The president and Congress agreed to a spending bill to get the government through to September.  President Chuck Schumer said: This agreement is a good agreement for the American people and takes the threat of a government shutdown off the table[.] ... The bill ensures taxpayer dollars aren't used to fund an ineffective border wall, excludes poison pill riders and increases investments in programs that the middle class relies on, like medical research, education and infrastructure. Since Republicans lost the presidency and the Congress in the last election, it is no surprise that this spending bill hewed closely to the Democrat agenda.  Republicans had tried to include funding for a border wall, but since they are in the minority in Congress, they didn't have the power to push it through. Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi boasted: ... that they were able to force Republicans to withdraw more than 160 unrelated policy measures, known...(Read Full Post)