Cromnibus Spending Plan Signed Into Law
President Obama has signed into law the fiscal 2015 hybrid spending plan, HR 83. HR 83 is dubbed “CRomnibus” because it contains a combination of a continuing (spending) resolution only for the Department of Homeland Security through February 27, 2015 and an omnibus spending plan for the remaining government agencies through the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 2015. HR 83 passed the US House 219-206. 67 conservative republicans joined 139 Democrats to unsuccessfully oppose the spending measure. In the U.S. Senate 18 republicans joined 12 democrats to oppose the CRomnibus. These votes in both legislative chambers will be useful in forecasting votes in the upcoming 114th Congress. Other important issues in/out of the CRomnibus include:…
