Posted on 02/10/2024 5:16:19 PM PST by RandFan
@BasedMikeLee
I just finished speaking for four hours on the Senate floor, offering amendment after amendment to the Ukraine bill. After promising a “fair and open” amendment process, Democrats objected to every one of my half-dozen attempts to make my common-sense amendments pending.
From real border-security protections to measures to prevent non-citizens from voting in federal elections to a measure preventing U.S. funds from flowing to Hamas to restrictions on paying the salaries of Ukrainian bureaucrats (among other amendments), Democrats refused to let the Senate consider my proposed changes.
Their reasoning in essence: “Republicans had their chance, but lost their chance to have a say on the contents of this bill when they rejected the border deal announced Sunday night,” even though only four Republicans supported that measure.
(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...
However, something tells me they will find the votes for this. B@stards.
Congress needs to shoot this bird right out the gate.
How do they get around the House?
It probably will pass in time for the superbowl and their two week vacation which begins Monday. Grrrrrr.
I have no clue what happens in the House I haven’t heard anything
The bill will be DOA in the House.
In the house it only takes two bought off traitors like Bacon to go along with the democrats.
Yes, I thought all spending bills must originate in the house. Dems do as they please?
It’s a spending measure I usually assume the worst
Johnson has not said anything specific on this as far as I know?
He only says/said the border + foreign aid package were DOA although he too should rule this out.
They can go first using a trick of a shell bill
Dumb-O-Crats are full commie all the way. They do not believe in actual democracy.
RandFan, Speaker Johnson has said the bill will be DOA in the House per the above link.
>> In the house it only takes two bought off traitors like Bacon to go along with the democrats.
But Speaker Johnson can effectively kill it all by himself.
I seem to remember that the Senate created a spending bill when Obama was the king.
People were bitching about it not following the protocol!
Passed anyway!
Anybody remember that?🤔
That was the “deal” this is just the spending on its own
Has he said anything about that?
It’s an important distinction isn’t it and looks like Dems are trying to ram this though.
Ooops, sorry, RandFan,
Article referred to another issue entirely.
Sorry for my error.
However, I’m with you in hoping the House kills any more foreign funding until and unless our own borders are secured.
Yes we have to assume the worst until he says anything.
I truly hope the speaker rules it out as well
Johnson's job depends on that>
Do you consider that to be as good a news as I do?
I would certainly hope that continuing on as Speaker depends on him keeping that promise.
The promise was only for the “deal”
He controls the floor and can rule this one out as well but he hasn’t said anything on this to my knowledge (yet)
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