The Senate last night passed a bloated $176.4 billion “minibus” spending bill (82–15)

X ^ | Jan 15 | Sen. Rand Paul

[RandFan]

@RandPaul

The Senate just passed a bloated $176.4 billion “minibus” spending bill by a vote of 82–15.

46 Republicans joined Democrats after promising voters they’d rein in Washington’s reckless spending.

See if your senators voted for this disaster....

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: 40trilliondebt; randpaulisgay; randspam

[RandFan]

Bipartisanship

Rand calls it a 'disaster'. They all voted for it.

Might as well list the ones who didn't:-

Republican Senators: Johnson, Lee, Lummis and Scott (FL)

Democratic Senators: Bennet, Booker, Hickenlooper, Kim, Markey, Murphy, Padilla, Sanders (I), and Warren

Did not vote: Hagerty, Moody, Peters

[oldernittany]

Can we trade Rand Paul for Fetterman already?

[Mr Rogers]

Politics is about getting the best deal one can. Not about getting perfection. This was probably as good a deal as could be passed.

Would I prefer we CUT spending by 20% of the budget? Yep, But no one would vote for it.

[RandFan]

When will they do the right thing?

Probably when forced. I dont know when that will be

A big crisis on the cards. (at some point?)

[Mouton]

This is the best defense against having the commie states attract the US. We are doing it to ourselves. Recall the political adage that when the voters figure out they can loot the treasury by way of the vote, it is all over. 38 trillion in debt growing larger is suicide.

[The Louiswu]

Does Congress do anything else but vote to spend more money?

[Bernard]

If it gets vetoed and then passed again in Congress, the Republicans can say goodbye to the 2026 mid-terms. A significant percentage of the people who voted Republican in 2024 voted for Donald Trump, not the Republican candidate.

If it gets vetoed and Pubs in the House and Senate come to their senses, there might be a chance.

[Brian Griffin]

Enter in bills for two constitutional amendments.

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Levies on any residential property of less than 2799 square feet of finished living space shall be no higher than the 2019 dollar amounts for the property, or for a newer or since resold property no higher than what it would have been levied at for 2019 if it lacked owner specific tax breaks, increased by 3% per calendar year since 2019 and by any percentage increase to its finished living space.

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Federal taxation on personal income shall be progressively capped as follows:
below 20% of the median federal full-time civilian employee compensation amount, 10%,
below 50% of the median federal full-time civilian employee compensation amount, 22%,
below the median federal full-time civilian employee compensation amount, 30%,
below the average federal full-time civilian employee compensation of the 100,000 largest recipients, 35%,
below the average federal full-time civilian employee compensation of the 10,000 largest recipients, 40%.

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[Note 1: All percentages to include employee FICA and self-employment tax as they are income taxes.]
[Note 2: These are very close to the combined (1040 + employee FICA & Medicare) personal income tax rates now levied.]
[Note 3: Anything that the IRS would as of January 1, 2024 legally be able to collect income tax on if provided to any person would be considered compensation.]

Fighting in Congress to send middle-class income and property taxation cap constitutional amendments to the states would make Congress turn deep red come 2027.

[SeekAndFind]

I invested in gold and silver for nearly a decade because overspending resulting in money printing and eventually resulting in currency debasement is a fact that I cannot ignore.

I’ve been right so far in my investment and I don’t think I will be wrong. I’ll accumulate even more gold should the Democrats (God forbid ) take over congress this November.

[RandFan]

you’ve done very well though it’s lamentable the state things are in .

I’ve said the same thing though all we can do is prepare

It’s like watching a car wreck in slow motion someitmes

[Brian Griffin]

H.R.6938

Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026

This bill provides FY2026 appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for activities and programs related to commerce, law enforcement, science, energy and water development, public lands, and the environment.

