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did you know that at 4 AM (ET) your senate approved the $3.5tn budget plan w/ vote of 50-49? -- (link)

Posted by mud Aug 11 '21, 05:26

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https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1425431526368587796 (twitter.com)

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We've cut corners long enough in this country. Spend it. It's all fake debt anyway. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 07:23
Wait it passed but didn't really pass? Or has to pass again in the Senate? - ty97 Aug 11, 05:54 9
- they'd been up all night and convinced Sinema & Manchin to just pass a "plan", or maybe they're trying to pull a fast one on Nancy to get the .. - mud Aug 11, 06:10 1
  - No, this was an entirely expected procedural step. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 11, 06:33
- This is just the budget resolution, not the actual spending bill. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 11, 06:10 6
  - so it's pointless..... -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 06:16 5
    - No. -- nm - Diva Aug 11, 08:25
    - It’s a required procedural step that paves the way for the reconciliation bill is my understanding. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 11, 06:18 3
      - Yeah, that seems to be how I read it, which means that the headlines 'budget passed!' are kinda misleading -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 06:25 2
        
        where? -- nm - mud Aug 11, 06:28
        
        Political headlines failing to encompass all the nuance of a situation? You don’t say…. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 11, 06:28
Who did not vote? -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 05:37 9
- One of the GOP senators is with his wife at the hospital, don’t remember who off the top of my head. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 11, 05:50 2
  - guess he loves his wife more than America. - mafic Aug 11, 05:51 1
    - Boomtown! - spamlet Aug 11, 06:58
- I dunno. The earlier vote was 69-30. Maybe Rand was sulking in a washroom. -- nm - mud Aug 11, 05:45 5
  - And when it really counted all of the republicans that had supported pulled their support? - Krusty Aug 11, 06:03 4
    - The infrastructure bill was 69-30. The budget bill was 50-49. -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 06:05 3
      - *smh* -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 06:06 2
        
        2 different bills. The GOP is actually doing what the House progressives won’t. Treat them as separate bills. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 06:23 1
        
        I thought mud was talking about the same vote. He confused me. -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 11, 06:40
I do now. - znufrii Aug 11, 05:32 3
- Also “$3.5 tn” refers to the amount of new spending (over 10 years, I think) not the overall budget, so that’s going to be a pet peeve of mine. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 11, 05:38 1
  - You are odd. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 06:00
- And knowing is half the battle! -- nm - VMan Aug 11, 05:33
more -- (link) - mud Aug 11, 05:30
I did. What do I win? -- nm - oblique Aug 11, 05:29 1
- this cookie -- (pic) - mud Aug 11, 05:33 [Attachment]

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