...which passed the House 253-168 (with the help of 34 alleged democrats) and the Senate by 65-34 (11 alleged democrats voting with the majority).
Among other horrors, the MCA authorized use of active and reserve federal troops on US soil, which had been banned since 1878 by the Posse Comitatus Act.
This is the budget bill that authorizes funds for those missions.
Just in time for the Iran bombing campaign, which may produce nationwide outrage accompanied by levels of dissent, protest and civil disobedience not seen since Vietnam. Happily for BushCo, the security state infrastructure they've carefully crafted over the past six years is all in place and ready to go operational -- starting with the patriot acts and nailing things down with the MCA, NSPD 51/HSPD-20, and those executive orders authorizing asset seizure if you disagree with BushCo on Iraq or Lebanon.
For dessert, there's H.R. 1955, aptly named since it takes us back almost to the McCarthy/HUAC era, and passed overwhelmingly in the House (404-6, with the help of 185 alleged democrats).
So things are moving along quite nicely if you're a jackbooted thug. Not so well if you're an enemy of the state, or at least the current administration.
And if this appropriations bill somehow fails to pass, there's always Blackwater.
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On edit: The 2007 Defense Appropriations Act also played a large part in killing Posse Comitatus. Here's the relevant section (emphasis mine):
Section 333 of the Defense Authorization Act of 2007, entitled "Major public emergencies; interference with State and Federal law," states that "the President may employ the armed forces, including the National Guard in Federal service---to restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or other condition in any State or possession of the United States, the President determines that domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of (or "refuse" or "fail" in) maintaining public order---"in order to suppress, in any State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy."