Posted on 06/10/2016 5:32:29 AM PDT by milton23
The Senate may take steps to end a Justice Department slush fund that has channeled millions of dollars in banking settlements to outside organizations, including left-wing groups such as La Raza and NeighborWorks America.
Four Republican senators—James Lankford of Oklahoma, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Utah’s Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee—said they would introduce legislation Friday to prohibit federal settlement agreements that require donations to third parties.
The Justice Department currently allows corporations found guilty of wrongdoing to pay a portion of their financial penalty as a donation to certain preapproved nonprofit groups.
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Hahahahah. Veto-bait. Congress is a bunch of gasbags.
Illegal in the real world....but under Odungo and
Spineless corrupt money crumbing pocket stuffing
Azzholes...it’s real
This bill will work because the Obama Re does such a good job obeying the law.
/sarc
The fed has been dysfunctional so long it shows that it doesn’t matter who is president. It really is just a figurehead.
OH RALLY?
does it not seem to one that this bill is all at cross-purposes & argle-bargle?
As the story states "MAY".. just more Kabuki theater for an election year.
NOTHING will occur.. NOTHING!
The SEIU (union) got multi-millions ($$$) to ‘educate’ people how to file for Obamacare.
I think La Razza (and similar groups) were awarded millions under the same plan. It's your money....who cares.
McConnell will kill this because his pal will whisper the word “veto” in his ear.
Throw the DOJ and pResident in jail. The very idea of USA DOJ grapping scores of hundred million dollar settlements and then handing most or some of it to NGOs is so obviously criminal that I stumble for word to describe it.
What we need is an amendment.
The Congress shall make no gifts, nor set any price, nor forgive any debt except its own, nor make anything legal tender except gold and silver.
This country is toast......lock & load..!
Wow... This is government sponsored extortion!
DEFUND socialist collectives, foreign and domestic.
The Gang of 535 should be in federal prison.
CONgre$$
Another election year joke being played on conservatives in the Republican Party. This will go nowhere as it was never intended to be real law, just election year candy to placate conservatives.
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We don’t need a “bill”. The Democrats will just repeal it the next time they have a majority.
What we need is an amendment.
The Congress shall make no gifts, nor set any price, nor forgive any debt except its own, nor make anything legal tender except gold and silver.
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IOW, follow the existing Constitution?? /s
Nothing was ever ‘simplified’ by adding MORE verbiage, let alone lawyer speak.
A1S8, 5th/9th/10th/13th. Course, they can’t even follow the FIRST (Congress shall make NO law...)
PING!
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