myang_week_6_assignment_FINAL.docx Spending Proposal: Without COVID-19 Relief Chamberlain University College of Nursing POLI 330: Political Science Spending Proposal: Without COVID-19 Relief On November 10th, For
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myang_week_6_assignment_FINAL.docx Spending Proposal: Without COVID-19 Relief Chamberlain University College of Nursing POLI 330: Political Science Spending Proposal: Without COVID-19 Relief On November 10th, Forbes releases a news article in regard to the spending proposal made by Senate Republicans. This $1.4 trillion proposal is a packet consisting of 12 separate bills that they are offering to Democrats as a negotiation. The funds are divided amongst defense ($700 billion), Homeland Security ($70 billion), Food and Drug Administration ($3.2 billion) and a border wall ($2 billion). $1.5 billion of the total being diverted to the border wall was originally meant for the National Guard and Reserves unit. This was intended to supply the unit with generators, spare parts, and trucks.The Democratics criticized this packet for the lack of a COVID-19 relief as Republicans respond that their intent is to include it in a separate legislation. In order to keep the government running, it is necessary to reach an agreement on the budget. Both parties continue to clash as they disagree with issues such as state and local aid as well as liability protection for businesses (Hansen, 2020). It is noted that foreign aid and education programs would get noticeably smaller increases compared to the NASA, health research, and veterans programs (Taylor, 2020). The issue at hand is reaching a consensus on where the funding should go. The government shutdown is scheduled for December 11th, five days from now and the cu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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