Congress unveils first appropriations package ahead of looming shutdown deadline

  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    12% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    29% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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11% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "The bill text comes after congressional leaders reached a deal on government spending last week to extend the deadline for the first six appropriations bills until Friday.
48% : The proposed package includes a number of spending cuts, including a 10% decrease in funding to the Environmental Protection Agency, a 7% decrease in funding to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and a 6% decrease in funding to the FBI.
46% : "The clock is now ticking until government funding runs out this Friday.

*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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