Nancy Pelosi Rams Austerity Provision into House Rules Package.
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The vote on this will determine if I vote for any Democrats for federal office in 2020. Fair warning.
https://theintercept.com/2019/01/02/nancy-pelosi-pay-go-rule/
Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it. - RFK
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January 2, 2019 at 12:51 PM #7532
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January 2, 2019 at 12:54 PM #7533
https://theintercept.com/2019/01/02/nancy-pelosi-pay-go-rule/
At least one congressional power broker wants progressive Democrats to fight the rules package. “In order for #PayGo to go into effect, it needs to pass the House,” wrote Bernie Sanders adviser Warren Gunnels on Twitter on Tuesday night. “If some 18 Dems vote no, it fails. The vote will take place on Thursday. Will enough progressives have the courage to vote no on the first roadblock to #MedicareForAll, #GreenNewDeal &#CollegeForAll? Let’s see.”
In order for #PayGo to go into effect, it needs to pass the House. If some 18 Dems vote no, it fails. The vote will take place on Thursday. Will enough progressives have the courage to vote no on the first roadblock to #MedicareForAll, #GreenNewDeal & #CollegeForAll? Let's see. https://t.co/9raJ49r5mb
— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) January 2, 2019
“Hope is the feathered thing that perches in your heart.” ~ Emily Dickinson
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January 2, 2019 at 1:02 PM #7537
their faux progressive credentials, for campaign purposes. With no worries about it actually being stopped. That’s what Nancy and Chuck do, and that’s why I am done with the Dems. This is all just almost derisive theater now.
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January 2, 2019 at 1:06 PM #7539
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January 2, 2019 at 1:09 PM #7541
House Democratic leaders faced the prospect of a liberal rebellion on their first day in charge after prominent Democrats said they would oppose a package of rules changes endorsed by Nancy Pelosi, the incoming speaker.
Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) and Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) said they would vote against the rules changes on Thursday — in the second vote Democrats will take in the majority, after electing Pelosi (D-Calif.) — because of the inclusion of a fiscal measure known as “pay as you go,” or PAYGO. That rule, echoing a provision in federal law and in the Senate’s rules, would require the House to offset any spending so as not to increase the budget deficit.
It remains to be seen whether the liberals will have the votes to torpedo the rules package, which sets the parameters for the new House. Defeat of the legislation would be an embarrassing setback for Pelosi that could herald further divides in the Democratic caucus.
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January 2, 2019 at 1:51 PM #7550
from the Dem “leaders”.
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Asimov; "If you push something hard enough, it will fall over." - Fud's First Law of Opposition
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January 2, 2019 at 2:13 PM #7556
And waiting, and waiting, because she generally struggles to put coherent sentences together. Because she doesn’t have to, and that’s what wealth, power, and seniority, bring to the table.
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January 2, 2019 at 5:47 PM #7639
they invert their moral universe, so that the biggest “attack” is to simply report what a pol tells one audience to the pol’s other audiences
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January 2, 2019 at 2:18 PM #7558
certain circumstances….
$500 billion taken each year from the Pentagon…
and used to start Medicare for All would be one way!
heh heh
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January 2, 2019 at 2:23 PM #7562
also passes. Pelosi is showing us who is in charge, who owns them – so be it. I will vote against Democrats. even the progressive ones now seem like window dressing designed to keep us hopeful.
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January 2, 2019 at 2:24 PM #7563
It will pass remember 99% of house dems are neoliberals and what better way to halt M4all and so on. Neoliberals always win and progressives always lose. It’s by design
Never expect different result by following the previous steps
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January 2, 2019 at 2:36 PM #7567
you would need to get over fear mongering and your own fear first. The dem establishment made it sound like Trump would end the universe if you did not vote for Hillary but with Trump we are better off as progressives than the last 30 years of Clintonomics/Obamanomics.
TPP repeal
military withdrawal
VAT on China
No war with Russia
and before you report my post, analyse the points I am making objectively rather than trump hate
Never expect different result by following the previous steps
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January 2, 2019 at 2:28 PM #7565
once this passes mother jones will publish an article as to how the prohressives have taken over the dem party and just if you vote dem in 2020 you would have m4all free college and 15 min wage
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January 2, 2019 at 4:12 PM #7603
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