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SOURCES: McConnell Caves to Pelosi, Schumer, Allows JCPA Media Cartel Bailout Bill to Be Included in Defense Package
Breitbart ^ | 12/05/22 | Allum Bokhari and Matthew Boyle

Posted on 12/05/2022 2:03:34 PM PST by Enlightened1

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell has caved to outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and will allow the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include the highly controversial media cartel bill the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News.

Over objections from House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, the likely next speaker of the House come January 3 of next year, other congressional leaders acquiesced to lobbyist pressure and agreed to include the JCPA in the base text of the NDAA. McCarthy was the only member of congressional leadership to fight back against the inclusion, but was overruled three to one after McConnell caved.

The JCPA has absolutely nothing to do with national defense, so the move—a swan song of sorts for Pelosi, who just announced she is leaving congressional leadership but retaining her House seat after Democrats lost the majority to the GOP in the midterm elections—is an egregious step for an outgoing leader of the past against precedent as the NDAA has generally been reserved just for national security matters.

Proponents of the JCPA have been struggling for over a year to move the controversial proposal through Congress, hitting roadblocks every step of the way in committee hearings and fierce opposition from Republicans like McCarthy and others including Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise, Marsha Blackburn, Tom Cotton, and more.

That’s why lobbyists supporting the bill on behalf of deep-pocketed industry interests zoned in on two must-pass legislative vehicles in this lame duck session of Congress as last ditch efforts to pass it before the GOP formally takes control of the House next year: the NDAA or a spending bill like an omnibus spending bill currently also being negotiated.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bailoutbill; caves; mcconnell; media
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1 posted on 12/05/2022 2:03:34 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Yeah...this is the kind of strength and fortitude we can expect for the next 2 years...ball-less wonders.


2 posted on 12/05/2022 2:06:07 PM PST by Adder (ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
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To: Enlightened1

“McConnell caves . . .”

I never saw this coming.


3 posted on 12/05/2022 2:07:01 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: Enlightened1

Given that McConnell is a UniParty hack, this is a dog-bites-man story. I have no expectation that the GOPe will do anything but support the status quo post-Constitutional oligarchy.


4 posted on 12/05/2022 2:07:24 PM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Enlightened1

The Chinese have his balls in a locker in Beijing.


5 posted on 12/05/2022 2:08:05 PM PST by dljordan
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To: Enlightened1

And when you think your vote matters....../s


6 posted on 12/05/2022 2:08:17 PM PST by cranked
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To: Enlightened1
Gotta get along

7 posted on 12/05/2022 2:10:21 PM PST by budj (Combat vet, second of three generations.)
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To: Enlightened1

We have met the enemy and he is us.


8 posted on 12/05/2022 2:10:37 PM PST by Ingtar
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To: Enlightened1

DITCH MITCH


9 posted on 12/05/2022 2:10:50 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Enlightened1

Bloated face bastard needs a boot up his arse. I truly despise this greedy, back stabbing traitor!!!


10 posted on 12/05/2022 2:12:03 PM PST by dragonblustar (If you watch porn then you are a pedophile and a supporter of rape. Repent and be saved! )
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To: Enlightened1

So this bill is going to prop up failing newspapers? Or is it something else?


11 posted on 12/05/2022 2:14:23 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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McConnell is a Mealy Mouthed Spineless Useless Moronic Parasitic Sleazeball of a Republican.
12 posted on 12/05/2022 2:14:55 PM PST by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell..)
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How do you cave...when you are on the same side?


13 posted on 12/05/2022 2:14:56 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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McConnell did not cave. McConnell is a key member of the Uniparty. The Uniparty wanted this, so McConnell wanted this. No cave was necessary.


14 posted on 12/05/2022 2:15:29 PM PST by rigelkentaurus
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The guy could not even last 30 days until a new speaker is nominated.


15 posted on 12/05/2022 2:15:36 PM PST by bray (The Republic of Texas is available on Barnes and Noble )
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To: Enlightened1

Fake headline, McConnel supports this bill cover to cover, no caving involved


16 posted on 12/05/2022 2:15:40 PM PST by stockpirate (Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins...Repression Breeds Violence)
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To: jeffersondem

McConnell is properly described as a spelunker .... he excels at caving.


17 posted on 12/05/2022 2:15:47 PM PST by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood
So this bill is going to prop up failing newspapers? Or is it something else?

As I understand it:

It is to protect the old dominant media from going bankrupt by losing subscribers.

It sort of consolidates the old, dominant media as a part of the government by making them paid for with tax dollars.

18 posted on 12/05/2022 2:20:13 PM PST by marktwain
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To: Captain Peter Blood
So this bill is going to prop up failing newspapers? Or is it something else?

It's a tough call. In theory this will force the social media companies to pay the news organizations when they serve up the media's stories.

As it is, the socials get hugely rich off of others' content and don't spread the wealth.

Lots of people here seem to be rooting for Twitter, Google and Facebook - which is...a change.

19 posted on 12/05/2022 2:20:39 PM PST by semimojo
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To: rigelkentaurus

Exactly!!!!!!!


20 posted on 12/05/2022 2:25:44 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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