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How can this bloated budget not include funding for the wall? $1.6B, just 0.1% of the budget and they couldn't do it. They've funded sensors and drones, and fence replacement, but almost no new concrete wall! When the democrats take congress next January that will be the end of any chance to fund and build the wall. Ryan and McConnell dont care (I truly think they would prefer to be the minority party and just oppose things vs. actually make things happen).Trump needs to veto this and tell congress and the country specifically why -- inadequate funding for his key agenda item, the wall.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/22/whats ... ding-bill/.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/ ... al-budget/
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/22/whats ... ding-bill/.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/ ... al-budget/
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Agreed.133743Hokie wrote:How can this bloated budget not include funding for the wall? $1.6B, just 0.1% of the budget and they couldn't do it. They've funded sensors and drones, and fence replacement, but almost no new concrete wall! When the democrats take congress next January that will be the end of any chance to fund and build the wall. Ryan and McConnell dont care (I truly think they would prefer to be the minority party and just oppose things vs. actually make things happen).Trump needs to veto this and tell congress and the country specifically why -- inadequate funding for his key agenda item, the wall.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/22/whats ... ding-bill/.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/ ... al-budget/
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Or veto it because it's bloated and spends more money than the democrats' wildest dreams ...
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This thing is looking worse and worse the more I read about it.
I'm concerned Trump is going to sign this abomination. This is one of the few things I had reservation about - that he would be willing to "deal" even when the deal is terrible. I'm sure the pubs are telling him that they need all this money to get reelected and need it signed now so they can focus on the campaign trail to save the House and Senate, while they're really f*cking him in the details. The fact that there's basically nothing for border security is telling.
Trump was brought in to drain the swamp. This is a swamp stimulus bill.
I'm concerned Trump is going to sign this abomination. This is one of the few things I had reservation about - that he would be willing to "deal" even when the deal is terrible. I'm sure the pubs are telling him that they need all this money to get reelected and need it signed now so they can focus on the campaign trail to save the House and Senate, while they're really f*cking him in the details. The fact that there's basically nothing for border security is telling.
Trump was brought in to drain the swamp. This is a swamp stimulus bill.
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If he signs this thing, then for the first time I will be legitimately concerned about his impeachment. Because if this passes, then the GOP just wrote their own death warrant and the Dems will take the House. Impeachment hearings will begin within a year of the new congress and the rest of Trump's Presidency will be toast. He has no idea how dangerous this bill really is.USN_Hokie wrote:This thing is looking worse and worse the more I read about it.
I'm concerned Trump is going to sign this abomination. This is one of the few things I had reservation about - that he would be willing to "deal" even when the deal is terrible. I'm sure the pubs are telling him that they need all this money to get reelected and need it signed now so they can focus on the campaign trail to save the House and Senate, while they're really f*cking him in the details. The fact that there's basically nothing for border security is telling.
Trump was brought in to drain the swamp. This is a swamp stimulus bill.
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Completely agree. The people that voted for him will see this is business as usual and that he abandoned "the wall" and he will lose their support. This will be the deal breaker for them. And the thing is, the majority of the republicans in congress don't care. They're naïve enough to think they can get re-elected. And the leadership doesn't care because they'll still be in charge of their party.UpstateSCHokie wrote:If he signs this thing, then for the first time I will be legitimately concerned about his impeachment. Because if this passes, then the GOP just wrote their own death warrant and the Dems will take the House. Impeachment hearings will begin within a year of the new congress and the rest of Trump's Presidency will be toast. He has no idea how dangerous this bill really is.USN_Hokie wrote:This thing is looking worse and worse the more I read about it.
I'm concerned Trump is going to sign this abomination. This is one of the few things I had reservation about - that he would be willing to "deal" even when the deal is terrible. I'm sure the pubs are telling him that they need all this money to get reelected and need it signed now so they can focus on the campaign trail to save the House and Senate, while they're really f*cking him in the details. The fact that there's basically nothing for border security is telling.
Trump was brought in to drain the swamp. This is a swamp stimulus bill.
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Amazing. This is a republican controlled congress and a republican bill. Yet more republican representatives voted against it than did democrat representatives; and more republican senators voted against it than did democrat senators! Are we sure this was a republican bill?
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I’m pissed. The knuckleheads just turned on their base.
So I put (the dead dog) on her doorstep!
Salute the Marines
Soon we'll have planes that fly 22000 mph
"#PedoPete" = Hunter's name for his dad.
Salute the Marines
Soon we'll have planes that fly 22000 mph
"#PedoPete" = Hunter's name for his dad.
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Trump (D-NY) is threatening to veto the bill over lack of inclusion of something for the DACA recipients.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/trump-t ... -wall.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/trump-t ... -wall.html
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Shocker... Ryan and McConnell (and McCain and countless others) hate Trump. They always have. Think of how your resonable dem friends act now on social media post Trump. They say and do things out of character because the simple hate for him is so strong. Same here. Ryan forwards a bill that funds Sanctuary Cities? are you fracking kidding me? this is a democrat wet dream and Trump will sign it- and lose in 2018 and lose in 2020.133743Hokie wrote:Amazing. This is a republican controlled congress and a republican bill. Yet more republican representatives voted against it than did democrat representatives; and more republican senators voted against it than did democrat senators! Are we sure this was a republican bill?
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He’s said because DACA wasn’t taken care of and no wall funding. I hope he follows through.BigDave wrote:Trump (D-NY) is threatening to veto the bill over lack of inclusion of something for the DACA recipients.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/trump-t ... -wall.html
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Because the party is a joke. With that said, it is nice to see some disagreement within a party, however, that should result in leadership that creates a bill that the party can agree to.133743Hokie wrote:Amazing. This is a republican controlled congress and a republican bill. Yet more republican representatives voted against it than did democrat representatives; and more republican senators voted against it than did democrat senators! Are we sure this was a republican bill?
People who know, know.
