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Re: No thread on massive amounts of spending in the latest omnibus bill?
« Reply #25 on: March 30, 2018, 08:37:49 PM »
Quote from: DittoHead on March 30, 2018, 08:36:28 PM
You mean besides Obama? ;)

It was a wet dream of his, for sure.
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Re: No thread on massive amounts of spending in the latest omnibus bill?
« Reply #26 on: March 31, 2018, 06:31:03 PM »
If McConnell and Rand could grow backbones, the could use the 1974 Impoundment Act to cut the odious parts of the Omnibus Bill like, Planned Parenthood, both DoE's etc.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-for-a-penny-in-for-impound-1522364438
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Re: No thread on massive amounts of spending in the latest omnibus bill?
« Reply #27 on: April 02, 2018, 08:57:30 AM »
Quote from: Amy Schumer on March 31, 2018, 06:31:03 PM
If McConnell and Rand could grow backbones, the could use the 1974 Impoundment Act to cut the odious parts of the Omnibus Bill like, Planned Parenthood, both DoE's etc.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-for-a-penny-in-for-impound-1522364438
I really don't think McConnell would do anything like that and I am not sure how much influence Rand Paul actually has within the Senate.  There are still a bunch of liberal Senators on the R side in there, enough to nullify the slim majority.
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Re: No thread on massive amounts of spending in the latest omnibus bill?
« Reply #28 on: April 02, 2018, 11:01:29 AM »
Quote from: Amy Schumer on March 31, 2018, 06:31:03 PM
If McConnell and Rand could grow backbones, the could use the 1974 Impoundment Act to cut the odious parts of the Omnibus Bill like, Planned Parenthood, both DoE's etc.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-for-a-penny-in-for-impound-1522364438

That would be great.

At this point I am convinced that everyone in charge of the Republican Party despises the people who vote for them though.
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