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Senators Got 154-Page “Fiscal Cliff” Bill 3 Minutes Before Voting on It
Cybercast News Service ^ | January 2, 2013 | Matt Cover

Posted on 01/02/2013 5:26:58 PM PST by Olog-hai

The U.S. Senate voted 89-8 to approve legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff despite having only 3 minutes to read the 154-page bill and budget score.

Multiple Senate sources have confirmed to CNSNews.com that senators received the bill at approximately 1:36 AM on Jan. 1, 2013—a mere three minutes before they voted to approve it at 1:39 AM. …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: cantreadthebill; fiscalcliffdeal; fiscalcliffvote; goldmansachs; libertybonds; norepresentation; readthebill
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To: Olog-hai

Welcome to the Duma, Comrades!


21 posted on 01/02/2013 7:51:59 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Olog-hai

Well, isn’t the whole country ‘run’ by the aides and staffs?
I had ‘tongue in cheek’, jokingly, said “Lets just pay them ALL 5 or 10 mill per yr”, let them hire their own staff, pay their own transportation, meals, baby sitters, maintaining 2nd house, retirement package, if they want to hire their wife, mother, grandmother etc - no problem.
The certain ‘check points’ - pesky little things like budgets, etc - if not met, will have a penalty assessed.

They used to tell us ‘years ago’ that if their ‘steady pay raises’ were not met we might end up with grifters, gypsies, tramps and thieves, felons, disbarred judges, welfare queens, tax cheats, drug users etc etc etc as members of the House, Senate and Cabinet Members.

So, I am glad ‘we’ caved to their demands so we were able to ensure NONE of the above would be passing laws and judgement upon us.
We have a Black pResident, a goofy Vice pResident, gonadless Speaker of the House, female Sec of State, Black Atty Gen, Several female and Minority Cabinet heads, 3 women and 1 Black on the Supreme Court AND YET we ‘allow’ them to campaign on the fact that Minorities and Women are 2nd class citizens who WE, are holding back.

Here we are on the ‘brink’ of economic destruction (<:) and these fools are running around in Govt Aircraft and Vehicles like the fleet was made up of used Yugos with the ‘jet setting’ first Family living better than royalty ALL on our dime.


22 posted on 01/02/2013 8:18:31 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")
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To: Olog-hai

Oh, joy. Good government in action./sarc


23 posted on 01/03/2013 2:03:12 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: xrmusn
The bill is 154-pages and includes several provisions that are unrelated to the fiscal cliff, including repealing a section of ObamaCare, extending the wind-energy tax credit, and a rum tax subsidy deal for Puerto Rican rum makers.

24 posted on 01/03/2013 4:40:16 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Makes ya wonder how these poor, overworked politicians had enough time to include this other stuff; doesn’t it!

Not me!

I conclude that they have PILES of this stuff; already typed up and ready to insert; into ANY bill at an instant’s notice!

How do WE stop this chicanery?


25 posted on 01/03/2013 4:43:38 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
I conclude that they have ...

If not 'they', then SOMEone has!

26 posted on 01/03/2013 4:44:50 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

II Chronicles 7:14


27 posted on 01/03/2013 4:47:18 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Olog-hai
Well, you see, it was, after all 2 a.m. in the morning. You should not focus on the fact they had well over a year to hash this out and maybe force the DemonCrats to actually put their name on a piece of legislation concerning taxes and budgets (which they have not done for over 1300 days). No. No. Just keep in mind that these learned, respected (among themselves only) and esteemed (only in their own minds) Octogenarians and Septuagenarians were well pass their bed times and were in no mood to read anything that would effect the nation without having their warm milk and cookies first. I'm 62 and I know a bunch of useless old farts when I see them.
28 posted on 01/03/2013 5:13:28 AM PST by cashless (Obama told us he would side with Muslims if the political winds shifted in an ugly direction. Ready?)
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To: Olog-hai
Well, you see, it was, after all 2 a.m. in the morning. You should not focus on the fact they had well over a year to hash this out and maybe force the DemonCrats to actually put their name on a piece of legislation concerning taxes and budgets (which they have not done for over 1300 days). No. No. Just keep in mind that these learned, respected (among themselves only) and esteemed (only in their own minds) Octogenarians and Septuagenarians were well pass their bed times and were in no mood to read anything that would effect the nation without having their warm milk and cookies first. I'm 62 and I know a bunch of useless old farts when I see them.
29 posted on 01/03/2013 5:17:17 AM PST by cashless (Obama told us he would side with Muslims if the political winds shifted in an ugly direction. Ready?)
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To: Olog-hai
Well, you see, it was, after all 2 a.m. in the morning. You should not focus on the fact they had well over a year to hash this out and maybe force the DemonCrats to actually put their name on a piece of legislation concerning taxes and budgets (which they have not done for over 1300 days). No. No. Just keep in mind that these learned, respected (among themselves only) and esteemed (only in their own minds) Octogenarians and Septuagenarians were well pass their bed times and were in no mood to read anything that would effect the nation without having their warm milk and cookies first. I'm 62 and I know a bunch of useless old farts when I see them.
30 posted on 01/03/2013 5:17:37 AM PST by cashless (Obama told us he would side with Muslims if the political winds shifted in an ugly direction. Ready?)
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To: Elsie

Exactly what part of Obamacare has been repealed?


31 posted on 01/03/2013 9:23:42 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles
CLASS Act.

See Here.

32 posted on 01/03/2013 9:43:28 AM PST by Cooter
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To: ridesthemiles
Exactly what part of Obamacare has been repealed?

I'll bet it was NOT the part that didn't get read in IT before it was passed; too!

33 posted on 01/03/2013 1:22:37 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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