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Not calling it 4D chess, but I think Trump’s exasperations over DACA are a rouse to help minority support. I hope he follows through and vetoes it.HokieHam wrote:He’s said because DACA wasn’t taken care of and no wall funding. I hope he follows through.BigDave wrote:Trump (D-NY) is threatening to veto the bill over lack of inclusion of something for the DACA recipients.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/trump-t ... -wall.html
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it is a useless gesture though, his veto will be overriddenUSN_Hokie wrote:Not calling it 4D chess, but I think Trump’s exasperations over DACA are a rouse to help minority support. I hope he follows through and vetoes it.HokieHam wrote:He’s said because DACA wasn’t taken care of and no wall funding. I hope he follows through.BigDave wrote:Trump (D-NY) is threatening to veto the bill over lack of inclusion of something for the DACA recipients.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/trump-t ... -wall.html
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There are enough votes to override a veto?cwtcr hokie wrote:it is a useless gesture though, his veto will be overriddenUSN_Hokie wrote:Not calling it 4D chess, but I think Trump’s exasperations over DACA are a rouse to help minority support. I hope he follows through and vetoes it.HokieHam wrote:He’s said because DACA wasn’t taken care of and no wall funding. I hope he follows through.BigDave wrote:Trump (D-NY) is threatening to veto the bill over lack of inclusion of something for the DACA recipients.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/trump-t ... -wall.html
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USN_Hokie wrote:There are enough votes to override a veto?cwtcr hokie wrote:it is a useless gesture though, his veto will be overriddenUSN_Hokie wrote:Not calling it 4D chess, but I think Trump’s exasperations over DACA are a rouse to help minority support. I hope he follows through and vetoes it.HokieHam wrote:He’s said because DACA wasn’t taken care of and no wall funding. I hope he follows through.BigDave wrote:Trump (D-NY) is threatening to veto the bill over lack of inclusion of something for the DACA recipients.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/trump-t ... -wall.html
I would think there is no problem doing that, all the dems are voting for it and all the rinos (which is most of the moron repubs)
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Re: Budget
Rand Paul tweets as he reads the Omnibus bill.
(MB)
"1. On page 207. 2000+ pages to go! Reading about the ever wasteful $6 billion National Science Foundation.
2. Remember the $350,000 NSF spent asking if japanese quail are more sexually promiscuous on cocaine?
3. Reading this monstrous bill full of grant programs begun decades ago reminds me of Reagan’s critique: the nearest thing to immortality is a government program.
Page 226 of terrible, no good, rotten deficit spending bill.
I found a kernel of hope: “no funds in this act will be used to support or justify torture."
Page 240 good news for states rights:
no funds will be spent to prevent any state’s medical marijuana initiatives.
Thank you Congr. Rohrbacher
Page 278. (1954 to go!)
$961 million to destroy our chemical weapons. Who was it, exactly, who convinced our government to pay billions to develop weapons we now find deplorable?
Here are a few more highlights:
o $1m for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force
o $6.25m for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
o $20m for Countering Foreign State Propaganda
o $12m for Countering State Disinformation and Pressure
o $5m for Vietnam Education Foundation Grants
o $2.579m for Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe
o $15m to USAID for promoting international higher education between universities
o $2.696bn for International Disaster Assistance
o $1.371bn for Contributions to International Organizations
o $51m to promote International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
o $7m promoting International Conservation
o $10m for UN Environmental Programs
o $1m for the World Meteorological Organization
o $218m for Promoting Democracy Development in Europe (yep..the birthplace of democracy needs promoting)
o $25m for International Religious Freedom
o $10m for disadvantaged Egyptian Students
o $12m for Scholarships for Lebanon
o $20m for Middle East Partnership Initiative Scholarship Program
o $12m in military funding for Vietnam
o $3.5m in nutrition assistance to Laos
o $15m in Developmental assistance to China
o $10m for Women LEOs in Afghanistan
on page 355. NSA prohibited from targeting US persons with FISA 702 program.
sounds good —but — privacy advocates fear that NSA still does back-door targeting of US persons.
Courageous Senator Wyden has asked how many US persons caught up in supposedly foreign data base.
But Brennan and Clapper too busy spewing hatred of Trump to respond to legitimate requests.
Page 357. Sec. 8116 no funds can be used in Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Act
sounds good but . . . haven’t we been back in Iraq at war against new foes without any new congressional authorization?
Page 348 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill, a nugget that I wish we obeyed
sec. 8103: none of the funds may be used in contravention of the War Powers Act
hmm . . . that would mean we shouldn’t be spending $ in undeclared wars in Yemen, Libya, Niger, Somalia, Afghanistan
wonder why the party that talks about the rule of law, doesn’t obey the rule of law?
and I’m STILL reading. This bill is no @bradthor thriller.
Page 365:
Overseas contingency operations. aka military slush fund that circumvents budget caps.
All told, we’ve spent over a trillion dollars in this budget busting category.
Page 376 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill:
I found it! I found it! Border security, what President Trump wanted!
no . . .wait a minute section says Defense can spend what funds it dete
eyes getting tired but really someone should read this beast.
Page 392 sec 9007: no $ shall be spent “for the permanent stationing of US forces in Afghanistan”
Wonder what they meant by permanent? Some might argue that after 16 years we approaching the definition of permanent.
Page 430 of “crumni-bus:” Good news. The government is going to “earn” $350 million by selling oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Bad news is the $ won’t go to reduce the $21 trillion debt. The $ will be instead be spent elsewhere by the Federal government.
Page 447: a little over $30 billion for Dept of Energy
Wonder if anyone would notice if we had no Dept of Energy
Put oversight of nuclear waste in DOD and let supply & demand be our Energy policy
Page 485: No $ used by the IRS to target citizens for exercising 1st amendment rights.
Do you think Lois Lerner knew about this part of the law before she targeted Tea Party group
page 550:
$9 billion for Govt Services Admin that oversees federal properties
Fed government spends $1.7 billion a year to maintain 770,000 empty buildings while continuing to buy new properties.
General Services Administration database of properties for sale is not available to public, Congress or other federal agencies.
Govt Acctbility Office says govt continues to hold more property than it needs.
No matter. . .this year the big spenders still give GSA big $
Page 580:
Post Office gets $58 million but only if it promises not to close down small, underutilized, money-losing post offices.
Page 587:
No $ for the President to request FBI background report on any individual.
If we had amendments, this would be a good place to add no $ for partisan hacks in the Intel community to unmask any American without a judicial warrant.
Page 594 sec 626: No $ to require disclosure of content of an electronic communication.
Good amendment here. It would be to also protect forced disclosure of metadata, ie phone #’s and identities of the phone callers.
I shared 600 pages tonight. I’m done tweeting them for the evening. If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much and there’s just too little time to read the bill and let everyone know what’s actually in it.
