GOP blocks House Democrats' attempt to pass $2,000 stimulus checks

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  1. Phyxius

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    Uh-huh. Directly from The Dotard's office. Now what?
     
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    I was asking for the link where Trump asked for the money to be appropriated to Pakistani gender studies.

    I'm still waiting.

    So, that's what...

    I have no doubt that it's in the bill. I have serious doubts Trump asked for it to be added.

    So post a link or.. don't.
     
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    Refer to posts #52 & #54. I can explain it to you, I can't understand it for you.

    (3) WOMEN'S GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY FUND.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, up to [$100,000,000] $200,000,000 may be made available for the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Fund.
     
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    So, link to Trump asking for it to be added?

    I don't see Trumps name anywhere in there.
     
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    It's on the WHITE HOUSE WEBSITE. Look at the link and stop embarrassing yourself. Here endeth the lesson... :roll::roll::roll:
     
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    LOL it's obvious Trumpers cannot handle the truth. They seem to do this when prevented with evidence. The poster will shrug it off and say Trump was just kidding...
     
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    Looks like you agree with Nancy Pelosi, who wants to send $2000, and disagree with the House GOP.

    Or would you agree with the House GOP and block the $2000 checks?

    Who do you align with on this issue? Pelosi and Trump or the GOP?
     
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    Proof please!
     
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    Proof please.
     
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    It really is remarkable to see it right before your eyes. You give them the White House budget requests & they still deny it was Trump. How do you even communicate with people that brainwashed.
     
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    Jesus! how the Hell did you interpret that or even know where to look in all those 5539 pages of this Bill to decipher all this Crap, You must have gone to the Evelyn Wood School of Speed reading or something. See! here's the problem, a simple bill to provide relief to Americans who've lost their Jobs, Businesses struggling during this Pandemic and PPE to Doctors, Nurses and anyone else on the Front line of this Pandemic, shouldn't be this difficult to write up, but when you muddle it up with a bunch of other Nonsense, it becomes a logistical nightmare where corrupt politicians funnel a Million here and a Billion there to their Pet projects and know that most Americans won't even know their getting Screwed and then make $600 lousy bucks sound like their getting a bargin, when actually they'd get a lot more aid if so much of it wasn't funneled off to other countries. I heard somewhere in all that mess that $1800 is going to the Families here illegally. I believe the SWAMP is so thick with corruption, that when anyone new gets elected to congress, they're immediately covered in Swamp Muck by the Senators and Representatives that have become so Dirty over all the Decades they've been there, that they'll never be able to wash the Stink of themselves and it infects the newly elected Congress Women and Men. I really don't see how this is ever going to be fixed unless somehow we manage to fire every incumbent, wipe the slate clean and have a fresh start of uncorrupted candidates. Its either that, Civil War or some kind of uprising that is going to fix our screwed up Government and society that is so polarized that they can barely stand to be in the same room together without wanting to kill each other.
     
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    The Covid relief bill - ANY Covid relief bill - should be strictly standalone. And no, there is no provision for illegals to get any money.
     
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    Already provided. Read Covid Caligula's budget request or don't. The spoon feeding session is over.
     
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    So you have no real proof......I figured as much.
     
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    Billions for foreign countries............

    $600 bucks for Americans. Your choices in GA for Senate should be crystal clear.
     
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    Its an omnibus bill, meaning more than one bundled into one. Pretty much everyone in the thread agrees, the Covid relief bill should have been a standalone bill. What the poster is linking to is from the White House is their DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM budget.

    --The 2021 Budget provides thenecessary resources for the Department of State and other internationalprograms to advance the Nation's strategic objectives, including thoseoutlined in the National Security Strategy of the United States. The Budgetsupports new tools to allow the United States to respond flexibly to inter-national challenges and invests in new capabilities to defend Americaninterests and values across the security, trade, and information domains.

    and clearly states in black and white that several hundred million should be allocated to gender equality programs per the White House. Mostly to help women, which is why Pakistan is getting that money. I think everyones problem is they dont understand its an omnibus bill, but there could be several reasons for making it one if they want to kill more than one bird with a stone. As I have stated above, reading the thread, that most if not all posters agree that this should been a stand alone bill for COVID relief. I am sure that is where the confusion of the content of this bill is coming from.
     
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    Well, many of the items on a spending bill tend to originate from Presidents request.

    I think the whole point of this complaint lies in the fact that we are willing to send half a billion dollars to Israel instead of using these money for direct payments to the US citizens.
     
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    Strange you left out one of the largest recipients of this, Israel. They are taking almost an eighth of those funds

    Virturally every other nation on that list has to make significant improvements to relations to their neighbors, improve equality for women and ethnic / religious minorities, join treaties, and so on or the funds are withheld. Israel is the sole exception.

    Think Democrats demanded that one?

    So yes, the vote is clear.

    What party is stopping the increase in American relief again?
     
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    Trump is a f***ing MORON, he didn't even know this.
     
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    As I understand it, they put the bills together for expediency purposes. Both sides (including trumps administration) had negotiated and come to an agreement on the bills, there was NO reason to think they would not get signed into law. The "pork" argument is specious. I haven't heard anything that would lead me to believe that there was more pork in this omnibus than in previous bills.
     
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    This is such disingenuous bullshit. My wife and I do pretty well but the $1800 we'd net is most certainly NOT a slap in the face - even for us.
     
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    Indeed. And what a curious time to all of a sudden take a stand. Almost feels like you're getting played, doesn't it?
     
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