marioandsonic Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Kicking the can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 House approves one-week spending bill as stimulus talks drag on - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Senate approves one-week spending bill to avert midnight shutdown - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM The Senate passed a one-week spending bill by Friday night to avert a government shutdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TwinIon Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 The story in the Post suggests that congress is likely to override the veto. It's a shame that a President is willing to veto the NDAA but not to reign in any of the insane military spending, but because he's annoyed that Twitter puts labels next to some of his posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 18 minutes ago, TwinIon said: The story in the Post suggests that congress is likely to override the veto. It's a shame that a President is willing to veto the NDAA but not to reign in any of the insane military spending, but because he's annoyed that Twitter puts labels next to some of his posts. Apparently the NDAA has provisions targeting foreign money laundering. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 23 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 After Democrats FAILED to get it done, Trump SAVES everyone. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I hate Trump so F’n much.. I hope his GOP cronies promised to give in to some asinine demand he has and they plan not to keep their word... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chadatog Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Sooooooo, did this happen or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Yes, it's signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Pikachu said: Yes, it's signed. MAGA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Do we know what's in the spending bill yet? I keep seeing people say we are sending money overseas instead of in our pockets... But I'm pretty sure get their information from Fox news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 When do the stimulus checks arrive? And when can businesses get their new loans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 minute ago, cusideabelincoln said: Do we know what's in the spending bill yet? I keep seeing people say we are sending money overseas instead of in our pockets... But I'm pretty sure get their information from Fox news. There is always foreign aid in these types of omnibus bills, and it's always super low as a % of GDP. Right-wing people just hate helping out poor people no matter where they live (but won't complain about aid going to Israel). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 20 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: There is always foreign aid in these types of omnibus bills, and it's always super low as a % of GDP. Right-wing people just hate helping out poor people no matter where they live (but won't complain about aid going to Israel). I've started saying we can cut foreign aid, but we have to start with Israel first. Right wingers get real mad at that suggestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Apparently the phaseout on the $600 is more aggressive than last time around. Gotta make damn sure people don't get an extra $100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, cusideabelincoln said: Do we know what's in the spending bill yet? I keep seeing people say we are sending money overseas instead of in our pockets... But I'm pretty sure get their information from Fox news. 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: There is always foreign aid in these types of omnibus bills, and it's always super low as a % of GDP. Right-wing people just hate helping out poor people no matter where they live (but won't complain about aid going to Israel). Can't blame Trump on this one, it's a classic case of the GOP being completely deceptive without necessarily lying. They frame it as Democrats adding crazy spending to a Covid bill that has nothing to do with it, when really what happened was Mitch waited so long they had to roll the budget and relief bill all into one. The reason foreign aid is in this bill is because it lays out all federal spending until September of 2021. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I also liked how they were all freaking out about that 10 million for gender studies in Pakistan or whatever. They just picked that because it had the word "gender" in it and they knew people would associate it with trans stuff and be turned off. It's a program to promote women's rights in Pakistan and its $10 million bucks out of $2.3 trillion. That would be like making a $230,000 budget for something and having everyone freak out over where a single dollar of it was going. That's how insignificant a $10 million dollar item is on a national budget scale. And yet, how many headlines? How many Republicans led with that "gender" program thing? And it had nothing to do with COVID relief anyway, it was part of the normal budget... bleh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 So, I'm paying way less attention to the news lately... does this congressional vote thing on the additional funds for COVID relief ($2,000 instead of $600) actually have a chance or is it all just political theater that is doomed to fail? It feels like political theater that is doomed to fail, but what do I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 30 minutes ago, ort said: So, I'm paying way less attention to the news lately... does this congressional vote thing on the additional funds for COVID relief ($2,000 instead of $600) actually have a chance or is it all just political theater that is doomed to fail? It feels like political theater that is doomed to fail, but what do I know. I think since the $600 is going out and they probably don't have to fight Trump now, they have the political leeway to kill the extra $1400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I've started saying we can cut foreign aid, but we have to start with Israel first. Right wingers get real mad at that suggestion 1 hour ago, Chairslinger said: Can't blame Trump on this one, it's a classic case of the GOP being completely deceptive without necessarily lying. They frame it as Democrats adding crazy spending to a Covid bill that has nothing to do with it, when really what happened was Mitch waited so long they had to roll the budget and relief bill all into one. The reason foreign aid is in this bill is because it lays out all federal spending until September of 2021. Oh, right, people are just too dumb to realize or research that this was more than COVID relief. And sad moment on my way to work this morning: I heard my first Newsmax ad on the radion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 3 hours ago, cusideabelincoln said: Do we know what's in the spending bill yet? I keep seeing people say we are sending money overseas instead of in our pockets... But I'm pretty sure get their information from Fox news. Most people are conflating the $900 billion COVID package with the $1.3 trillion omnibus bill, which funds the government through September. Which is somewhat understandable. I can't find a good source, but I believe they were either written as a single piece of legislation or passed together as two separate pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 People are confusing the two because right wing media is purposefully confusing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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b_m_b_m_b_m Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I'm genuinely shocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 That means some Republicans were on board. Now maybe a couple of them in the Senate will too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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