Posted on 12/20/2022 8:16:36 AM PST by MNDude
Lawmakers have come to a $1.7 trillion deal to avoid a government shutdown Package includes $44.9 billion for Ukraine - the largest amount of assistance yet Ban on federal employees from using TikTok on government-owned devices Bill runs for 4,155 pages and had details released about 2 a.m. on Tuesday
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So 2.6% goes towards Ukraine.
Did the congress critters give themselves a raise plus a bonus ?
I quit...
Why suffer the bad optics of a pay raise when you can just launder it through foreign aid?
So nice that we have gentlemanly Rubepublicans assisting the Democrats at every turn.
How much is the Big Guy and his family getting??
The same politicians who were so eager to shut down the private market for covid.
This puts us at about $150 billion total for Ukraine now.
“ Package includes $44.9 billion for Ukraine - the largest amount of assistance yet”
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GIBS-ME-DAT additional $44.9 Billion (TRANSLATED FROM THE UKRAINIAN)
THIS is why I have absolutely no faith that this can be fixed.
Elect Republicans, if you can get around the vote fraud, do it. They dare you. Because they know, elect those rotten, no good, self-serving, spineless scumbag Republicans and you will simply get a slightly camouflaged Democrat.
Florida's entire spending budget in 2022 was 112 Billion. So I guess we've adapted Ukraine as the 51st state. Yet we get 0 revenues, now that's smart.
Ukraine is a distraction.
What else is in that bill...
Don’t forget the Dems got their electoral count act in this too!
“Given the scaredy-cat nature of the Republican Party”
Rush Limbaugh
Agree with the ban. Not the slush fund for the Ukies.
“How much is the Big Guy and his family getting??”
Protection from all he and the president crime family has already ripped off.
wy69
Do they have 60 votes yet?
We have to ban tik tok so the Chinese can’t steal all our dance moves and top secret karaoke videos.
...Electoral Count Act overhaul...
I wonder what other voting-related provisions are in it...
Banning Tik Toc…oh I’m so relieved!!
Oh, that’s the deal yippe! We win! No TikTok for federal employees!
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