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To: AnthonySoprano

Anthony, I found a link for your story.

Debt ceiling: Massie files payment prioritization amendment ahead of rules vote

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/debt-ceiling-massie-payment-prioritization-amendment

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) filed an amendment Tuesday that would require the Treasury to prioritize payments using a five-tiered structure and indicated he would vote in favor of the debt deal negotiated by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden.

Massie announced during a House Rules Committee hearing that he would vote in favor of the debt limit bill. He was considered the swing vote and didn’t disclose how he would vote until the Tuesday hearing.

“I anticipate voting for this rule,” Massie said. “When people want to express their ideology, the floor of the House on the actual final passage of the bill is the place to do that. [We] owe them an honest shake and a playing field that doesn’t change.”

The tiered payment structure he introduced would prioritize different payments. Tier 1 would include public debt, Social Security, and Medicare payments. Tier 2 would include payments for the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Tier 3 would include payments for programs not designated in a tier. Tier 4 would include compensation for the executive branch and some other government activities. Tier 5 would include compensation for members of Congress.

Massie is considered the GOP swing vote in the Rules hearing on the debt limit bill. When going in, he says he’s made a decision but wouldn’t announce how he’ll vote.

Meanwhile, he has filed an amendment that would require Treasury to prioritize payments using tiered structure


47 posted on 05/30/2023 2:58:25 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Looks like in Massie’s Tier 5, they might have given themselves a raise in compensation.


48 posted on 05/30/2023 3:00:53 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

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Thank you sir.

He’s offering up excuses for his overwhelming desire to save Corrupt Joe Biden.

Massie blamed Trump for Govt Spending in the last week, and, as fate would have it, it all came down to him, and it turned out all his self-serving Lies have been exposed.

Great Conservative lecturing on the damage of the Debt gets caught sleeping with Adam Schiff and slinking down to Joe’s Beach House.

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51 posted on 05/30/2023 3:02:13 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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