Too many things in one bill. Separate them and decrease the insane amount of money budgeted towards defense.

Too much money for the military, not nearly enough for veterans or renewable energy initiatives. A budget this big needs to be debated and discussed further.

Why are all of these lumped together? Also defense spending is too high and other areas are left short

You know what will make America better? It isn't strengthening the already best military force in the world. It isn't increasing the pockets of politicians. It's funding PUBLIC education, funding higher education for all, funding scientific advancement, funding technological research, funding health, and funding environmental protection. Oh wait, all those receive less, LESS, than a total of 20% of our Gross taxes paid annually. If anything, we should be allowed to choose where our taxes get allocated, and that further pushes transparency and solidifies need. It will also keep politicians honest because guess what, the people would hold the future of payments, not some undisclosed bank that no one knows who is really running (albeit the heads of all major banking institutions).

These should be considered separately and not lumped together. I understand the importance of funding the Dept. of Defense (DOD), military & veterans. I just don't agree with wrapping in funding for energy & water development and the legislative branch into this bill. It seems like you're just trying to get the funding knowing the optics of voting against the military.

As a veteran, it's deplorable that my care should be attached to a budget that profits the one percent and will only harm more service members. I'm not a pacifist, but this legislation only encourages reckless wars.

There is too much defense spending here. I believe the pay raise should be funded, but we spend more on defense than the next top ten countries combined. We need to lower defense spending.

Defense spending should be cut drastically and the items in this bill should be voted on separately.

These items need to be considered separately. I support increased funding for veterans services but do not support any increase in defense funding that will unnecessarily funnel money to defense contractors. I support funding for improving water quality and renewable energy but do not support funding for fossil fuel energy. Stop trying to pass funding for things that do not benefit the greater population by lumping it with items that we do support.

We spend more money on our military than the next 9 countries COMBINED - and most of them are our allies. Military aircraft are sent, new and unused, to a boneyard, because we simply aren't going to use them - it's

When can we, the citizens, rely upon Congress to openly debate and compromise on the complex issues facing our country? So-called omnibus and minibus appropriation measures detract from judging a single issue (or related cluster of issues) on their merit alone. As such, pieces of legislation that run counter to the opinions and best interests of the American people can be snuck into legislation, and passed without the debate or scrutiny they deserve. One topic - one measure - one vote. It is not complicated. For example, within the fine print of this bill is decreased investment for renewable energy cultivation, potentially dangerous amendments to the Clean Water Act, and an exorbitant amount allocated toward military spending.

Less on defense, more for renewables! Vote no!

Glad my rep voted nay. All Republicans know is spend spend spend! And again they are spending middle class hard earned money on war profiteers. There is no reason all these things should be lumped together and we all know why. Can't wait till they all can be voted out and bring some sanity back to the budget.

Too many different things in one bill. Separate them.

A proud supporter of military funding and veteran affairs, but the fine print in this bill and seemingly unrelated issues that are ..well... as it appears trying to be snuck in a package, bad bill. These need to be separate. They aren't for a reason I'm sure...

Money for the rich at the expense of our vets and environment I don't think so

They should be separated. To much lumped together and percentages for each item need to be debated.

Don't spend my tax dollars on a wall. The DoD is getting too much money in this package. (Separated bills would be better. And we need more details).