Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Saturday said he will keep Ukraine aid in the Pentagon funding bill, a reversal from his announcement one day earlier that he would strip the money out due to opposition from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol that he decided to keep the $300 million of Ukraine aid in the bill after recognizing that another spending measure set to come up next week — one that funds the State Department and Foreign Operations — also includes money for Kyiv.
Welcher.
another movie to keep an eye on
Killers of the Flower Moon | Official Trailer 2 (2023 Movie)
Killers Of The Flower Moon is “Scorsese’s most innovative and best movie in decades.” Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone. Exclusively in theatres October 20.
At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight. The wealth of these Native Americans immediately attracted white interlopers, who manipulated, extorted, and stole as much Osage money as they could before resorting to murder. Based on a true story and told through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), “Killers of the Flower Moon” is an epic western crime saga, where real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal. Also starring Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, and Jillian Dion, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is directed by Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, based on David Grann’s best-selling book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cx9nCHsemc
Senate GOP Considers ‘Special’ Meeting To Determine Mitch McConnell’s Future In The Party Following Another Health Scare - Should He Resign?
Reports from Congress indicate that a group of Republican senators are convening a meeting to discuss the leadership of the Senate GOP following the second public medical scare involving Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
The 81-year-old senator has become a center of controversy akin to his elder colleague Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), 90, who was called upon to resign by many in and out of her party after an extended medical absence and finds herself in a family legal battle over her late husband’s estate.
According to Politico, Republican senators have discussed holding a larger meeting once the full Senate returns from summer vacation next week, citing a source directly involved with the conversations. Party leaders are not yet involved in the conversation and nothing has been decided for certain the source said.
Surprisingly, the threshold to force a special conference meeting is only five votes and this is reportedly the most direct route to changing leadership in the upper chamber of Congress.
However, as the outlet notes, the private luncheons held by the Senate GOP twice or three times every week provide an alternate venue for these discussions on the party leadership to manifest and could potentially forestall a more formal meeting.
This wouldn’t be the first challenge to McConnell’s leadership should it go to a vote. The first was launched last fall by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and failed in a 37-10 vote.
Sentiment online from many conservative commentators has been swinging against McConnell for well over two years, hitting perhaps a peak in the aftermath of the Jan. 6th electoral college certification that saw him reject the election challenges of 45th President Donald Trump.
The renewed challenges coming from a question of capacity rather than political difference could be quite different though.
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Saturday said he will keep Ukraine aid in the Pentagon funding bill, a reversal from his announcement one day earlier that he would strip the money out due to opposition from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol that he decided to keep the $300 million of Ukraine aid in the bill after recognizing that another spending measure set to come up next week — one that funds the State Department and Foreign Operations — also includes money for Kyiv.
Welcher.
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SICKENING! WHy hasn’t the Freedom Caucus tossed him out??
Looks as though McCarthy-puke may not get the votes to pour more $$ down the rate hole.