{"id":13453,"date":"2014-12-10T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/omnibus-bill-is-a-toxic-cocktail-of-giveaways\/"},"modified":"2014-12-10T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T19:48:00","slug":"omnibus-bill-is-a-toxic-cocktail-of-giveaways","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/articles\/omnibus-bill-is-a-toxic-cocktail-of-giveaways\/","title":{"rendered":"Ang Omnibus Bill Ay Isang Nakakalason na Cocktail of Giveaways"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13453","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The omnibus appropriations bill fashioned in secret by congressional leaders this week is larded with goodies for the lawmakers who will be voting on it and the special interests – from the gun lobby to Wall Street – that are their financial patrons, Common Cause said today. If passed, it will include the biggest increase in campaign contribution limits ever enacted by Congress.","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":null,"related_issues":[137,2082],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

Ang omnibus appropriations bill na ginawa nang lihim ng mga pinuno ng kongreso ngayong linggo ay pinalamanan ng mga goodies para sa mga mambabatas na boboto dito at ang mga espesyal na interes - mula sa gun lobby hanggang sa Wall Street - na kanilang mga pinansiyal na patron, sabi ng Common Cause ngayon. Kung maipapasa, isasama nito ang pinakamalaking pagtaas sa mga limitasyon sa kontribusyon sa kampanya na pinagtibay ng Kongreso.<\/span><\/p>

The non-partisan “citizens lobby” dispatched a letter to lawmakers<\/a> calling the bill “a toxic cocktail of giveaways” and urging its defeat. In its place, Congress should pass a stopgap measure to keep the government open beyond Thursday’s deadline for funding most federal agencies, the group said.<\/span><\/p>

“Not only will it lead to scandal, the bill is itself a scandal, providing political payback to some of the biggest spenders in the 2014 midterms,” the letter said.<\/span><\/p>

“If this is a sign of things to come in the next Congress, the country is in for a rough couple of years,” said Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause’s senior vice president for strategy and programs. “This bill’s passage will be proof positive that big campaign donors – not elected Democrats or Republicans -- are calling the shots on Capitol Hill.<\/span><\/p>

“President Obama should have his veto pen at the ready should the bill reach his desk,” she added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Among the provisions drawing the group’s fire: <\/span><\/span><\/p>

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