03-07-2020, 08:28 AM
(03-07-2020, 01:19 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Trump’s proposed budget cuts the CDC budget by 16%.
The White House asked that $1.25B in emergency funds be shifted from other programs that don’t involve building a wall to prepare for the Coronavirus. The House passed a bill for $8.3B. It probably took about a weekend for the Jaws of Life to extricate heads from inside asses.
When the Senate voted only our boy Rand Paul dissented. But, only after it already had enough votes to pass. Way to make a stand, Rand.
I had missed that post, earlier. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I like how all this was done without anyone saying "hey, what was the bill she withheld? What was the bill number?"
McCarthy needs to show those receipts or he is just being full of shit.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR