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And this is Zan at the pourover.

Today, we're talking about Congress's defense spending bill, the Fed cutting interest rates,

the U.S. seizing a Venezuelan oil tinker,

and other top news for Friday, December 12th.

Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with the pourover.

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We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious and judging others.

John Wesley.

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Uncle Sam's boosting his ballistics budget.

The House voted 312 to 112 to pass a massive $1 billion dollar defense spending bill, which includes

a 4% pay raise for troops and $800 million in weapons aid to Ukraine. Some items left out,

expanded IVF coverage for military families, and language officially changing the Department

of Defense to Department of War.

The bill also cuts Secretary Higgseth's travel budget until the Pentagon releases the

unedited footage of its controversial September boat strike.

The Senate's expected to pass the bill next week, and President Trump's

promise to sharpie it into law. Meanwhile, yesterday, the Senate rejected two Democrat-led bills

to extend health care subsidies and a Republican alternative that would have created new HSAs.

The double nay, all but guarantees a sharp rise in healthcare costs for millions of Americans on January 1st.

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