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The House today voted on the 2014 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which provides $1.012 trillion in funding for the federal government for fiscal year 2014.  Notably, the Omnibus cuts discretionary spending for the fourth consecutive year, provides no new funding for Obamacare, protects life by maintaining a ban on the use of federal funds for abortion, upholds First Amendment rights by prohibiting the IRS to target groups based on ideology, increases oversight to ensure the responsible use of taxpayer dollars, provides for the nation’s security, military readiness, and our warfighters, and ensures that our medically-retired military personnel and their survivors receive their full cost-of-living adjustments.

After passage, Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) released the following statement:

“In Washington, we often let the perfect be the enemy of the good.  This has been especially true in this divided government, which has prevented Congress from doing what we were sent here to do: govern.  Instead of digging in our heels, we have to come together to work for the good.

“The Omnibus ensures a functional government, takes federal spending off autopilot and reduces it for the fourth consecutive year, upholds our conservative principles, and staves off additional cuts to our national security.  While it does not go far enough and is definitely not perfect – few compromises are – I supported the bill because it’s another good step in the right direction.”

The full text of the bill and accompanying report can be found here.

Congressman Steve Womack represents Arkansas’s Third Congressional District and serves on the House Appropriations Committee and the Defense, Financial Services and General Government, and Labor-Health and Human Services subcommittees.

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