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Cline votes against $1.7T funding bill, calls it a 'spending spree'Winchester Star
Washington, DC,
December 28, 2022
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Cormac Dodd U.S. Rep. Ben Cline, who represents Virginia’s 6th Congressional District, voted against the $1.7 trillion government funding bill that passed the House of Representatives on Dec. 24. The bill sought to avoid a partial federal government shutdown and provided an additional $45 billion to the war effort in Ukraine. In a press release, Cline, a Republican, referred to the bill as a “$1.7 trillion spending spree.” “[The] Democrats’ bloated omnibus spending spree represents what’s wrong with Washington: a 4,000+ page, over $1.7 trillion government funding deal we are forced to vote on at the last minute,” Cline said in the release. Read more HERE. |