• Bronzebeard@lemm.ee
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    5 hours ago

    A bill outlining the year’s funding of the entire federal government for the third most populous country in the planet isn’t exactly your average bill…

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      This bill only covers the “discretionary” budget as well. “Entitlements” like social security and medicare and debt service don’t need annual appropriations.

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        3 hours ago

        Sure… The stuff that actually changes tends to be a lot more complicated, and need a lot more detail, than the stuff that doesn’t…