Shovel-ready jobs, Mitch?
Posted on 02/21/2017 1:32:04 AM PST by MagillaX
by Jeff Yoders on FEBRUARY 20, 2017
Leading Republican lawmakers said over the weekend proposals for a new Trump-administration-backed infrastructure bill could be introduced as early as the coming weeks.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R. Ky.) told reporters he expects to receive “some kind of recommendation on an infrastructure bill, a subject that we frequently handle on a bipartisan basis,” but gave no details or timing.
He has previously voiced concern over adding to budget deficits with a new injection of federal funds for road, bridge and other construction projects like the ones President Barack Obama secured from Congress in 2009, especially after a major highway funding law was enacted about a year ago.
During the campaign, Trump said he would push for a $1 trillion infrastructure program to rebuild roads, bridges, airports and other public works projects. He said he wanted action during the first 100 days of his administration, which now seems unlikely.
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I call for congress to quickly pass my infrastructure funding bill to begin restoration on our failing bridges, roads, air ports and other vital projects our country needs for their personal safety and a vibrant economy.
No, no, no—Congress shouldn’t be rewarded with a big pork-barrel bill before they pass serious tax cuts and repeal Obamacare!
INCENTIVE
If governors want money, do your freaking job and enforce current immigration laws and eliminate illegal alien welfare, crime, and drugs. If California, for example, doesn't want to play by these rules, then no Federal money for Cali (FYI, I own property in CA).
States would have to submit deportation documentation on a quarterly basis, and based on verification, further analysis would determine the amount of infrastructure dollars granted to those states. Any monies not allocated to infrastructure would violate any further contributions.
It make real defense spending increase more difficult to sell also. I see the clumsy and cowardly strategies of our gutless Congress in this.
It should nevertheless be entertaining to watch the Soros-Left morph into deficit hawks.
Infrastructure?
BUILD THE WALL!
Just like in 2008 - first thing out of the gate they pass a “stimulus” package.
BUILD THE WALL!
Been living a hermit's life lately? The wall has been ordered.
It's been on order since 2006. Now BUILD the damned wall.
Somewhere in all that will he explain how he pays for it?
growth grass hopper, growth
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No, no, no—Congress shouldn’t be rewarded with a big pork-barrel bill before they pass serious tax cuts and repeal Obamacare!
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BTTT! Pork is ALWAYS ‘top priority’; screw the pleebs (I mean, it’s only OUR $$)
Don’t recall Congress being too worried to audit TARP and the last shovel-ready graft, I mean pay-off, I mean infrastructure bill.
How ‘bout no more such bills until and FULL accounting is done on the LAST chunk of taxpayer cash?
One Trillion taxpayer dollars.. Obama is cheering, so are the unions. Not just NO! I don’t care what the gope says, no trillion dollar stimulus. What a moronic move.. yeah, let’s spend another trillion we don’t have.. worked so well the first time, just ask the people watching the Nor Cal reservoir. It will be corruptly distibuted just like the last one.. a bunchanged of vote buying dollars.. no.. no.. no!
It was re-ordered in Jan 2017. Un-wad yer panties.
Agreed. Also, we had been reassured that Trump’s infrastructure bill would primarily be a matter of clearing the way for approvals for private investments in infrastructure projects, such as energy pipelines, refineries, etc.
Those of us who weren’t born yesterday didn’t trust it not be become a classic congressional pork-barrel giveaway. And somehow we’re putting up with the weasel named Priebus because of how he’s going to get congress to do the right thing by Trump???
Didn’t Obummer have a trillion dollar stimulus bill that was supposed to fix all this sh&t?...... I’d like to see an audit of that before we waste more money.
No thanks
“How ‘bout no more such bills until and FULL accounting is done on the LAST chunk of taxpayer cash?”
It still has to be signed. Do you think that is going to happen without the President taking the time to see how Congress plans on paying for it?
Sure. How about grow first and then spend?
If they are going to give states money tie it up so it is used only on that project, and not put into the general fund, and that the bids are for reasonable prices and only sound architecturally Memphis just went through a 5 yr major freeway construction, most of it is not sound architecturally to be safe to make lane changes. That they don’t go to any legislators relatives like Pelosi. We have to many freeways that are poorly built, medians than obstruct traffic view and are NOT needed.
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