Arizona Congressional Delegation Splits On CR That Includes Increases for WIC, Veterans’ Healthcare

March 11, 2025 ADI Staff Reporter
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Arizona’s Congressional delegation split along party lines on the Continuing Resolution which passed the U.S. House on a bipartisan vote of 217-213 on Tuesday.

Democrat House members Yassamin Ansari and Greg Stanton voted against the CR that included $500 million for the WIC (Women, Infant, & Children) program spending, and money for veterans’ health care, air traffic control safety, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation efforts.

Once again, Congressman Raul Grijalva was not present to vote.

All of Arizona’s Republican House members voted in favor of the legislation, which avoided a government shutdown.

H.R.1968 provided continuing FY2025 appropriations for federal agencies and extended various expiring programs and authorities.

Contrary to some claims, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid spending was left untouched.

Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2025 appropriations to federal agencies for the remainder of FY2025. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2025 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires on March 14, 2025.

The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2024 levels. It also includes several additional provisions that increase or decrease funding for various programs compared to FY2024 levels.

In addition, the bill extends several expiring programs and authorities, including:

  • several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs;
  • the National Flood Insurance Program;
  • authorities related to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission whistleblower program;
  • the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity Protection System;
  • authorities for DHS and the Department of Justice to take certain actions to mitigate
  • a credible threat from an unmanned aircraft system;
  • the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program;
  • several immigration-related programs and authorities;
  • the special assessment on nonindigent persons or entities convicted of certain
  • offenses involving sexual abuse or human trafficking;
  • the temporary scheduling order issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration to place
  • fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act;
  • the authorization for the U.S. Parole Commission; and
  • the Department of Agriculture livestock mandatory price reporting program.

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2 Comments

  1. Question: Who votes against a CR to help WIC (Women, Infant, & Children) programs, money for veterans, health care, air traffic control safety, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation efforts? Answer: Democrat House members Yassamin Ansari and Greg Stanton (Raul Grijalva was a no-show). In the same breathe they will continue to insist that they are all about supporting women, children, health care, Veterans and legal immigration. Are they confused or just plain stupid???

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  2. Isn’t it interesting how 47 came into office with a playbook, ready to fit the ground running if he won, but the federal GOP was caught flat-footed _AGAIN_, with absolutely no plan to implement all their election-trail promises. And somehow their utter ideological and legislative failure is the fault of one engineer from Kentucky? If they’d only listen to Massie _for_the_last_12 years_, maybe they would have had 12 spending bills – complete with cuts and reforms – ready to go now, today. But no, let’s primary the only guy who isn’t totally RINO, atm.

    Today’s GOP; deftly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory since forever.

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