SOURCES: McConnell Caves to Pelosi, Schumer, Allows JCPA Media Cartel Bailout Bill to Be Included in

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SOURCES: McConnell Caves to Pelosi, Schumer, Allows JCPA Media Cartel Bailout Bill to Be Included in Defense Package

Allum Bokhari and Matthew Boyle 5 Dec 2022

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell has caved to outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and will allow the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include the highly controversial media cartel bill the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News.

Over objections from House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, the likely next speaker of the House come January 3 of next year, other congressional leaders acquiesced to lobbyist pressure and agreed to include the JCPA in the base text of the NDAA. McCarthy was the only member of congressional leadership to fight back against the inclusion, but was overruled three to one after McConnell caved.

The JCPA has absolutely nothing to do with national defense, so the move—a swan song of sorts for Pelosi, who just announced she is leaving congressional leadership but retaining her House seat after Democrats lost the majority to the GOP in the midterm elections—is an egregious step for an outgoing leader of the past against precedent as the NDAA has generally been reserved just for national security matters.

Proponents of the JCPA have been struggling for over a year to move the controversial proposal through Congress, hitting roadblocks every step of the way in committee hearings and fierce opposition from Republicans like McCarthy and others including Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise, Marsha Blackburn, Tom Cotton, and more.

That’s why lobbyists supporting the bill on behalf of deep-pocketed industry interests zoned in on two must-pass legislative vehicles in this lame duck session of Congress as last ditch efforts to pass it before the GOP formally takes control of the House next year: the NDAA or a spending bill like an omnibus spending bill currently also being negotiated.

But because the NDAA is proving to be more of a lift than previously thought, the prospects of an omnibus spending bill to fund the government are dimming in recent days—leaders may instead pursue a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government at the year’s end—which makes the NDAA a more attractive prospect for these leaders to attach unrelated proposals like this JCPA one to force them through in the waning hours of this Congress into federal law.

The JCPA, essentially a transfer of wealth from Silicon Valley to the discredited and distrusted corporate legacy media, is highly controversial. Beyond the financial payouts to media companies, they will be able to form a “joint negotiating entity”—a cartel, immune from antitrust law—to negotiate with Big Tech companies on the “terms and conditions” for carrying their content.

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https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/12/05/sources-mcconnell-caves-to-pelosi-schumer-allows-jcpa-media-cartel-bailout-bill-to-be-included-in-defense-package/

[rustynail]

Caves implies strength of resistance which is most likely not the case.

[Free Vulcan]

Caves implies strength of resistance which is most likely not the case.

Yes. Caving implies opposition, which you are not if you are holding the ladder to help get things over the wall.

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Democrats Jeopardize National Defense by Politicizing Military Authorization Bill with Unrelated Additions

Kristina Wong 5 Dec 2022

Democrats are seeking to attach things unrelated to the nation’s defense to an annual defense bill in an attempt to get it passed, jeopardizing the bill’s passage and national security.

The defense bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), authorizes Pentagon activities and spending, making it must-pass legislation for the past 62 years. The bill is usually hundreds of pages long and authorizes hundreds of billions in spending, and is often a vehicle for lawmakers to get non-defense related policies through.

But this year, Democrats are especially relying on it as a vehicle to get major unrelated policies through, in the expected absence of a major omnibus spending bill before the end of the year, and before Republicans take over the House in January — infuriating Republicans and jeopardizing the passage of the bill and necessary authorizations for military spending and activities.

For example, Democrats are trying to include the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, which would allow mainstream media outlets to form a cartel to negotiate with Big Tech, to the detriment of independent and conservative media outlets.

Another item is the SAFE Banking Act, pushed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), backed by some Republicans. The bill would let cannabis companies access banking institutions and create grants for state expungement of past marijuana convictions, according to Axios.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/12/05/democrats-jeopardize-national-defense-politicizing-military-authorization-bill-unrelated-additions/

[libertybele]

"Sources" ....   

[Kamaji]

[christian]

Bitch Mitch McConnel will keep his sterling record of caving to democrats when democrats call on him to do so.  At least we know we can depend on Mitch for consistency, eh?  Regardless of situations, democrats see Mitch as dependable as a maytag repairman, eh?  Mitchs credentials and unswerving records as well as previews of things to come.........