Thanks for sticking with me
Victory for conservatives today is that all of America now knows what a budget busting bomb this bill is. Hopefully, today’s battle will embolden conservatives to descend on Congress and demand Constitutional government." - Senator Paul on Twitter
(MB)
"1. On page 207. 2000+ pages to go! Reading about the ever wasteful $6 billion National Science Foundation.
2. Remember the $350,000 NSF spent asking if japanese quail are more sexually promiscuous on cocaine?
3. Reading this monstrous bill full of grant programs begun decades ago reminds me of Reagan’s critique: the nearest thing to immortality is a government program.
Page 226 of terrible, no good, rotten deficit spending bill.
I found a kernel of hope: “no funds in this act will be used to support or justify torture."
Page 240 good news for states rights:
no funds will be spent to prevent any state’s medical marijuana initiatives.
Thank you Congr. Rohrbacher
Page 278. (1954 to go!)
$961 million to destroy our chemical weapons. Who was it, exactly, who convinced our government to pay billions to develop weapons we now find deplorable?
Here are a few more highlights:
o $1m for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force
o $6.25m for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
o $20m for Countering Foreign State Propaganda
o $12m for Countering State Disinformation and Pressure
o $5m for Vietnam Education Foundation Grants
o $2.579m for Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe
o $15m to USAID for promoting international higher education between universities
o $2.696bn for International Disaster Assistance
o $1.371bn for Contributions to International Organizations
o $51m to promote International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
o $7m promoting International Conservation
o $10m for UN Environmental Programs
o $1m for the World Meteorological Organization
o $218m for Promoting Democracy Development in Europe (yep..the birthplace of democracy needs promoting)
o $25m for International Religious Freedom
o $10m for disadvantaged Egyptian Students
o $12m for Scholarships for Lebanon
o $20m for Middle East Partnership Initiative Scholarship Program
o $12m in military funding for Vietnam
o $3.5m in nutrition assistance to Laos
o $15m in Developmental assistance to China
o $10m for Women LEOs in Afghanistan
on page 355. NSA prohibited from targeting US persons with FISA 702 program.
sounds good —but — privacy advocates fear that NSA still does back-door targeting of US persons.
Courageous Senator Wyden has asked how many US persons caught up in supposedly foreign data base.
But Brennan and Clapper too busy spewing hatred of Trump to respond to legitimate requests.
Page 357. Sec. 8116 no funds can be used in Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Act
sounds good but . . . haven’t we been back in Iraq at war against new foes without any new congressional authorization?
Page 348 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill, a nugget that I wish we obeyed
sec. 8103: none of the funds may be used in contravention of the War Powers Act
hmm . . . that would mean we shouldn’t be spending $ in undeclared wars in Yemen, Libya, Niger, Somalia, Afghanistan
wonder why the party that talks about the rule of law, doesn’t obey the rule of law?
and I’m STILL reading. This bill is no @bradthor thriller.
Page 365:
Overseas contingency operations. aka military slush fund that circumvents budget caps.
All told, we’ve spent over a trillion dollars in this budget busting category.
Page 376 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill:
I found it! I found it! Border security, what President Trump wanted!
no . . .wait a minute section says Defense can spend what funds it dete
eyes getting tired but really someone should read this beast.
Page 392 sec 9007: no $ shall be spent “for the permanent stationing of US forces in Afghanistan”
Wonder what they meant by permanent? Some might argue that after 16 years we approaching the definition of permanent.
Page 430 of “crumni-bus:” Good news. The government is going to “earn” $350 million by selling oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Bad news is the $ won’t go to reduce the $21 trillion debt. The $ will be instead be spent elsewhere by the Federal government.
Page 447: a little over $30 billion for Dept of Energy
Wonder if anyone would notice if we had no Dept of Energy
Put oversight of nuclear waste in DOD and let supply & demand be our Energy policy
Page 485: No $ used by the IRS to target citizens for exercising 1st amendment rights.
Do you think Lois Lerner knew about this part of the law before she targeted Tea Party group
page 550:
$9 billion for Govt Services Admin that oversees federal properties
Fed government spends $1.7 billion a year to maintain 770,000 empty buildings while continuing to buy new properties.
General Services Administration database of properties for sale is not available to public, Congress or other federal agencies.
Govt Acctbility Office says govt continues to hold more property than it needs.
No matter. . .this year the big spenders still give GSA big $
Page 580:
Post Office gets $58 million but only if it promises not to close down small, underutilized, money-losing post offices.
Page 587:
No $ for the President to request FBI background report on any individual.
If we had amendments, this would be a good place to add no $ for partisan hacks in the Intel community to unmask any American without a judicial warrant.
Page 594 sec 626: No $ to require disclosure of content of an electronic communication.
Good amendment here. It would be to also protect forced disclosure of metadata, ie phone #’s and identities of the phone callers.
I shared 600 pages tonight. I’m done tweeting them for the evening. If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much and there’s just too little time to read the bill and let everyone know what’s actually in it.
Thanks for sticking with me
Victory for conservatives today is that all of America now knows what a budget busting bomb this bill is. Hopefully, today’s battle will embolden conservatives to descend on Congress and demand Constitutional government." - Senator Paul on Twitter
"if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face-forever."
ip believes you can dial in a 78 year old man who suffers from deminishing mental function
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I read somewhere that the bill includes military aid to Vietnam....lol, wtf.
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Look at the Rand list.....a whopping $12M.USN_Hokie wrote:I read somewhere that the bill includes military aid to Vietnam....lol, wtf.
What a waste......
"if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face-forever."
ip believes you can dial in a 78 year old man who suffers from deminishing mental function
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Thanks, there is some great stuff in here!HokieHam wrote:Rand Paul tweets as he reads the Omnibus bill.
(MB)
"1. On page 207. 2000+ pages to go! Reading about the ever wasteful $6 billion National Science Foundation.
2. Remember the $350,000 NSF spent asking if japanese quail are more sexually promiscuous on cocaine?
3. Reading this monstrous bill full of grant programs begun decades ago reminds me of Reagan’s critique: the nearest thing to immortality is a government program.
Page 226 of terrible, no good, rotten deficit spending bill.
I found a kernel of hope: “no funds in this act will be used to support or justify torture."
Page 240 good news for states rights:
no funds will be spent to prevent any state’s medical marijuana initiatives.
