
Cybersecurity
Food Labeling
Sledding
Riders included in 2014 “CRomnibus”
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/12/16/heres-what-made-it-into-congresss-big-tax-and-spending-bills/
Paul Ryan withheld details of the "Omnibus" Christmas tree for corporate lobbyists until early this morning. Meanwhile, most of the media were focused on bright shiny objects emerging from the CNN Republican "debate" in Las Vegas.
But the Washington Post still managed to get the details of the secret Omnibus deal out to the world--if you know where to look for them.
They provided a PDF link to a Democratic Party summary of the deal , at http://democrats.appropriations.house.gov/sites/democrats.appropriations.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/Summary%20of%20FY16%20Omnibus_0.pdf .
I was glad to see that possibly the worst provision corporate lobbyists wanted--exempting e-cigarettes from a 2007 regulation grandfather clause deadline--did not get included. Neither did interference with FCC net neutrality rules, or prohibition of broadband/wireless rate regulation. Not this time, anyway.
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This is only the beginning
