Posted on 08/13/2022 8:09:12 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The House of Representatives on Friday voted to pass the $700 billion “Inflation Reduction” Act, which would not reduce inflation, and 158 of the lawmakers voted by proxy.
The 158 lawmakers decided to vote by proxy at a time when there has been controversy surrounding the capability, as the Senate still required its members to vote in person.
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They no longer have to go to D.C. to vote to take our money and destroy our nation. They can work-from-home! How sweet it must be!
Phone in vote passes Wallet Reduction Act
How many were Republicans?
Nazi biatches.
I don’t think any republicans voted for it.
House of Representatives: 220 Democrats. 210 Republicans. 5 vacancies.
Senate: 50 Democrats. 50 Republicans.
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46705
It’s amazing how unified Democrats are compared to Republicans. Democrats can pass the most extreme legislation through congress with the slimmest of majorities. Republicans couldn’t do that when they were in control of congress.
Increasing government spending to fight inflation? I learned in high school that increased government spending increases demand, which in turn increases prices. This is not rocket science, folks.
And somehow...sooner rather than later...we WILL OVERTURN THIS MONSTER OF A MARXIST TAKEOVER OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
we were, are, and always will be ...a word that the Left HATES...INDIVIDUALS.
Sometimes, that works against us, but please don’t take that away. We will work around it and we SHALL OVERCOME.
Both houses have rules which, they say, "over rule the Constitution".
Would be awesome if a subsequent congress could find a way to declare that vote (and any other proxy votes) invalid and therefore no longer affecting current law, but it’s not going to happen.
The Republicans who voted for it, should be run out of the
nation on a rail.
The vote was illegal so it should be declared “invalid”. Someone should appeal to the Supreme Court.
I learned in High School that all federal income taxes are voluntary.
Civics 101.
NEVER...will it be overturned.
They had the chance to kill Obastardcare totally and what did they do? NOTHING!
Joe said just the other day that we have no inflation.
They overturned Roe V Wade.
I see the glass half full.
Manchin and Sinema knew this bill was wrong for America but they sold out America anyway. The went into treasonous lockstep with the communist party.
There were not any. It was along party lines.
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