What is That? A faint glimmer of bi-partisanship?
Do not get too excited this passed a committee of the House…..not finished yet.
This was the bill that rumors flew around about it would gut Medicaid and other needed benefits to pass on more assistance to the wealthy that as we know are suffering badly right?
Here is what we know so far….
Republicans advanced their massive tax cut and border security package out of a key House committee during a rare Sunday night vote as deficit hawks who blocked the measure two days earlier reversed course after gaining commitments on the package’s spending cuts, the AP reports. Speaker Mike Johnson met with Republican lawmakers shortly before the meeting, telling reporters that the changes agreed to were “just some minor modifications. Not a huge thing.” Democrats on the panel pressed for more details about the changes that Republicans had agreed to in the private negotiations. But Rep. Jodey Arrington, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, said he could not give those details.
(good one…..why should those that will possibly suffer at the hands of this bill know what it says?)
Deliberations continue at this very moment,” Arrington said. “They will continue on into the week, and I suspect right up until the time we put this big, beautiful bill on the floor of the House.” The first time Republicans tried advancing the bill out of the House Budget Committee, deficit hawks joined with Democratic lawmakers in voting against reporting the measure to the full House. Five Republicans voted no, one on procedural grounds, the other four voicing concerns about the bill’s impact on federal budget deficits. On Sunday evening, the four voicing concerns about the bill’s impact on the deficit voted present, and the measure passed by a vote of 17-16. Johnson is looking to put the bill on the House floor before the end of the week.
“This is the vehicle through which we will deliver on the mandate that the American people gave us in the last election,” he said on Fox News Sunday. If the bill passes the House this week, it would then move to the Senate, where Republican lawmakers are also eyeing changes that could make final passage in the House more difficult. Johnson said: “The package that we send over there will be one that was very carefully negotiated and delicately balanced, and we hope that they don’t make many modifications to it because that will ensure its passage quickly.”
“Mandate of the people”….if that is truly then the ‘people’ are suffer from gross ignorance or to put a more polite term on it…..massively uninformed.
The only mandate that this House has is to make their wealthy patrons happy….you are a minor irritant to them.
There is more fireworks coming….so stay tuned and we will see where this goes.
But how will it effect your wallet?
President Donald Trump’s proposed “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) has stirred significant debate in Washington, D.C., and across the nation. This sweeping legislative package aims to extend and expand upon the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, introducing a series of tax reforms and spending adjustments that could have profound effects on American households. While proponents argue that the bill will stimulate economic growth and provide relief to taxpayers, critics warn of potential increases in the federal deficit and disproportionate benefits to the wealthy. Understanding the key components of this bill is essential for assessing its potential impact on your personal finances.
Hopefully you took the time to see how your wallet will fair with this bill that will affect the wealthy far more than you.
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
It’s the mandate of the Trump MAGA voters of course, not the ‘people’. Time will tell if anything good comes of it. (I’m already doubting that)
Best wishes, Pete.
I am looking for a GOP end run somewhere before this hits the floor. chuq
More tax relief for those who don’t need it, less money in thr pockets of those who need more.A bill worth rushing through for the people’s benefit, HELL NO.
I agree and there will be a lot of back door moves before this goes to the full vote. chuq
My Dear Departed Daddy …bless his soul …complained for his entire life and half of mine about how the poor man could never make it with all the high prices on everything. My Grandfather, also passed on, said the same things ….I never quite saw it that way because even though that complaint is more than 80 years old now, we always seem to make it somehow…I never starved to death….I never went naked except when I wanted to… I always had a roof over my heard — this is the same bullshit complaint that human beings…who can never get enough stuff in their hands to satisfy them– have been screaming about ever since the founding of the country and I doubt it will ever end.
Having to eat unhealthy food because it is cheaper…..buying clothes as hand me downs…..it is only right that people that work their asses off and have nothing top show for it can bitch and bitch loud. chuq
Their ‘big beautiful bill’ will not only fail to diminish the national debt, actual, real economists who have seen the details are claiming it will add about $3 trillion to the national debt.
I read that report as well….but the idiots believe this is best……their schooling was flawed. chuq
The GOP has this interesting habit. If the facts don’t support their beliefs, they just start making shit up.
It is one of their ‘best’ moves…..and yet the faithful suck up the lies like candy. chuq