Hahahaha.
Posted on 12/15/2014 8:57:58 PM PST by Jim Robinson
“Think of how stupid the average person is — and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
— George Carlin
Congress has gone full stupid.
Late Tuesday night, lawmakers released a 1,603-page bill that would dole out more than $1 trillion in taxpayer money (the federal government, by the way, has collected a record amount in taxes this year, but still can’t stop overspending).
Rollcall.com calculated that the massive omnibus bill came in at 289,861 words. Then the reporter dove into the math: “If members averaged 200 words per minute to read the dense legislative text, they would need 24 hours just to get through the bill.”
Of course, lawmakers long ago stopped reading the ginormous spending bills they routinely pass. Once upon a time, when Congress functioned, the 12 spending bills came in one at a time and America’s elected representatives deliberated long and hard over paragraphs, phrases — even single words. No longer.
Congress doesn’t pass appropriations bills anymore. Instead, lawmakers pile all 12 bills into one catchall omnibus bill for a continuing resolution — or, as this one came to be known, a CRomnibus.
When House Speaker John Boehner campaigned for the leadership job years ago, he vowed to give members at least 72 hours to read any bill before a vote. Back in 2010, the speaker said he didn’t think “having 2,000-page bills on the House floor serves anyone’s best interest — not the House, not for the members and certainly not for the American people.”
But that was before Mr. Boehner decided the highly flawed CRomnibus — with full funding for the budget-breaking Obamacare; for President Obama’s new amnesty program for more than 4 million illegal aliens; even for Michelle Obama’s disastrous school lunch program — simply had to pass.
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the most pathetic party, worldwide, in modern history.
Once again, the Republicans manage to snatch Defeat from the jaws of Victory
And in record time!
Sooo depressing.
Hahahaha.
“Congress doesn’t pass appropriations bills anymore. Instead, lawmakers pile all 12 bills into one catchall omnibus bill for a continuing resolution — or, as this one came to be known, a CRomnibus”
How utterly disgusting and pathetic. God forbid they should have to actually take the time to work at being among the royals. That’s too hard! Instead, just scribble up spending as fast as you can, add it to the behemoth unread and impossible to actually absorb and challenge “budget” leviathan, and call it good. Then go on vacation, ride your limos and private jets and hit the golf course or the ski slope. Life is good.
I’m thoroughly disgusted and disillusioned. Again. Nothing new but it sticks in my craw every time.
“Think of how stupid the average person is — and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
— George Carlin
EXACTLY what the Gruber jerks counted on. Worked perfectly.
Traitors to their Oaths and traitors to the recent election. Pure traitors.
Not at all. They won the victory they were after. The government gets bigger, they deliver amnesty to their financial backers, and they get to be in power.
Pretty good outcome if you're a RINO.
It’s their last chance to hit the Cookie Jar on the way out.
Welcome to the one-party state.
The Republicans have gotten tired of surrendering.
So now they pre-surrender before the battle is even joined.
VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR REPUBLICANS THIS MIDTERM: "Et tu, Boehner?" Referring to how Speaker Boehner betrayed and stabbed midterm Republican voters in the back with his passage of the recent traitorous spending bill.
BOEHNER: Who is Judas? Why do people keep calling me Judas as I walk down the street? Why did someone recently leave 30 pieces of silver on my doorstep? I only want what is best for America. As my new secret friend Obama likes to say: "It was the right thing to do.God bless America!"
I’m at a loss.
Winning doesn’t seem to do any good either.
I believe they had this bill ready to go before the election and were waiting for the right time to shove it through. Dirty, back-stabbing (______) fill in the blanks.
Gruber must do work on the side for Bonhead.
Boehner was probably drunk when he said this, though.
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