Fire departments nationwide face $700 million funding cuts because of Republican-controlled Congress

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/11/1723262/-Fire-departments-nationwide-face-700-million-funding-cuts-because-of-Republican-controlled-Congress
"Hey, kids you like fire trucks and firefighters? Guess what? You local fire department is being treated the exact same way children’s healthcare grant-funding is being treated! As THV11 reports, the International Association of Firefights is trying to get the word out that while the republican-led Congress worries itself about how best to steal money from every American in order to give it to the wealthiest one percent, there are serious funding issues being held in abeyance."