Thank you Congr. Rohrbacher
Page 278. (1954 to go!)
$961 million to destroy our chemical weapons. Who was it, exactly, who convinced our government to pay billions to develop weapons we now find deplorable?
Here are a few more highlights:
o $1m for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force
o $6.25m for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
o $20m for Countering Foreign State Propaganda
o $12m for Countering State Disinformation and Pressure
o $5m for Vietnam Education Foundation Grants
o $2.579m for Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe
o $15m to USAID for promoting international higher education between universities
o $2.696bn for International Disaster Assistance
o $1.371bn for Contributions to International Organizations
o $51m to promote International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
o $7m promoting International Conservation
o $10m for UN Environmental Programs
o $1m for the World Meteorological Organization
o $218m for Promoting Democracy Development in Europe (yep..the birthplace of democracy needs promoting)
o $25m for International Religious Freedom
o $10m for disadvantaged Egyptian Students
o $12m for Scholarships for Lebanon
o $20m for Middle East Partnership Initiative Scholarship Program
o $12m in military funding for Vietnam
o $3.5m in nutrition assistance to Laos
o $15m in Developmental assistance to China
o $10m for Women LEOs in Afghanistan
on page 355. NSA prohibited from targeting US persons with FISA 702 program.
sounds good —but — privacy advocates fear that NSA still does back-door targeting of US persons.
Courageous Senator Wyden has asked how many US persons caught up in supposedly foreign data base.
But Brennan and Clapper too busy spewing hatred of Trump to respond to legitimate requests.
Page 357. Sec. 8116 no funds can be used in Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Act
sounds good but . . . haven’t we been back in Iraq at war against new foes without any new congressional authorization?
Page 348 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill, a nugget that I wish we obeyed
sec. 8103: none of the funds may be used in contravention of the War Powers Act
hmm . . . that would mean we shouldn’t be spending $ in undeclared wars in Yemen, Libya, Niger, Somalia, Afghanistan
wonder why the party that talks about the rule of law, doesn’t obey the rule of law?
and I’m STILL reading. This bill is no @bradthor thriller.
Page 365:
Overseas contingency operations. aka military slush fund that circumvents budget caps.
All told, we’ve spent over a trillion dollars in this budget busting category.
Page 376 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill:
I found it! I found it! Border security, what President Trump wanted!
no . . .wait a minute section says Defense can spend what funds it dete
eyes getting tired but really someone should read this beast.
Page 392 sec 9007: no $ shall be spent “for the permanent stationing of US forces in Afghanistan”
Wonder what they meant by permanent? Some might argue that after 16 years we approaching the definition of permanent.
Page 430 of “crumni-bus:” Good news. The government is going to “earn” $350 million by selling oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Bad news is the $ won’t go to reduce the $21 trillion debt. The $ will be instead be spent elsewhere by the Federal government.
Page 447: a little over $30 billion for Dept of Energy
Wonder if anyone would notice if we had no Dept of Energy
Put oversight of nuclear waste in DOD and let supply & demand be our Energy policy
Page 485: No $ used by the IRS to target citizens for exercising 1st amendment rights.
Do you think Lois Lerner knew about this part of the law before she targeted Tea Party group
page 550:
$9 billion for Govt Services Admin that oversees federal properties
Fed government spends $1.7 billion a year to maintain 770,000 empty buildings while continuing to buy new properties.
General Services Administration database of properties for sale is not available to public, Congress or other federal agencies.
Govt Acctbility Office says govt continues to hold more property than it needs.
No matter. . .this year the big spenders still give GSA big $
Page 580:
Post Office gets $58 million but only if it promises not to close down small, underutilized, money-losing post offices.
Page 587:
No $ for the President to request FBI background report on any individual.
If we had amendments, this would be a good place to add no $ for partisan hacks in the Intel community to unmask any American without a judicial warrant.
Page 594 sec 626: No $ to require disclosure of content of an electronic communication.
Good amendment here. It would be to also protect forced disclosure of metadata, ie phone #’s and identities of the phone callers.
I shared 600 pages tonight. I’m done tweeting them for the evening. If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much and there’s just too little time to read the bill and let everyone know what’s actually in it.
Thanks for sticking with me
Victory for conservatives today is that all of America now knows what a budget busting bomb this bill is. Hopefully, today’s battle will embolden conservatives to descend on Congress and demand Constitutional government." - Senator Paul on Twitter
Who was it, exactly, who convinced our government to pay billions to develop weapons we now find deplorable?
Win for states rights was in there somewhere. All in all some funny stuff from Paul.Page 392 sec 9007: no $ shall be spent “for the permanent stationing of US forces in Afghanistan ”Wonder what they meant by permanent?
People who know, know.
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but but there is zero waste when nice politicians decide how to waste other peoples money......more takers, less and less givers.... yes, if the planet survives the climate going nuts we are doomed anyways, at least in the USA. Sooner or later the funds will not be there anymore...chaos to ensueHokieHam wrote:Rand Paul tweets as he reads the Omnibus bill.
(MB)
"1. On page 207. 2000+ pages to go! Reading about the ever wasteful $6 billion National Science Foundation.
2. Remember the $350,000 NSF spent asking if japanese quail are more sexually promiscuous on cocaine?
3. Reading this monstrous bill full of grant programs begun decades ago reminds me of Reagan’s critique: the nearest thing to immortality is a government program.
Page 226 of terrible, no good, rotten deficit spending bill.
I found a kernel of hope: “no funds in this act will be used to support or justify torture."
Page 240 good news for states rights:
no funds will be spent to prevent any state’s medical marijuana initiatives.
Thank you Congr. Rohrbacher
Page 278. (1954 to go!)
$961 million to destroy our chemical weapons. Who was it, exactly, who convinced our government to pay billions to develop weapons we now find deplorable?
