Posted on 03/11/2022 8:36:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Late last night and as Rebecca reported, Congress passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package. It clocked in at 2,741 pages, which lawmakers didn't have a chance to read before voting.
As usual, the bill is packed with non-essential, pet projects funded by the American taxpayer.
Just tipsy skimming through the omnibus.
$200,000,000 for the Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund
$50,000,000 for the Women’s Leadership Fund.
We are thirty f**king trillion dollars in debt
pic.twitter.com/9ZRKTFUudq— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) March 10, 2022
Help me understand this one....the Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection fees get hit by COVID.
And therefore taxpayers have to give them a $250 million bailout? For not getting their inspection fees? Were they waived or something? pic.twitter.com/HdBop50Ry7— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) March 11, 2022
Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis is blasting the package and voted against the bill.
“The United States is over $30 trillion in debt, but instead of taking a serious look at our actions, Congress just greenlit a seven percent increase in non-defense discretionary spending,” Senator Lummis said. “Members of Congress once again found themselves between a government shutdown and a massive federal spending bill. In the future, we should end this cycle of false choices by making spending at current levels automatic unless Congress agrees to a deal that actually helps Americans. This would be a win for taxpayers in Wyoming, and would finally allow us to start clawing our way out of debt," Lummis released in a statement. “Anytime there is a spending bill this big, it includes some good things, and I am proud of the bipartisan support we are showing for the people of Ukraine in this one. But, frankly, I am disgusted that Ukraine funding is strapped to a massive, irresponsible spending package like this, because it forces us to choose between helping the Ukrainian people and further indebting our own constituents. It was a cynical ploy to buy votes."
“A spending bill this large always has serious flaws as well, and this one is no different. It continues to fund President Biden’s vaccine mandates, which I cannot support. It also contains anti-Second Amendment provisions that threaten the rights of law-abiding citizens to own firearms. Because of these and other reasons I ultimately had to vote against this bill," she continued.
Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn also piled on.
“Under the Democrats’ leadership, inflation has reached a 40-year high and gas is more expensive than it was in 2008, at the height of the financial crisis. With one vote, the left was trying to smuggle through more wasteful spending. What’s worse, they tried to hold hostage critical military resources in their bid to get it passed. Tennesseans are tired of radicals in Washington wasting our hard-earned tax dollars, which is why I voted against this reckless spending bill," Blackburn said.
This will undoubtedly add another 5% to inflation.
2,741 pages of voter adjustment spending congress busted again.
I voted against this reckless spending bill,” Blackburn said.
The federal government has been completely feral for a while now.
Put new signs on all those trucks circling DC and turn the Mall into a parking lot. Perhaps they won’t be ignored like they are now.
We’ll show them! We will drive in circles and stay out of their way! That will show them!!! Sheesh. Conservatives can’t even protest right...
Kakistocracy
A kakistocracy is a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens. The word was coined as early as the seventeenth century.
Good Lord. Is there anyway to stop this madness or is it too late?
Why am I not surprised at “LATE LAST NIGHT” - these evil creatures don’t do any of their work while the sun shines.
Also 2741 pages can be split up. There are 50 Republican senators and their staff.
If you split it up into 100 page sections. You can assign it out to 25 teams of 2 senators. To read through and note any problematic issues.
I’m not sure what Sen Kennedy meant by the inability to get any amendments. It may be that time requirements for issuing any amendments would force a government shutdown.
> “True to Form, The Massive Spending Bill Congress Just Passed is Full of Waste”
Facilitated by a concoction of foreign drama.
Stolen elections have consequences.
Marsha knows that.
(She voted to uphold the Electoral College results, btw.)
Currently, average inflation rate in Western Europe is 4% with France as low as 3.3% and Canada at 5.1% while US inflation rate is 7.9%. All 3 Western entities are exposed to the same economic global externals such as escalating oil prices and the covid menace. Escalating government spending in the US over the last 12 months has broken all records everywhere when we spent 6.8 trillion with a record 2.7 trillion annual deficit. While Western Europe was spending 70% relative to GDP we were spending 135% relative to GDP last year. Pretty much tells the story of why our inflation rate is double the Western European inflation rate.To paraphrase a bit: It’s the spending, stupid.
Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘You Would Not Believe What Happened Last Night’ (Mar 9, 2022)....they held Rules committee and vote, in the dark of night....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9hlopyVALA
This....coming from a US Capitol building/area, that Nasty PeLOUSY has had on lockdown/fenced in, since the steal was *official*.
Tell me what is wrong with this picture.
The sad part is that Republicans don’t repeal any of this stuff when they’re in power. It’s always one step forward, two steps back.
We need an opposition party.
Looked in the bill, word search for “firearms”. There was some reference into bringing in state and local law enforcement to investigate firearms offenses. Something about a ban on export to Canada parts for automatic weapons. Does anyone see any more anti-2A language in there?
Congress itself is full of waste.
We’re done like dinner.
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