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Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« on: March 23, 2018, 05:35:25 am »
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress gave final approval Friday to a giant $1.3 trillion spending bill that ends the budget battles for now, but only after late obstacles skirted close to another shutdown as conservatives objected to big outlays on Democratic priorities at a time when Republicans control the House, Senate and White House.

Senate passage shortly after midnight averted a third federal shutdown this year, an outcome both parties wanted to avoid. But in crafting a sweeping deal that busts budget caps, they've stirred conservative opposition and set the contours for the next funding fight ahead of the midterm elections.

The House easily approved the measure Thursday, 256-167, a bipartisan tally that underscored the popularity of the compromise, which funds the government through September. It beefs up military and domestic programs, delivering federal funds to every corner of the country.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/budget-bill-place-lawmakers-hope-041439048.html
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2018, 05:39:40 am »
Once the opponents relented, the Senate began voting, clearing the package by a 65-32 vote a full day before Friday's midnight deadline to fund the government.
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2018, 05:42:07 am »
A 1.3 TRILLION SPENDING omnibus that was drafted in secret and that no one had read before voting on it or being able to offer amendments.

This government no longer has any legitimate authority.

All it has are armed praetorian agents to force our compliance to their rape and plunder.
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2018, 05:45:01 am »
sonsabiches.  *****rollingeyes*****
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« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2018, 12:10:24 pm »
YEAs —65
Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Baldwin (D-WI)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Blunt (R-MO)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Capito (R-WV)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coats (R-IN)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Durbin (D-IL)   
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gardner (R-CO)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Heller (R-NV)
Hirono (D-HI)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Kirk (R-IL)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lankford (R-OK)
Leahy (D-VT)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)   
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Perdue (R-GA)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tillis (R-NC)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)
 

NAYs —33
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)   
Grassley (R-IA)
Lee (R-UT)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Merkley (D-OR)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)   
Sanders (I-VT)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-SC)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wyden (D-OR)
 

Not Voting – 2
Boxer (D-CA)   Rubio (R-FL)

http://therightscoop.com/breaking-senate-passes-omnibus-spending-bill/
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2018, 12:16:42 pm »
I wish the media would stop calling this a "budget."  It's a temporary spending spree lasting till September when the next spending spree will be voted on. 

So is Trump going to sign this thing and if he does, what will his faithful have to say?
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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2018, 12:32:09 pm »
My two Senators voted wisely.
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2018, 12:59:01 pm »
My Senators were split and my Congressman voted yes in the House.  Very disappointing.
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2018, 01:10:48 pm »
Quote from: edpc on March 23, 2018, 12:59:01 pm
My Senators were split and my Congressman voted yes in the House.  Very disappointing.

Same here, no surprise.
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2018, 01:15:54 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on March 23, 2018, 12:16:42 pm
So is Trump going to sign this thing and if he does, what will his faithful have to say?

I am hearing them say that "This is how sausage is made in politics".  Insisting that the process of MAGA is ugly because Trump has to work with what is broken in order to fix it.
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2018, 01:22:33 pm »
Quote from: edpc on March 23, 2018, 12:10:24 pm

 

Not Voting – 2
Boxer (D-CA)   Rubio (R-FL)

http://therightscoop.com/breaking-senate-passes-omnibus-spending-bill/

Little Marco.  tisk tisk tisk.
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2018, 01:23:35 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on March 23, 2018, 12:16:42 pm
I wish the media would stop calling this a "budget."  It's a temporary spending spree lasting till September when the next spending spree will be voted on. 

So is Trump going to sign this thing and if he does, what will his faithful have to say?


The usual fish out of water thrashing to somehow paint it as genius, no matter what he does.


9:15 a.m.

President Trump says he is "considering" a veto of a giant $1.3 trillion spending bill, citing concerns over "Dreamers" and border wall funding.

Trump says on Twitter Friday morning: "I am considering a VETO of the Omnibus Spending Bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats (not even mentioned in Bill) and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded."

Trump's tweet created confusion after Congress gave final approval early Friday to the spending bill, which is needed to avert a federal shutdown.

On Thursday, Trump's budget director Mick Mulvaney said that Trump would sign the bill.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/latest-trump-considering-veto-budget-bill-131652715--finance.html
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2018, 01:29:21 pm »
Quote from: edpc on March 23, 2018, 01:23:35 pm

The usual fish out of water thrashing to somehow paint it as genius, no matter what he does.

9:15 a.m.

President Trump says he is "considering" a veto of a giant $1.3 trillion spending bill, citing concerns over "Dreamers" and border wall funding.

