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Congresswoman Suzan DelBene issued the following statement on tonight’s passage of the CRomnibus in the House by a vote of 219 to 206:

“I am extremely disappointed that Congress has opted to push through a divisive spending bill that was injected with irrelevant, controversial and harmful provisions. It contained measures that will re-open the door for taxpayer-funded bailouts of Wall Street and weaken campaign finance law to give even more influence in our elections to special interests.

“Instead of offering a responsible approach to keep the government funded, this legislation represents a cynical effort to jam unrelated policies that threaten the stability of our economy and democracy into the appropriations process.

“Moving forward, I urge House leaders to work in a more collaborative and transparent process to pass a clean appropriations bill that funds the government and separately allows for a reasoned, vigorous debate on bipartisan policies to grow our economy and create jobs.”

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