Here are a few more highlights:
o $1m for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force
o $6.25m for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
o $20m for Countering Foreign State Propaganda
o $12m for Countering State Disinformation and Pressure
o $5m for Vietnam Education Foundation Grants
o $2.579m for Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe
o $15m to USAID for promoting international higher education between universities
o $2.696bn for International Disaster Assistance
o $1.371bn for Contributions to International Organizations
o $51m to promote International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
o $7m promoting International Conservation
o $10m for UN Environmental Programs
o $1m for the World Meteorological Organization
o $218m for Promoting Democracy Development in Europe (yep..the birthplace of democracy needs promoting)
o $25m for International Religious Freedom
o $10m for disadvantaged Egyptian Students
o $12m for Scholarships for Lebanon
o $20m for Middle East Partnership Initiative Scholarship Program
o $12m in military funding for Vietnam
o $3.5m in nutrition assistance to Laos
o $15m in Developmental assistance to China
o $10m for Women LEOs in Afghanistan
on page 355. NSA prohibited from targeting US persons with FISA 702 program.
sounds good —but — privacy advocates fear that NSA still does back-door targeting of US persons.
Courageous Senator Wyden has asked how many US persons caught up in supposedly foreign data base.
But Brennan and Clapper too busy spewing hatred of Trump to respond to legitimate requests.
Page 357. Sec. 8116 no funds can be used in Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Act
sounds good but . . . haven’t we been back in Iraq at war against new foes without any new congressional authorization?
Page 348 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill, a nugget that I wish we obeyed
sec. 8103: none of the funds may be used in contravention of the War Powers Act
hmm . . . that would mean we shouldn’t be spending $ in undeclared wars in Yemen, Libya, Niger, Somalia, Afghanistan
wonder why the party that talks about the rule of law, doesn’t obey the rule of law?
and I’m STILL reading. This bill is no @bradthor thriller.
Page 365:
Overseas contingency operations. aka military slush fund that circumvents budget caps.
All told, we’ve spent over a trillion dollars in this budget busting category.
Page 376 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill:
I found it! I found it! Border security, what President Trump wanted!
no . . .wait a minute section says Defense can spend what funds it dete
eyes getting tired but really someone should read this beast.
Page 392 sec 9007: no $ shall be spent “for the permanent stationing of US forces in Afghanistan”
Wonder what they meant by permanent? Some might argue that after 16 years we approaching the definition of permanent.
Page 430 of “crumni-bus:” Good news. The government is going to “earn” $350 million by selling oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Bad news is the $ won’t go to reduce the $21 trillion debt. The $ will be instead be spent elsewhere by the Federal government.
Page 447: a little over $30 billion for Dept of Energy
Wonder if anyone would notice if we had no Dept of Energy
Put oversight of nuclear waste in DOD and let supply & demand be our Energy policy
Page 485: No $ used by the IRS to target citizens for exercising 1st amendment rights.
Do you think Lois Lerner knew about this part of the law before she targeted Tea Party group
page 550:
$9 billion for Govt Services Admin that oversees federal properties
Fed government spends $1.7 billion a year to maintain 770,000 empty buildings while continuing to buy new properties.
General Services Administration database of properties for sale is not available to public, Congress or other federal agencies.
Govt Acctbility Office says govt continues to hold more property than it needs.
No matter. . .this year the big spenders still give GSA big $
Page 580:
Post Office gets $58 million but only if it promises not to close down small, underutilized, money-losing post offices.
Page 587:
No $ for the President to request FBI background report on any individual.
If we had amendments, this would be a good place to add no $ for partisan hacks in the Intel community to unmask any American without a judicial warrant.
Page 594 sec 626: No $ to require disclosure of content of an electronic communication.
Good amendment here. It would be to also protect forced disclosure of metadata, ie phone #’s and identities of the phone callers.
I shared 600 pages tonight. I’m done tweeting them for the evening. If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much and there’s just too little time to read the bill and let everyone know what’s actually in it.
Thanks for sticking with me
Victory for conservatives today is that all of America now knows what a budget busting bomb this bill is. Hopefully, today’s battle will embolden conservatives to descend on Congress and demand Constitutional government." - Senator Paul on Twitter
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Re: Budget
Thanks a lot Obama!cwtcr hokie wrote:but but there is zero waste when nice politicians decide how to waste other peoples money......more takers, less and less givers.... yes, if the planet survives the climate going nuts we are doomed anyways, at least in the USA. Sooner or later the funds will not be there anymore...chaos to ensueHokieHam wrote:Rand Paul tweets as he reads the Omnibus bill.
(MB)
"1. On page 207. 2000+ pages to go! Reading about the ever wasteful $6 billion National Science Foundation.
2. Remember the $350,000 NSF spent asking if japanese quail are more sexually promiscuous on cocaine?
3. Reading this monstrous bill full of grant programs begun decades ago reminds me of Reagan’s critique: the nearest thing to immortality is a government program.
Page 226 of terrible, no good, rotten deficit spending bill.
I found a kernel of hope: “no funds in this act will be used to support or justify torture."
Page 240 good news for states rights:
no funds will be spent to prevent any state’s medical marijuana initiatives.
Thank you Congr. Rohrbacher
Page 278. (1954 to go!)
$961 million to destroy our chemical weapons. Who was it, exactly, who convinced our government to pay billions to develop weapons we now find deplorable?
Here are a few more highlights:
o $1m for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force
o $6.25m for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
o $20m for Countering Foreign State Propaganda
o $12m for Countering State Disinformation and Pressure
o $5m for Vietnam Education Foundation Grants
o $2.579m for Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe
o $15m to USAID for promoting international higher education between universities
o $2.696bn for International Disaster Assistance
o $1.371bn for Contributions to International Organizations
o $51m to promote International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
o $7m promoting International Conservation
o $10m for UN Environmental Programs
o $1m for the World Meteorological Organization
o $218m for Promoting Democracy Development in Europe (yep..the birthplace of democracy needs promoting)
o $25m for International Religious Freedom
o $10m for disadvantaged Egyptian Students
o $12m for Scholarships for Lebanon
o $20m for Middle East Partnership Initiative Scholarship Program
o $12m in military funding for Vietnam
o $3.5m in nutrition assistance to Laos
o $15m in Developmental assistance to China
o $10m for Women LEOs in Afghanistan
on page 355. NSA prohibited from targeting US persons with FISA 702 program.
sounds good —but — privacy advocates fear that NSA still does back-door targeting of US persons.
Courageous Senator Wyden has asked how many US persons caught up in supposedly foreign data base.
But Brennan and Clapper too busy spewing hatred of Trump to respond to legitimate requests.
Page 357. Sec. 8116 no funds can be used in Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Act
sounds good but . . . haven’t we been back in Iraq at war against new foes without any new congressional authorization?
