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      'Remove All of Them': House GOP Adds Dozens More Poison Pills to Spending Bill

      Many of the riders would harm the EPA's "ability to do its critical work," said one former agency lawyer.

      Julia Conley
      Jul 24, 2023

      Nearly 260 advocacy groups on Monday warned that House Republicans have not halted their efforts to push through as many restrictions on government spending as possible in the federal budget bill, adding dozens more "poison pill" riders to the legislation ahead of the upcoming August recess.

      The Clean Budget Coalition, which includes watchdog groups such as Public Citizen and the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards (CSS), reported that 74 new poison pills have been added to spending bills since advocates first sounded the alarm about the practice just one week ago.

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      Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) speaks during a press conference

      GOP Accused of Breaking Debt Ceiling Deal and 'Threatening a Government Shutdown'

      "It appears that threatening a Republican default was insufficient and that the majority is now intent on driving a partisan appropriations process."

      Jake Johnson
      Jun 16, 2023

      The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee accused her Republican colleagues on Thursday of increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown by approving spending numbers below the levels set under the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement, which hasn't even been law for two weeks.

      In an appearance on CNN, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) said House Republicans have already "walked away from this deal," pointing to the House Appropriations Committee's party-line vote Thursday to set next year's spending at fiscal year 2022 levels—a substantial cut and well below the topline set by the debt ceiling law.

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      House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks with reporters on May 24, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

      Progressives Condemn Biden-GOP Debt Ceiling Deal as 'Cruel and Shortsighted'

      "For no real reason at all, hungry people are set to lose food while tax cheats get a free pass."

      Jake Johnson
      May 28, 2023

      Update:

      The text of the legislation, titled the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, is now available here.

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