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That deletion doesn’t sanitize this bill by a long shot. Ut needs to be shut down in the Senate.
Never mind that Congress cannot justify the subway under its constitutional Article I, Section 8-very limited powers.
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States." —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
How dare you even put it in the bill.
That’s a kick to the...
There’s also $70 million going to Honolulu’s failed rail project (the most expensive transportation project per mile in U.S. history).
https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/03/covid-19-relief-bill-includes-70-million-for-honolulu-rail/
It’s a Bart extension in San Jose, not her district so why is she bemoaning San Francisco’s drop in usage of the local bus and rail cars? It’s an unemployment thing. Fund unemployment, not the trains
Maybe she wanted sandwiches for everyone
What’s that? About two miles from her house to her hair dresser?
“Byrd rule”..? But he’s a KKK racist. Anything he ever did needs to be cancelled.
Kinda surprised the media hasn’t quietly changed that “D” after his name to “R”.
Whatever happened to the pay as you go rule? Another law to be used capriciously?
Pay as you go would mean they’d have to cut the budget elsewhere to fit this in.
No such thing ever seems to happen, except for a couple things Trump supported.
This Parliamentarian is the only one in Washington doing her job.
My new Favorite person....The Senate PARLIAMENTARIAN!!!! HEAR!! HEAR!!
What the hell is a senate parliamentarian.