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Consider it dead, along with voting/medical rights, despite Pelosi's theatrical drama
Using a legislative maneuver called reconciliation, the budget resolution is protected from being filibustered in the Senate, allowing a simple majority to approve the legislation in each chamber.
With the evenly divided Senate, Manchin is a needed vote for Democrats. They can pass the budget bill with 50 votes, meaning all Democratic-voting senators need to vote "aye" because no Republicans are expected to support the massive legislation.
But, Manchin wrote Thursday, "I, for one, won’t support a $3.5 trillion bill, or anywhere near that level of additional spending, without greater clarity about why Congress chooses to ignore the serious effects inflation and debt have on existing government programs."
Wall Street bailouts (roughly 3.5 trillion every two and a half years)? No problem
Probably just as good, we're not supposed to have that much pork in our diets anyway.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday September 05 2021, @04:16AM (2 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 07 2021, @06:59PM (1 child)
Yes, non-republicans have a greater than .05% chance of having intact morality and integrity. Gotta love you going on the attack instead of addressing the sociopathic and hypicritical rey saying red states would spend blue state money better. It was always my dream to have my taxes line the pockets of businesses instead of funding government services for people that actually need help.
How's mammon these days?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday September 13 2021, @03:02AM
Good thing for you then because that's what you have. My take is that the point of those "government services" is to buy your vote for "lining the pockets of business". It's a bribe for the corrupt status quo.
Your altar needs a little polishing.