Posted on 12/05/2022 2:03:34 PM PST by Enlightened1
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell has caved to outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and will allow the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include the highly controversial media cartel bill the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News.
Over objections from House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, the likely next speaker of the House come January 3 of next year, other congressional leaders acquiesced to lobbyist pressure and agreed to include the JCPA in the base text of the NDAA. McCarthy was the only member of congressional leadership to fight back against the inclusion, but was overruled three to one after McConnell caved.
The JCPA has absolutely nothing to do with national defense, so the move—a swan song of sorts for Pelosi, who just announced she is leaving congressional leadership but retaining her House seat after Democrats lost the majority to the GOP in the midterm elections—is an egregious step for an outgoing leader of the past against precedent as the NDAA has generally been reserved just for national security matters.
Proponents of the JCPA have been struggling for over a year to move the controversial proposal through Congress, hitting roadblocks every step of the way in committee hearings and fierce opposition from Republicans like McCarthy and others including Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise, Marsha Blackburn, Tom Cotton, and more.
That’s why lobbyists supporting the bill on behalf of deep-pocketed industry interests zoned in on two must-pass legislative vehicles in this lame duck session of Congress as last ditch efforts to pass it before the GOP formally takes control of the House next year: the NDAA or a spending bill like an omnibus spending bill currently also being negotiated.
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Awwwww C’mon....Tell us what you REALLY think....
ROFL...That was rich!!!!!
I rest my case.
Transbidenary
Not just a bailout for local newspapers. It’s a bailout for all local media that has some form of news content. I believe government will subsidize 50% of News employees salaries for 5 years if I remember correctly.
Nothing good can be said about Mitch McConnell he’s cheap and easy another DC whore.
Given that Democrats usually name their bills the exact opposite of what they do, I expect the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to reduce competition and reinforce my Tagline.
McConnell sold out to Pelosi years ago.....couldn’t turn down the money.
McConnell didn’t cave. He supports the Democrats. Republicans who support MConnell are in their hearts, socialist Democrats.
WORTHLESS POS!
Nothing stops those new sources from putting their content behind a pay wall. But then, of course, all those advertisers on that page will not get clicks, and the propaganda arm of the dnc will dry up and go away faster. How many people who click to follow an article from a social media site, do so only to witness the moral depravity on display? Maybe a little less lecturing, and some even handedness when reporting the news would be better for these companies.
Mitch didn’t cave. He was following the script. There was never any intention of him opposing it.
I’d really like to know what this is about before passing judgement
The Turtle strikes again!
Gobbler caved? Not a chance, he led the pack. He’s the reason the GOPe has an “e” at the end. I’ve been involved in politics for almost 50 years and can’t think of a more disgusting unipartytarian the last two generations.
It would also leave FR with nothing but blog posts and vanities to comment on.
No thanks.
Mitch McConnell caves. Well Duh, and water is wet too.
Thanks, Pogo
Surrender monkeys maintain their historical reputation...
It will soon be the same in the House when the surrender monkeys take control of the House in January...
Albert Einstein: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”...
In our case, it refers to electing the same old GOPers...
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