What's Inside Democrats' 2,465-Page $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill?

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🗓️ 20 October 2021

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Summary

Democrats' $3.5 trillion dollar spending package gives the IRS permission, and funding, to snoop on nearly every American's bank account, Jessica Anderson, executive director of Heritage Action for America, says.

The "Biden administration is asking Congress to go ... weaponize the IRS to spy on Americans," Anderson says.

The future of the bill is unclear after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., said he could not support a spending bill over $1.5 trillion. Anderson joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss how likely it is for the bill to move forward in Congress, and what we know about the provisions in the package.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, October 20th.
0:10.3	I'm Doug Blair.
0:11.3	And I'm Virginia Allen.
0:13.3	For months, Democrats have been pushing a $3.5 trillion spending bill, a bill that is
0:19.7	2,465 pages long and filled with Democrats' social policy agenda items.
0:26.9	Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia says he won't support a bill that is over $1.5 trillion.
0:33.7	So the future of the spending package remains unknown.
0:37.0	Jessica Anderson, the executive director of Heritage Action for America joins me on
0:41.8	the show today to discuss what is actually inside this $3.5 trillion bill and how the
0:48.3	package could affect Americans if Democrats succeed in pushing it through Congress.
0:53.6	And don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review
0:56.9	or a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe.
1:01.5	And now, onto today's top news.
1:26.9	Because of school closures during the pandemic, mass mandates and concerns over gender identity
1:32.6	and critical race theory curriculum, take Smith Mountain Lake Christian Academy in
1:37.3	Maneta, Virginia, for example.
1:39.4	Five years ago, the K-12 school only had 88 students.
1:44.1	Now it has 420 students and is being forced to turn applicants away because they are
1:50.4	short on space.
1:52.2	The Association of Christian Schools International is one of America's largest networks of evangelical
1:58.5	schools.
1:59.8	From the 2019-2020 school year to the 2021 school year, they experienced a 12% increase
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