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31Trillon Debit ceiling Neg. By June 2023, a 4,100-page bill and a House roll call vote on Dec. 23, Congress still missed its deadline to fund the government.

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  https://www.foxnews.com/media/mccarthy-blasts-biden-schumer-omnibus-saying-no-waste-government-spending "None of these bills went through committee. They increased [U.S. spending] trillions of dollars," McCarthy said. "They increased the baseline by $135 billion. That means about $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. And when the Democrats have been in power for these four years, they've increased our spending — just in discretionary — by 30%; over $400 billion           4,100-page bill       https://youtu.be/Z3PudkEZL3M YO https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-misses-its-deadline-fund-government-again Federal law requires Congress to print the legislation on parchment. That’s a practice which dates back to the beginning of the republic. Printing the bills on parchment was a method to protect Congress against forgeries. Plus, the speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate need to sign the bill. So, the technical pr...

2nd Amendment- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new law on Thursday strengthening restrictions on who can obtain a public carry permit for handguns and where those guns can be carried, and in response, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has filed a lawsuit against the state.

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2nd Amendment  Case  https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-jersey-governor-signs-new-gun-law-drawing-lawsuit-from-nra Murphy introduced the proposal in June after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the N.Y. State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen case. The ruling of the courts was that it is illegal to require New York applicants to show "proper cause" to carry a handgun in public. The ruling also invalidated New Jersey’s laws that had been on the books for years, restricting public carry to those who demonstrate a "justifiable need." Within 24 hours of the court’s ruling, Murphy proposed legislation that strengthened statutory disqualifiers for those eligible to obtain a carry permit and expanded the list of places where firearms cannot be carried. On Thursday, Murphy signed the bill into place. "Today’s bill signing is the culmination of months of negotiations between this Administration and our partners in the Legislature, delivering on the promise I made this sum...

The House passed the more than 4,000-page spending measure mostly along party lines in a 225-201 vote that saw nine Republicans vote for the bill along with every Democrat except Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. Another Democrat, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, voted present.

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  The bill provides $858 billion for defense, $787 billion for non-defense domestic programs and nearly $45 billion for military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. It also includes more than 7,200 earmarks totaling more than $15 billion, and assures the government will be funded until the end of September 2023. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-quickly-approves-spending-bill-flees-dc-christmas-break "We had 18 Republicans, who joined with Democrats in the Senate, get on their fancy planes and go home, and we’re sitting here trying to do the work of the people, not spend money we don’t have, not drive up more inflation, not have 7,500 earmarks for $16 billion for pet leftist projects across this country," Roy said. WASHINGTON (Wednesday, March 9, 2022) – Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Wednesday released the https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/north-carolina-house-rep-tweets-egregious-provisions-omnibus-spending-bill ONE DAY TO READ Several G...

Congress has passed the $858 billion defense bill to guide military and defense spending in 2023, and Republicans are cheering a whole slew of victories in the bill that range from bolstering resources to combat Russia and China to enhancing security for federal judges

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-tout-wins-ndaa-from-repeal-vax-mandate-increasing-funds-combat-china-russia Republicans appear to have successfully negotiated an end to the policy in exchange for passing the military's budget proposal

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a list of more than 180 current or resolved drug shortages. Earlier this month, the FDA issued a notice warning that there is a shortage of Adderall, which is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy.

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https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/drug-shortage-swells-national-emergency-forcing-doctors-find-new-ways-treat-patients The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a list of more than 180 current or resolved drug shortages. Earlier this month, the FDA issued a notice warning that there is a shortage of Adderall, which is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy.  According to federal health officials, intermittent or reduced availability of certain products can occur for many reasons, including manufacturing and quality problems, delays and discontinuations.