{"id":42303,"date":"2020-12-22T01:11:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T06:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=42303"},"modified":"2020-12-22T08:53:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:53:49","slug":"congress-passes-massive-covid-relief-omnibus-bill-sending-billions-of-dollars-to-foreign-countries-measure-heads-to-president-trumps-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-passes-massive-covid-relief-omnibus-bill-sending-billions-of-dollars-to-foreign-countries-measure-heads-to-president-trumps-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Passes Massive Covid Relief\/Omnibus Bill Sending Billions of Dollars to Foreign Countries \u2013 Measure Heads to President Trump\u2019s Desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongress-passes-massive-covid-relief-omnibus-bill-sending-billions-of-dollars-to-foreign-countries-measure-heads-to-president-trumps-desk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=42303&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-469059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mitch-McConnell-sd-600x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The House passed the Covid relief\/Omnibus spending bill 359-53 on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The House approved the COVID measure 359-53. <\/p>\n<p>The noes came from GOPers and Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI).<\/p>\n<p>Two Democratic noes: Reps. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1341220787307638784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A few hours later the Senate passed the gargantuan $2.3 trillion bill 91-7.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senate aligns with House, passes coronavirus\/government funding plan. The vote was 91-7. They needed 60 votes to pass the bill since they skipped several parliamentary steps.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1341242560866627585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers didn\u2019t even read the bill before casting their votes.<\/p>\n<p>The package included $1.4 trillion to fund the government and $900 billion in Coronavirus relief.<\/p>\n<p>The Covid relief includes $600 per American making up to $75,000 and another round of PPP for small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Americans are only getting $600 after suffering for months due to authoritarian lockdown orders but Congress made sure to send billions of dollars overseas to foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p>$135 million to Burma<br \/>\n$85.5 million to Cambodia<br \/>\n$1.4 billion for \u201cAsia Reassurance Initiative Act\u201d<br \/>\n$130 million to Nepal<br \/>\n$700 million to Sudan<br \/>\n$250 million in Palestinian aid<br \/>\n$25 million for \u201cgender programs\u201d in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of us think this legislation is perfect, but a big bipartisan majority of us recognize the incredible amount of good it will do when we send it to the president\u2019s desk. The American people have waited long enough. I\u2019m glad for our country that we\u2019re now moving ahead together,\u201d Senate Majority Leader Mitch <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/531223-congress-passes-23t-coronavirus-relief-government-funding-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McConnell said earlier<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/12\/congress-passes-massive-covid-relief-omnibus-bill-sending-billions-dollars-foreign-countries-measure-heads-president-trumps-desk\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Congress Passes Massive Covid Relief\/Omnibus Bill Sending Billions of Dollars to Foreign Countries \u2013 Measure Heads to President Trump\u2019s Desk<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House passed the Covid relief\/Omnibus spending bill 359-53 on Monday evening. The House approved the COVID measure 359-53. The noes came from GOPers and Rep. 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