Lawmakers agree on $1T plan government-wide funding bill

[devil21]

The 1,665-page bill

Holy crap! Just for 5 months of status quo spending? I'm calling bs that this requires a 1665 page bill. What other crap are they sneaking into it and who is supposed to read that in 2 days before voting on it??

It'll fry my brain but I'm going to read this thing if I can find it. Anybody have a link to the bill handy?


eta: looks like it hasn't been released onto Congress websites yet and may not be until the last moment before it's voted on. At least Jim Jordan is saying that he expects a lot of opposition to it and judging by comments on articles PEOPLE ARE PISSED. Might still be an interesting week after all...

[FSP-Rebel]

Trump should be putting Ryan and McConnell in front of a firing squad for allowing him to be so embarrassed by this Schumer spending bill.

[TheCount]

Everybody likes cash.

How come these $#@!ers get to spend more than they earn?

That's how it works when you're spending other people's money.

[timosman]

That's how it works when you're spending other people's money.

But even other's people money are not enough. These $#@!ers need more!

[r3volution 3.0]

This is brutal. I am not sure we should be doing this to other members.

I'm sure dannno can find the MAGA within himself to lift himself up by his own chinstraps and Trumpsplain this away.

[Occam's Banana]

I swear to god....

Would someone please post a $#@!ing primer on how to post a tweet from twitter????? It's like $#@!ing organic chemistry for Christ's sake.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...=1#post6460869

[jllundqu]

[devil21]

Even the Puerto Rico bailout is included!

Puerto Rico would get an emergency injection of $295 million in additional funding for its Medicaid health insurance program for the poor, according to the aide who asked not to be identified. The impoverished U.S. territory is facing a severe Medicaid funding shortfall.

[afwjam]

Is that going to be enough, maybe they need 2 trillion to make it to September?

[devil21]

It gets better:

“We’re very happy with it,” the president said Monday in an interview with Bloomberg News. The plan would allocate some new funding for border security, though the funds couldn’t be used to build his promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. The president said he will sign the bill if it remains "as we discussed."

[Madison320]

Well, here's hoping that the GOP base finally wakes up. They've been wanting both houses of Congress and the Presidency in order to "get things done" and they finally got it. Maybe now they'll see there isn't a difference between the parties? Hoping?

I mean, they gave GWB a pass since, y'know, 9-11 and all... What's Trump's excuse? North Korea? Syrian goat herders?

We won't stop spending and wake up until there's a currency crisis. In other words until we have to stop spending.

[Madison320]

Is that going to be enough, maybe they need 2 trillion to make it to September?

I'm confused about how the debt ceiling factors into this. I'm assuming they've authorized the spending but they haven't authorized the borrowing?

[francisco]

We won't stop spending and wake up until there's a currency crisis. In other words until we have to stop spending.

It's the "I can't be overdrawn, I still have some checks left" theory

[Madison320]

It's the "I can't be overdrawn, I still have some checks left" theory

And that's why I kindof support the tax cut with no spending cut idea.

[shakey1]

$1,000,000,000,000???

Shut it down, lock it up & throw away the key!

Remember when we were all shocked about a billion dollar budget?

[Jan2017]

[CPUd]

[r3volution 3.0]

We won't stop spending and wake up until there's a currency crisis. In other words until we have to stop spending.

I don't know...

The last time a major Western country had a currency crisis, it ended in a bunker under the Reich Chancellery.

[Philmanoman]

Damn no trumpets yet...
Is this a record?

Economic globalist lol

[Madison320]

I don't know...

The last time a major Western country had a currency crisis, it ended in a bunker under the Reich Chancellery.

Yes, but "major western countries" is a pretty small list. There's been lots of currency failures in other countries. And why are "major western countries" immune to the laws of supply and demand? I don't see how we can NOT have a currency crisis, from a numbers point of view.

[jllundqu]

Damn no trumpets yet...
Is this a record?

Economic globalist lol

[francisco]

Yes, but "major western countries" is a pretty small list. There's been lots of currency failures in other countries. And why are "major western countries" immune to the laws of supply and demand? I don't see how we can NOT have a currency crisis, from a numbers point of view.

Trump: I will preside over a bigly currency crisis. The Best currency crisis! No other president has even come close! That, I can tell you.

[r3volution 3.0]

Yes, but "major western countries" is a pretty small list. There's been lots of currency failures in other countries. And why are "major western countries" immune to the laws of supply and demand? I don't see how we can NOT have a currency crisis, from a numbers point of view.

I think we may have misunderstood one another.

I'm not saying we won't have a currency crisis (given continuation of the current policies, we almost certainly will).

I'm saying that that crisis isn't likely to cause people to wake up; it's more likely that it causes them to turn to a demagogic psycho.

Basically, I don't buy the collapse-as-solution theory.

[Madison320]

I think we may have misunderstood one another.

I'm not saying we won't have a currency crisis (given continuation of the current policies, we almost certainly will).

I'm saying that that crisis isn't likely to cause people to wake up; it's more likely that it causes them to turn to a demagogic psycho.

Basically, I don't buy the collapse-as-solution theory.

You may be right. My theory is that we won't change until there's a currency crisis. When that happens I think we have a chance to do the right thing, but we could also go full totalitarian.

[r3volution 3.0]

You may be right. My theory is that we won't change until there's a currency crisis. When that happens I think we have a chance to do the right thing, but we could also go full totalitarian.

I'd agree with that, just don't like the odds.

[r3volution 3.0]

Still waiting for my Trumpsplanation @dannno

[dannno]

Still waiting for my Trumpsplanation @dannno

Why? What does this have to do with Trump? I thought the legislative branch were the "lawmakers"

[r3volution 3.0]

Why? What does this have to do with Trump? I thought the legislative branch were the "lawmakers"

President Donald Trump said he’ll sign a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that largely tracks Democratic priorities and rejects most of his wish list, including funds for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. “We’re very happy with it,” the president said Monday in an interview with Bloomberg News. The plan would allocate some new funding for border security, though the funds couldn’t be used to build his promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. The president said he will sign the bill if it remains "as we discussed."

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...-spending-bill

[dannno]

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...-spending-bill

I think Bill Mitchell is still saying this is his way of making Paul Ryan look like a total failure. I dunno. I'll wait and see though, the msm lies about everything.

[r3volution 3.0]

I think Bill Mitchell is still saying this is his way of making Paul Ryan look like a total failure. I dunno. I'll wait and see though, the msm lies about everything.

I'll credit that as progress.