Posted on 10/31/2023 10:30:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
When Mike Johnson took the Speaker’s gavel, he set forth a list of priorities that seemed fairly straightforward. Among the first items on his list was passing an aid package for Israel while finding ways to reduce spending. He quickly moved to make good on that, working with the GOP majority to draw up a bill that would send $14.3 billion to Israel while rolling back the budget for the IRS. The ink wasn’t even dry on the proposal before Democrats and their faithful media stenographers began blasting Johnson, accusing him of “politicizing” the proposed aid package. And Joe Biden has already threatened to veto the bill if it somehow makes it out of the House and Senate. (NBC News)
The Israel aid package, which includes proposed cuts to President Joe Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act, has not been well received by Democrats. They “are already blasting newly minted Speaker Johnson for politicizing a bipartisan cause,” NBC News Correspondent Sahil Kapur reports.
House Democrats on the Appropriations Committee published a statement of their own in response. They hilariously titled it, “House Republicans Delay Support for Israel.” What is not explained in the scolding missive is how the people who just drafted a proposal to send Israel more money than they even asked for are “delaying support” for them.
They go on to remind Republicans that the support of both parties in both chambers will be required for any proposed legislation to pass into law. (Ya think?) They further claim that the Democrats are “ready to work with House Republicans on a package that could quickly be signed into law.” But they’re obviously only talking about a package that they create, addressing their priorities and doing nothing to curb runaway spending.
The game being played by the Democrats is beyond obvious. They’re willing to pass some aid for Israel, but they want it lashed to “humanitarian aid” for Gaza and another huge slug of cash for Ukraine. They are frightened of attaching their names to separate bills because they know how increasingly unpopular some of their ideas are with the American public.
The Democrats also don’t want to cooperate on anything that might reduce or at least freeze spending. That includes cuts to the budget of the IRS. After all, we wouldn’t want them to run short of money to cover travel vouchers so they can drive around and harass blameless taxpayers while using fake names. Perish the thought.
Our crushing national debt is hanging over the collective neck of the nation like the sword of Damocles. The public is increasingly aware of and nervous about this, though it still doesn’t register in polls as a top priority for voters. But with better educational campaigns, they will soon be aware that these chickens are very quickly coming home to roost and it’s going to lead to cuts in popular social programs, including Medicare. By that point, it will be too late. The Democrats could actually do themselves a big favor by signing on to some of these cuts and explaining to their own voters that the gravy train was never going to last forever in its current form.
Even with a Speaker in place, if these jokers can’t even manage to pass a comparatively minor aid bill for Israel while they’re in the middle of a war with terrorists, how do they plan to push through a major spending bill to keep the government open? Someone needs to Remind Hakeem Jeffries and his pals of the same thing they’ve been telling the GOP for several years now. Elections have consequences. While it was close, you lost the midterms and now you have to play ball with the other guys for a while if you want to get anything done.
Wipe your face. You have some McC running down your chin.
Liberal Jews will go for that.🤣
A preacher was saying we are not in Ezekiel 38 because the US is supporting Israel. As he said it I was thinking, “when the rubber hits the road, let’s just see...
“OK, if Speaker Johnson succeeds in passing it in the House but it dies in the Senate or gets vetoed by Joe Biden, will the Freedom Caucus blame him for this failure and move to vacate his Speakership?”
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The appropriate question is, if Speaker Johnson doesn’t bend to the will of biden, (just as McCarthy had done) will the rino’s move to vacate his speakership?
Some ally. No 10% = Auto Veto.
>> Define butt hurt rino.
Please allow me to take a stab at it.
Are you sore because Free-Spending RINO McCarthy was dumped and replaced by a principled conservative, and therefore wish to see Johnson fail in his principled stand for fiscal responsibility?
If so, you might be a Butt-Hurt RINO.
3rd term muslim pResident Zero does not want his underling Xiden giving Israel any aid.
it was a mistake to pull this stunt with israel aid ... they SHOULD have done it with a bill aiding ukraine ...
Wait a minute!!
I thought the House has the “Power of the Purse”.
I’ve heard it said over and over again. So how can the Sock Puppet veto it?
He’s saying after the bill is reconciled with the Senate the bill sent to him if it looks anything like the House bill he will veto it. SloJoe is putting down his line in the sand early.
“OK, if Speaker Johnson succeeds in passing it in the House but it dies in the Senate or gets vetoed by Joe Biden, will the Freedom Caucus blame him for this failure and move to vacate his Speakership?”
No.
RE: Are you sore because Free-Spending RINO McCarthy was dumped and replaced by a principled conservative, and therefore wish to see Johnson fail in his principled stand for fiscal responsibility?
Two separate questions with two separate answers:
1. In regards to McCarthy, NO.
2. In regards to wanting to see Johnson fail, Again NO.
But, but, but… how is he going to overcome a veto?
He can’t. Not with his slim majority in the House and a Senate controlled by Democrats and RINOs.
That’s as real as the existence of Hamas.
You might wish that these circumstances aren’t there, but they are.
No... because the freedom caucus is about ways to NOT spend money. They put up a clean bill to aid Israel. Why on earth would the Freedom Caucus be upset that he didn’t bundle it with enough pork to please the Democrats and Biden.
THAT is what Freedom Caucus would remove him over.
Yeah, I know.
My point is that the idea that the House alone controls spending (has the power of the Purse) is a joke.
If biden vetoes aid to Israel, then Johnson should draw up the same exact bill for ukraine and the funds taken from the irs. Let biden veto that, then Johnson can tell him that no other offer will be made.
Sounds like the Official Pedophile of the United States might be a fan of Muslim Terrorism. I figured as much.
I initially thought it was Clinton
😂
This isn’t rocket science. Aid to Israel goes to Israel, there is no skim, but aid to Ukraine gets us ours and many others their cut of the skim, which is running about 50% of the take.
Do you job for once GOP House. This con game where the Senate and the White House tell you you have to only pass the bills they want needs to end once and for all.
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