15 billiondollar boost in military spending. Though trump proposed steep cuts to medical research, lawmakers increased the budget for the National Institutes of health by 2 billion. Theres money for opioid abuse, Summer School spell grants and cash for Transit Systems. By most accounts this is very much a middle of the road proposal that lawmakers on both sides can that agree to. None as they call them poison pills involved in this particular compromise. Members of the house and the senate do have to vote on this by friday in order to keep things running at least through september and then we start the process all over again. Live on capitol hill, im Melanie Alnwick fox5 local newsily. All right, melanie, thank you very much. 4 31 is the time right now. We now know more about a u. S. Service member killed saturday outside mosul. 25yearold weston lee a paratrooper from fort bragg was killed by an ied patrol p lee was from bluffing ton georgia. Hes been posthumously awarded several award
Drive. Ems evaluated the driver. The driver will make a full recovery. Also this morning, crisis averted at least for now after a budget showdown on capitol hill. Congress agreed to a funding bill last night. It is a. M. Trillion dollar compromise and a vote could come as early as midweek but did President Trump get what he wanted . Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on the hill with the details now. Mel. Reporter well, steve anda allison its been a busy weekend. They passed a one week extension of sorts and then last night came to an agreement, a framework of a deal that must still be voted on. Must be enacted by the end of the week. It is really just kind of kicks the can down the road for another five months but at least it is something that is said to be a bipartisan piece of legislation. A compromise. Something we havent heard a lot of these days t. And it does that fund some of President Trumps Budget Priorities though perhaps not in the way in he may have envisioned. Lets talk first
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), in partnership with the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), is encouraging members of the American Muslim community to register for the 9th annual National Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, slated to occur on Monday, April 29, and Tuesday, April 30, and May 1st, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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