U.S. Senate sends Biden giant spending package hours before midnight deadline - Maryland Matters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Smaller agencies -- like the Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA, National Science Foundation and military construction projects -- are also funded in the package.
48% : That money would go toward its defense activities, like the National Nuclear Security Administration, and its non-defense programs, such as nuclear energy research, development and demonstration.
47% : Those include Defense, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS-Education, Legislative Branch and State-Foreign Operations.Senate complaintsSenate debate on this spending package was broadly bipartisan, though several conservative GOP senators argued the spending levels were too high and it didn't do enough to rein in the Biden administration.
46% : They also said the earmarks in the bills should be removed.Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, a Washington state Democrat, said during floor debate Friday the bill includes important priorities like the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children or WIC, housing assistance, environmental protection programs and veterans health care.
38% : "FBI, EPA see spending cutsThe bill includes funding for the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Transportation and Veterans Affairs.

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