[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [ufpj-activist] Omnibus Spending Bill: Full Text (and some bad things which *didn't* make it in)

[Stuart Levy]

The budget bill reportedly includes

   * NO rider to prevent refugees from Syria and Iraq from coming to the US.
Good!  But ...
   * They did include the bill passed by the House last week to enhance
security checks for people entering the US from countries where a visa
is not now required.


But I don't know what riders did make it in.

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The Rules Committee and House clerk note that a Senate amendment to HR
2029 (Military Construction-VA approps bill) was filed at 11:57 p.m.
Tuesday.  At that time, it only had the Mil Con-VA provisions, but now
the full 2,000 page omnibus is available - gasp.  It's here:
 http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20151214/CPRT-114-HPRT-RU00-SAHR2029-AMNT1final.pdf
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__docs.house.gov_billsthisweek_20151214_CPRT-2D114-2DHPRT-2DRU00-2DSAHR2029-2DAMNT1final.pdf&d=BQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=_iuwmBDMEAIAz6k1h--JVoji6x5mlDiImSbbdIp2zWg&m=TBNJDgsVvoFAkHIE9oepiKelF8ALH2iB5j7NWzNzAiQ&s=E8ots8jqu5J8NAZd0WTzl_ead5ex7kA5yCGVrpqEh4o&e=>


There are press accounts of what happened with various rider proposals -
the news here seems extremely good, although obviously experts in the
various areas have to look at the bill before drawing too many
conclusions.  But here is info about some of the riders that had been
considered - source for most of this is CQ:


- NO rider to prevent refugees from Syria and Iraq from coming to the
US.  They did include the bill passed by the House last week to enhance
security checks for people entering the US from countries where a visa
is not now required.


- NO McConnell campaign finance rider - (that would have relaxed
restrictions on coordination between political parties and candidates;
relaxed contribution requirements.)  They rejected a proposal to
eliminate the check-off on IRS tax form for contributing to public
financing of presidential campaigns.


- NO blocking of fiduciary rule by DOL - requiring that retirement
financial advisors operate in the interests of their clients.


- NO blocking of NLRB ruling related to joint employer status and union
negotiations.


- NO limits to FDA regulation of electronic cigarettes.


Reported elsewhere that most efforts to rein in Dodd-Frank
financial/consumer financial regulations were not successful.


 


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