Trump says on Twitter Friday morning: "I am considering a VETO of the Omnibus Spending Bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats (not even mentioned in Bill) and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded."

So Trump says he might veto the bill because it does not contain even MORE spending, I guess that is what I'm reading.

Everyone gets more money for what they want, Trump says he is president and he ought to get what he wants too.

See?  This is how the tyrants at Mordor on the Potomac operate.

More of your money to pay for their shit that keeps them in power and government always expanding and growing.
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2018, 01:31:47 pm »
Quote from: edpc on March 23, 2018, 01:23:35 pm

The usual fish out of water thrashing to somehow paint it as genius, no matter what he does.


9:15 a.m.

President Trump says he is "considering" a veto of a giant $1.3 trillion spending bill, citing concerns over "Dreamers" and border wall funding.

Trump says on Twitter Friday morning: "I am considering a VETO of the Omnibus Spending Bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats (not even mentioned in Bill) and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded."

Trump's tweet created confusion after Congress gave final approval early Friday to the spending bill, which is needed to avert a federal shutdown.

On Thursday, Trump's budget director Mick Mulvaney said that Trump would sign the bill.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/latest-trump-considering-veto-budget-bill-131652715--finance.html

ROFL!   

This is EXACTLY what I predicted yesterday.   He will NOT sign that 'bad boy' until we get the wall funding..., or such sum that it's not another BS stall tactic.

That's the POTUS I'm talkin' bout, Willis!   :laugh:
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2018, 02:13:24 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on March 23, 2018, 01:22:33 pm
Little Marco.  tisk tisk tisk.

This site show Rubio voting "yea":  https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2018/s63
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« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2018, 02:18:31 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on March 23, 2018, 02:13:24 pm
This site show Rubio voting "yea":  https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2018/s63


The rightscoop source above show McCain voting 'no,' which seems impossible.  However, there weren't a lot of sources available at the hour when I posted it.
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« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2018, 02:28:37 pm »
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My Senators were split and my Congressman voted yes in the House.  Very disappointing.

I have an idiot Dem congressman, one idiot Dem Senator and one Republican Senator.  Of course, the two idiot Dems voted Aye. 

I thanked my Republican senator for voting Nay. 
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Re: Congress OKs $1.3 Trillion Budget, Averting Another Shutdown
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« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2018, 02:53:48 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on March 23, 2018, 02:28:37 pm
I have an idiot Dem congressman, one idiot Dem Senator and one Republican Senator.  Of course, the two idiot Dems voted Aye. 

I thanked my Republican senator for voting Nay.


I wish I had that excuse, but KS is brick red - allegedly.
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« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2018, 05:03:13 pm »
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

Link for signing that is expected to occur shortly.
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« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2018, 05:22:38 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on March 23, 2018, 01:31:47 pm
ROFL!   

This is EXACTLY what I predicted yesterday.   He will NOT sign that 'bad boy' until we get the wall funding..., or such sum that it's not another BS stall tactic.

That's the POTUS I'm talkin' bout, Willis!   :laugh:

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« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2018, 05:48:59 pm »
   Why is Sessions (R-AL) on the Nay list posted above?
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« Reply #24 on: March 23, 2018, 05:57:17 pm »
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YEAs —65
Alexander (R-TN)
Ayotte (R-NH)
Baldwin (D-WI)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Blunt (R-MO)
Booker (D-NJ)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Capito (R-WV)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coats (R-IN)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Coons (D-DE)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Donnelly (D-IN)
Durbin (D-IL)   
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gardner (R-CO)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Heitkamp (D-ND)
Heller (R-NV)
Hirono (D-HI)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kaine (D-VA)
King (I-ME)
Kirk (R-IL)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lankford (R-OK)
Leahy (D-VT)
McConnell (R-KY)
Menendez (D-NJ)   
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murphy (D-CT)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Perdue (R-GA)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rounds (R-SD)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tillis (R-NC)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Warren (D-MA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wicker (R-MS)
 

NAYs —33
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Cassidy (R-LA)
Cotton (R-AR)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Daines (R-MT)
Enzi (R-WY)
Ernst (R-IA)
Fischer (R-NE)
Flake (R-AZ)   
Grassley (R-IA)
Lee (R-UT)
Manchin (D-WV)
Markey (D-MA)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Merkley (D-OR)
Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)   
Sanders (I-VT)
Sasse (R-NE)
Scott (R-SC)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sullivan (R-AK)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wyden (D-OR)
 

Not Voting – 2
Boxer (D-CA)   Rubio (R-FL)

http://therightscoop.com/breaking-senate-passes-omnibus-spending-bill/

Your list has Sessions voting nay. How is that possible?
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