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House Republicans unveil spending bill likely to draw opposition from Democrats

Mar 08, 2025 View Original Article
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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -26% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that seems certain to spark a major confrontation with Democrats over the contours of government spending.
50% : Trump praised the bill, posting on his Truth Social platform that Republicans have to “remain UNITED — NO DISSENT — Fight for another day when the timing is right.”
48% : House Republicans pass their budget resolution, crucial step toward delivering Trump agenda Congress must act by midnight Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown.
46% : Trump has been meeting with House Republicans in an effort to win their votes on the legislation.
41% : The bill does not cover the majority of government spending, including programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
37% : He says he has confidence in Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, to make a difference on the nation’s debt.
5% : Murray said the legislation would “give Donald Trump and Elon Musk more power over federal spending — and more power to pick winners and losers, which threatens families in blue and red states alike.”

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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