Specifically, the bill includes 3 of the 12 regular FY2026 appropriations bills:

the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026;
the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; and
the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026.
The departments, agencies, and activities funded in the bill include

the Department of Commerce,
the Department of Justice,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
the National Science Foundation,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects,
the Department of Energy,
the Department of the Interior,
the Environmental Protection Agency,
the Forest Service,
the Indian Health Service, and
several related and independent agencies.
The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6938

[Brian Griffin]

WASHINGTON DC – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is introducing the End Welfare for Non-Citizens Act, legislation intended to end the appropriation of taxpayer-funded benefits, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and any other federal benefit, subsidy, or service, to refugees, asylees, or immigrants present in the United States without legal status.

“With a national debt exceeding $38 trillion, Washington should not be running a welfare system on autopilot,” said Dr. Paul. “The End Welfare for Non-Citizens Act puts America First by stopping taxpayer dollars from being siphoned into benefits for non-citizens. If we want a sustainable safety net and responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars, this bill is a must-pass.”

https://www.paul.senate.gov/dr-rand-paul-introduces-the-end-welfare-for-non-citizens-act/

[bobbo666]

The ones mentioned here (partial list) are responsible.
Venezuela’s former Chief of National Intelligence Hugo Carvajal has OFFICIALLY RELEASED every U.S. Senator who is on THE VENEZUELA LIST of politicians who have been receiving MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN KICKBACKS from the Maduro regime and Venezuelan drug trafficking organizations that make up his government in exchange for using their government positions and influence to undermine President Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s ongoing war with these narcoterrorists.
Every one of these Senators is guilty of providing aid and comfort to THE ENEMY during a time of war and has the blood of their fellow American citizens.
(HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of whom die of drug overdoses every year at the hands of these criminal drug trafficking organizations that bring deadly drugs into our country) on their hands.
May each and every one of them be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and may their names forever live in shame for their treason.
Below is EVERY U.S. SENATOR ON THE VENEZUELA LIST:
Lisa Murkowski - R - Alaska
Mark Kelly - D - Arizona
Ruben Gallego - D - Arizona

[Amendment10]

Thank you for referencing article RandFan.

The Senate last night passed a bloated $176.4 billion “minibus” spending bill (82–15)

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And misguided, constitutionally low-information, post-17th Amendment ratification voters will respond to this election year dog and pony show by predictably reelecting senators up for reelection in 2026.

Career lawmakers aren't the real problem.

[SMARTY]

Is this why “X” is down

[Svartalfiar]

Does Congress do anything else but vote to spend more money?

Well duh. They sometimes vote to take more of your money too!

[SeekAndFind]

RE: you’ve done very well though it’s lamentable the state things are in .

I feel like a vulture feeding on the carcass of poor victims. But the vulture did not cause the victims. Even Vultures have to live and survive.

I would rather this not happen, but what else can one do but go defensive in times like these?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Does Congress do anything else but vote to spend more money?

[Svartalfiar]

1) Why 2019? Why let it increase at all and price people out of family homes?

How about cap your value at the price you paid for it? (Within reasonable assessment/market value?) Force cities/counties to actually raise rates or budget better, instead of getting a free 5-10% boost every year because your assessment goes up as much as it can.

Property should be as inviolote as we can make it. Homestead exemption of 100%, up to median or average (or double thereof) for your district? No more stealing homes because someone couldn’t pay those ever-increasing taxes.

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2) Terrible idea. FedGov will just manipulate Fed jobs until the ‘average’ is waay low and they can tax everyone even more than currently.

Temporary: everyone who files taxes gets, say, $10M deduction. $5000 per familial dependant. Married/joint, you both get full, and $7500 per familial dependant. After that, flat 10% across the board. Very limited “adjustment to income”s, absolutely no refundable credits.

Permanent: abolish income tax, 16A/17A. When a budget or law appropriates, that is split by 535 and each CongressCritter takes their share back to their State. They can use the above income, corporate, non-homestead property, whatever method they want to come up with the dough. I bet the States would decimate Fed spending ten or twenty times over to keep themselves solvent.

[TexasGator]

NASDAQ and S&P 500 have outperformed.