Page 348 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill, a nugget that I wish we obeyed
sec. 8103: none of the funds may be used in contravention of the War Powers Act
hmm . . . that would mean we shouldn’t be spending $ in undeclared wars in Yemen, Libya, Niger, Somalia, Afghanistan
wonder why the party that talks about the rule of law, doesn’t obey the rule of law?
and I’m STILL reading. This bill is no @bradthor thriller.
Page 365:
Overseas contingency operations. aka military slush fund that circumvents budget caps.
All told, we’ve spent over a trillion dollars in this budget busting category.
Page 376 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill:
I found it! I found it! Border security, what President Trump wanted!
no . . .wait a minute section says Defense can spend what funds it dete
eyes getting tired but really someone should read this beast.
Page 392 sec 9007: no $ shall be spent “for the permanent stationing of US forces in Afghanistan”
Wonder what they meant by permanent? Some might argue that after 16 years we approaching the definition of permanent.
Page 430 of “crumni-bus:” Good news. The government is going to “earn” $350 million by selling oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Bad news is the $ won’t go to reduce the $21 trillion debt. The $ will be instead be spent elsewhere by the Federal government.
Page 447: a little over $30 billion for Dept of Energy
Wonder if anyone would notice if we had no Dept of Energy
Put oversight of nuclear waste in DOD and let supply & demand be our Energy policy
Page 485: No $ used by the IRS to target citizens for exercising 1st amendment rights.
Do you think Lois Lerner knew about this part of the law before she targeted Tea Party group
page 550:
$9 billion for Govt Services Admin that oversees federal properties
Fed government spends $1.7 billion a year to maintain 770,000 empty buildings while continuing to buy new properties.
General Services Administration database of properties for sale is not available to public, Congress or other federal agencies.
Govt Acctbility Office says govt continues to hold more property than it needs.
No matter. . .this year the big spenders still give GSA big $
Page 580:
Post Office gets $58 million but only if it promises not to close down small, underutilized, money-losing post offices.
Page 587:
No $ for the President to request FBI background report on any individual.
If we had amendments, this would be a good place to add no $ for partisan hacks in the Intel community to unmask any American without a judicial warrant.
Page 594 sec 626: No $ to require disclosure of content of an electronic communication.
Good amendment here. It would be to also protect forced disclosure of metadata, ie phone #’s and identities of the phone callers.
I shared 600 pages tonight. I’m done tweeting them for the evening. If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much and there’s just too little time to read the bill and let everyone know what’s actually in it.
Thanks for sticking with me
Victory for conservatives today is that all of America now knows what a budget busting bomb this bill is. Hopefully, today’s battle will embolden conservatives to descend on Congress and demand Constitutional government." - Senator Paul on Twitter
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Re: Budget
Like he didn’t help in the current situation?ip_law-hokie wrote:Thanks a lot Obama!cwtcr hokie wrote:but but there is zero waste when nice politicians decide how to waste other peoples money......more takers, less and less givers.... yes, if the planet survives the climate going nuts we are doomed anyways, at least in the USA. Sooner or later the funds will not be there anymore...chaos to ensueHokieHam wrote:Rand Paul tweets as he reads the Omnibus bill.
(MB)
"1. On page 207. 2000+ pages to go! Reading about the ever wasteful $6 billion National Science Foundation.
2. Remember the $350,000 NSF spent asking if japanese quail are more sexually promiscuous on cocaine?
3. Reading this monstrous bill full of grant programs begun decades ago reminds me of Reagan’s critique: the nearest thing to immortality is a government program.
Page 226 of terrible, no good, rotten deficit spending bill.
I found a kernel of hope: “no funds in this act will be used to support or justify torture."
Page 240 good news for states rights:
no funds will be spent to prevent any state’s medical marijuana initiatives.
Thank you Congr. Rohrbacher
Page 278. (1954 to go!)
$961 million to destroy our chemical weapons. Who was it, exactly, who convinced our government to pay billions to develop weapons we now find deplorable?
Here are a few more highlights:
o $1m for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force
o $6.25m for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
o $20m for Countering Foreign State Propaganda
o $12m for Countering State Disinformation and Pressure
o $5m for Vietnam Education Foundation Grants
o $2.579m for Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe
o $15m to USAID for promoting international higher education between universities
o $2.696bn for International Disaster Assistance
o $1.371bn for Contributions to International Organizations
o $51m to promote International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
o $7m promoting International Conservation
o $10m for UN Environmental Programs
o $1m for the World Meteorological Organization
o $218m for Promoting Democracy Development in Europe (yep..the birthplace of democracy needs promoting)
o $25m for International Religious Freedom
o $10m for disadvantaged Egyptian Students
o $12m for Scholarships for Lebanon
o $20m for Middle East Partnership Initiative Scholarship Program
o $12m in military funding for Vietnam
o $3.5m in nutrition assistance to Laos
o $15m in Developmental assistance to China
o $10m for Women LEOs in Afghanistan
on page 355. NSA prohibited from targeting US persons with FISA 702 program.
sounds good —but — privacy advocates fear that NSA still does back-door targeting of US persons.
Courageous Senator Wyden has asked how many US persons caught up in supposedly foreign data base.
But Brennan and Clapper too busy spewing hatred of Trump to respond to legitimate requests.
Page 357. Sec. 8116 no funds can be used in Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Act
sounds good but . . . haven’t we been back in Iraq at war against new foes without any new congressional authorization?
Page 348 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill, a nugget that I wish we obeyed
sec. 8103: none of the funds may be used in contravention of the War Powers Act
hmm . . . that would mean we shouldn’t be spending $ in undeclared wars in Yemen, Libya, Niger, Somalia, Afghanistan
wonder why the party that talks about the rule of law, doesn’t obey the rule of law?
and I’m STILL reading. This bill is no @bradthor thriller.
Page 365:
Overseas contingency operations. aka military slush fund that circumvents budget caps.
All told, we’ve spent over a trillion dollars in this budget busting category.
Page 376 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill:
I found it! I found it! Border security, what President Trump wanted!
no . . .wait a minute section says Defense can spend what funds it dete
eyes getting tired but really someone should read this beast.
Page 392 sec 9007: no $ shall be spent “for the permanent stationing of US forces in Afghanistan”
Wonder what they meant by permanent? Some might argue that after 16 years we approaching the definition of permanent.
