"Members of the House of Representatives had 1,000 minutes—overnight—to read a 2,232-page bill that spends $1.3 trillion.
On Wednesday, March 21, the House Appropriations Committee put out a press release headlined “Government-Wide Funding Legislation Released.”
“The bill contains the full legislation and funding for all of the 12 annual Appropriations bills,” said the release. “It totals $1.3 trillion, including $78.1 billion in funding for the Global War on Terror (GWOT)/Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). Total base funding, excluding OCO and emergencies, is $1.2 trillion.”
At the bottom of the press release, the committee included a link to the House documents page where “the text of the legislation” was available.
This page shows that the text of the bill—H.R. 1625—was “Added 03/21/2018 at 07:57 PM.”
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/terence-p-jeffrey/congressmen-had-1000-minutes-over-night-read-2232-page-13t-bill
On Wednesday, March 21, the House Appropriations Committee put out a press release headlined “Government-Wide Funding Legislation Released.”
“The bill contains the full legislation and funding for all of the 12 annual Appropriations bills,” said the release. “It totals $1.3 trillion, including $78.1 billion in funding for the Global War on Terror (GWOT)/Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). Total base funding, excluding OCO and emergencies, is $1.2 trillion.”
At the bottom of the press release, the committee included a link to the House documents page where “the text of the legislation” was available.
This page shows that the text of the bill—H.R. 1625—was “Added 03/21/2018 at 07:57 PM.”
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/terence-p-jeffrey/congressmen-had-1000-minutes-over-night-read-2232-page-13t-bill