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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

1,582-Page Spending Bill Hinges On NSA Giving Congress 5 Years Of Records

The 1,582-page (apparently bipartisan) omnibus spending bill announced last night adds up to a cool $1.1 trillion. As Bloomberg reports, lawmakers notes "not everyone will like everything in this bill," and we can see why. There is no IMF funding, nothing that "blocks Obamacare," the IRS gets a reprimand - barring them from targetng groups based on their ideological beliefs, preserves language that blocks Federal funding for abortions and spending any money to legalize marijuana. But, perhaps the most critical aspect of the bill is the NSA is required to give Congress number of phone records collected, reviewed during last 5 yrs, including estimate for records of U.S. citizens (among other things). Will that be one step too far for the administration?

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why should NSA have all the fun (and personal information) lets spread it around!

Anonymous said...

This will be negotiated away, I'll bet anyone a million$!

Let's make it 3 mil!