Page 430 of “crumni-bus:” Good news. The government is going to “earn” $350 million by selling oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Bad news is the $ won’t go to reduce the $21 trillion debt. The $ will be instead be spent elsewhere by the Federal government.
Page 447: a little over $30 billion for Dept of Energy
Wonder if anyone would notice if we had no Dept of Energy
Put oversight of nuclear waste in DOD and let supply & demand be our Energy policy
Page 485: No $ used by the IRS to target citizens for exercising 1st amendment rights.
Do you think Lois Lerner knew about this part of the law before she targeted Tea Party group
page 550:
$9 billion for Govt Services Admin that oversees federal properties
Fed government spends $1.7 billion a year to maintain 770,000 empty buildings while continuing to buy new properties.
General Services Administration database of properties for sale is not available to public, Congress or other federal agencies.
Govt Acctbility Office says govt continues to hold more property than it needs.
No matter. . .this year the big spenders still give GSA big $
Page 580:
Post Office gets $58 million but only if it promises not to close down small, underutilized, money-losing post offices.
Page 587:
No $ for the President to request FBI background report on any individual.
If we had amendments, this would be a good place to add no $ for partisan hacks in the Intel community to unmask any American without a judicial warrant.
Page 594 sec 626: No $ to require disclosure of content of an electronic communication.
Good amendment here. It would be to also protect forced disclosure of metadata, ie phone #’s and identities of the phone callers.
I shared 600 pages tonight. I’m done tweeting them for the evening. If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much and there’s just too little time to read the bill and let everyone know what’s actually in it.
Thanks for sticking with me
Victory for conservatives today is that all of America now knows what a budget busting bomb this bill is. Hopefully, today’s battle will embolden conservatives to descend on Congress and demand Constitutional government." - Senator Paul on Twitter
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Re: Budget
for what? Obummer had no issue spending other peoples moneyip_law-hokie wrote:Thanks a lot Obama!cwtcr hokie wrote:but but there is zero waste when nice politicians decide how to waste other peoples money......more takers, less and less givers.... yes, if the planet survives the climate going nuts we are doomed anyways, at least in the USA. Sooner or later the funds will not be there anymore...chaos to ensueHokieHam wrote:Rand Paul tweets as he reads the Omnibus bill.
(MB)
"1. On page 207. 2000+ pages to go! Reading about the ever wasteful $6 billion National Science Foundation.
2. Remember the $350,000 NSF spent asking if japanese quail are more sexually promiscuous on cocaine?
3. Reading this monstrous bill full of grant programs begun decades ago reminds me of Reagan’s critique: the nearest thing to immortality is a government program.
Page 226 of terrible, no good, rotten deficit spending bill.
I found a kernel of hope: “no funds in this act will be used to support or justify torture."
Page 240 good news for states rights:
no funds will be spent to prevent any state’s medical marijuana initiatives.
Thank you Congr. Rohrbacher
Page 278. (1954 to go!)
$961 million to destroy our chemical weapons. Who was it, exactly, who convinced our government to pay billions to develop weapons we now find deplorable?
Here are a few more highlights:
o $1m for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force
o $6.25m for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
o $20m for Countering Foreign State Propaganda
o $12m for Countering State Disinformation and Pressure
o $5m for Vietnam Education Foundation Grants
o $2.579m for Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe
o $15m to USAID for promoting international higher education between universities
o $2.696bn for International Disaster Assistance
o $1.371bn for Contributions to International Organizations
o $51m to promote International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
o $7m promoting International Conservation
o $10m for UN Environmental Programs
o $1m for the World Meteorological Organization
o $218m for Promoting Democracy Development in Europe (yep..the birthplace of democracy needs promoting)
o $25m for International Religious Freedom
o $10m for disadvantaged Egyptian Students
o $12m for Scholarships for Lebanon
o $20m for Middle East Partnership Initiative Scholarship Program
o $12m in military funding for Vietnam
o $3.5m in nutrition assistance to Laos
o $15m in Developmental assistance to China
o $10m for Women LEOs in Afghanistan
on page 355. NSA prohibited from targeting US persons with FISA 702 program.
sounds good —but — privacy advocates fear that NSA still does back-door targeting of US persons.
Courageous Senator Wyden has asked how many US persons caught up in supposedly foreign data base.
But Brennan and Clapper too busy spewing hatred of Trump to respond to legitimate requests.
Page 357. Sec. 8116 no funds can be used in Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Act
sounds good but . . . haven’t we been back in Iraq at war against new foes without any new congressional authorization?
Page 348 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill, a nugget that I wish we obeyed
sec. 8103: none of the funds may be used in contravention of the War Powers Act
hmm . . . that would mean we shouldn’t be spending $ in undeclared wars in Yemen, Libya, Niger, Somalia, Afghanistan
wonder why the party that talks about the rule of law, doesn’t obey the rule of law?
and I’m STILL reading. This bill is no @bradthor thriller.
Page 365:
Overseas contingency operations. aka military slush fund that circumvents budget caps.
All told, we’ve spent over a trillion dollars in this budget busting category.
Page 376 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill:
I found it! I found it! Border security, what President Trump wanted!
no . . .wait a minute section says Defense can spend what funds it dete
eyes getting tired but really someone should read this beast.
Page 392 sec 9007: no $ shall be spent “for the permanent stationing of US forces in Afghanistan”
Wonder what they meant by permanent? Some might argue that after 16 years we approaching the definition of permanent.
Page 430 of “crumni-bus:” Good news. The government is going to “earn” $350 million by selling oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Bad news is the $ won’t go to reduce the $21 trillion debt. The $ will be instead be spent elsewhere by the Federal government.
Page 447: a little over $30 billion for Dept of Energy
Wonder if anyone would notice if we had no Dept of Energy
Put oversight of nuclear waste in DOD and let supply & demand be our Energy policy
Page 485: No $ used by the IRS to target citizens for exercising 1st amendment rights.
Do you think Lois Lerner knew about this part of the law before she targeted Tea Party group
page 550:
$9 billion for Govt Services Admin that oversees federal properties
Fed government spends $1.7 billion a year to maintain 770,000 empty buildings while continuing to buy new properties.
General Services Administration database of properties for sale is not available to public, Congress or other federal agencies.
Govt Acctbility Office says govt continues to hold more property than it needs.
No matter. . .this year the big spenders still give GSA big $
Page 580:
Post Office gets $58 million but only if it promises not to close down small, underutilized, money-losing post offices.
Page 587:
No $ for the President to request FBI background report on any individual.
If we had amendments, this would be a good place to add no $ for partisan hacks in the Intel community to unmask any American without a judicial warrant.
Page 594 sec 626: No $ to require disclosure of content of an electronic communication.
Good amendment here. It would be to also protect forced disclosure of metadata, ie phone #’s and identities of the phone callers.
I shared 600 pages tonight. I’m done tweeting them for the evening. If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much and there’s just too little time to read the bill and let everyone know what’s actually in it.
Thanks for sticking with me
Victory for conservatives today is that all of America now knows what a budget busting bomb this bill is. Hopefully, today’s battle will embolden conservatives to descend on Congress and demand Constitutional government." - Senator Paul on Twitter
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Re: Budget
I thought the swamp was gonna get drained?HokieHam wrote:Like he didn’t help in the current situation?ip_law-hokie wrote:Thanks a lot Obama!cwtcr hokie wrote:but but there is zero waste when nice politicians decide how to waste other peoples money......more takers, less and less givers.... yes, if the planet survives the climate going nuts we are doomed anyways, at least in the USA. Sooner or later the funds will not be there anymore...chaos to ensueHokieHam wrote:Rand Paul tweets as he reads the Omnibus bill.
(MB)
"1. On page 207. 2000+ pages to go! Reading about the ever wasteful $6 billion National Science Foundation.
2. Remember the $350,000 NSF spent asking if japanese quail are more sexually promiscuous on cocaine?
3. Reading this monstrous bill full of grant programs begun decades ago reminds me of Reagan’s critique: the nearest thing to immortality is a government program.
Page 226 of terrible, no good, rotten deficit spending bill.
I found a kernel of hope: “no funds in this act will be used to support or justify torture."
Page 240 good news for states rights:
no funds will be spent to prevent any state’s medical marijuana initiatives.
Thank you Congr. Rohrbacher
Page 278. (1954 to go!)
$961 million to destroy our chemical weapons. Who was it, exactly, who convinced our government to pay billions to develop weapons we now find deplorable?
Here are a few more highlights:
o $1m for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force
o $6.25m for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation
o $20m for Countering Foreign State Propaganda
o $12m for Countering State Disinformation and Pressure
o $5m for Vietnam Education Foundation Grants
o $2.579m for Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe
o $15m to USAID for promoting international higher education between universities
o $2.696bn for International Disaster Assistance
o $1.371bn for Contributions to International Organizations
o $51m to promote International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
o $7m promoting International Conservation
o $10m for UN Environmental Programs
o $1m for the World Meteorological Organization
o $218m for Promoting Democracy Development in Europe (yep..the birthplace of democracy needs promoting)
o $25m for International Religious Freedom
o $10m for disadvantaged Egyptian Students
o $12m for Scholarships for Lebanon
o $20m for Middle East Partnership Initiative Scholarship Program
o $12m in military funding for Vietnam
o $3.5m in nutrition assistance to Laos
o $15m in Developmental assistance to China
o $10m for Women LEOs in Afghanistan
on page 355. NSA prohibited from targeting US persons with FISA 702 program.
sounds good —but — privacy advocates fear that NSA still does back-door targeting of US persons.
Courageous Senator Wyden has asked how many US persons caught up in supposedly foreign data base.
But Brennan and Clapper too busy spewing hatred of Trump to respond to legitimate requests.
Page 357. Sec. 8116 no funds can be used in Iraq in contravention of the War Powers Act
sounds good but . . . haven’t we been back in Iraq at war against new foes without any new congressional authorization?
Page 348 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill, a nugget that I wish we obeyed
sec. 8103: none of the funds may be used in contravention of the War Powers Act
hmm . . . that would mean we shouldn’t be spending $ in undeclared wars in Yemen, Libya, Niger, Somalia, Afghanistan
wonder why the party that talks about the rule of law, doesn’t obey the rule of law?
and I’m STILL reading. This bill is no @bradthor thriller.
Page 365:
Overseas contingency operations. aka military slush fund that circumvents budget caps.
All told, we’ve spent over a trillion dollars in this budget busting category.
Page 376 of terrible, rotten, no-good budget busting bill:
I found it! I found it! Border security, what President Trump wanted!
no . . .wait a minute section says Defense can spend what funds it dete
eyes getting tired but really someone should read this beast.
Page 392 sec 9007: no $ shall be spent “for the permanent stationing of US forces in Afghanistan”
Wonder what they meant by permanent? Some might argue that after 16 years we approaching the definition of permanent.
Page 430 of “crumni-bus:” Good news. The government is going to “earn” $350 million by selling oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Bad news is the $ won’t go to reduce the $21 trillion debt. The $ will be instead be spent elsewhere by the Federal government.
Page 447: a little over $30 billion for Dept of Energy
Wonder if anyone would notice if we had no Dept of Energy
Put oversight of nuclear waste in DOD and let supply & demand be our Energy policy
Page 485: No $ used by the IRS to target citizens for exercising 1st amendment rights.
Do you think Lois Lerner knew about this part of the law before she targeted Tea Party group
page 550:
$9 billion for Govt Services Admin that oversees federal properties
Fed government spends $1.7 billion a year to maintain 770,000 empty buildings while continuing to buy new properties.
General Services Administration database of properties for sale is not available to public, Congress or other federal agencies.
Govt Acctbility Office says govt continues to hold more property than it needs.
No matter. . .this year the big spenders still give GSA big $
Page 580:
Post Office gets $58 million but only if it promises not to close down small, underutilized, money-losing post offices.
Page 587:
No $ for the President to request FBI background report on any individual.
If we had amendments, this would be a good place to add no $ for partisan hacks in the Intel community to unmask any American without a judicial warrant.
Page 594 sec 626: No $ to require disclosure of content of an electronic communication.
Good amendment here. It would be to also protect forced disclosure of metadata, ie phone #’s and identities of the phone callers.
I shared 600 pages tonight. I’m done tweeting them for the evening. If they insist on voting, I will vote no because it spends to much and there’s just too little time to read the bill and let everyone know what’s actually in it.
Thanks for sticking with me
Victory for conservatives today is that all of America now knows what a budget busting bomb this bill is. Hopefully, today’s battle will embolden conservatives to descend on Congress and demand Constitutional government." - Senator Paul on Twitter
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk