Senator Mike Lee Exposes Schumer, McConnell, Johnson, and Jeffries Secretly Spending 85 Days Crafting the 1,547 Abomination

December 20, 2024 — bunkerville

 

Troubled waters for the GOP ahead with the attempted sell out by Johnson in trying to dump 1500 pages of pork on the House. Speaker Johnson, all cozy with Trump these past weeks. He spent time with Trump at Mar a Lago, the Army Navy game etc. and didn’t say a word about the 1,547 page abomination that he’s been working on for weeks.

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Mike Lee:
Schumer, McDonald, Johnson, Jeffrey—the firm. They did this. Okay, McDonald and Schumer cooked this up for the last 85 days in secret, dropped it on everybody Wednesday, and this is where we are.

There is a word for that.

Gateway Pundit:

In a fiery appearance on Jesse Watters’ Primetime, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) pulled back the curtain on what he calls a “historic betrayal of the American people.”

Lee accused Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of secretly negotiating a bloated $1.7 trillion spending bill behind closed doors for nearly three months.

Lee revealed that the controversial legislation had been in the works for 85 days without the public’s knowledge, an act he characterized as an affront to transparency and accountability.

 

Senator Lee predicted dire consequences for those involved, specifically targeting Speaker Mike Johnson’s hold on power.

Too many have too much at stake.

Need more proof of his sell out? A portion of a post of Bunk back in April, 2024.

Paul Ryan Praises Speaker Johnson for Allowing Democrats to Seize House 

Paul Ryan, a member of the Fox Corporation Board of Directors, praised House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for permitting Democrats to seize control of the House last week.

Democrats steamrolled Johnson by successfully pushing Biden administration’s agenda through the House. Johnson gave Biden “pretty much everything” Biden asked for “without having to concede much in return,” Punchbowl reported.

Johnson “found his footing, and his voice. … [H]e did it as a statesman, risking his own personal political fortune for the greater good that he believes in,” Ryan told Axios Tuesday.

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The former House Speaker’s opinion appears to represent the mainstream establishment opinion of Johnson’s historic maneuver, but it does not represent many conservatives.

“A party unable to bring its agenda to the floor for a vote is no longer a functional majority,” Brendan Buck, a top staffer to Ryan, recently wrote in a New York Times op-ed.

Ryan’s comment comes as he holds significant influence within the Fox Corporation Board of Directors. Ryan, a board member since March 2019, serves as the chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at the Fox Corporation.

Sources: Breitbart

Keep an eye out over in the Senate. McConnell is not done yet nor is he going quietly in that dark night. Nothing will move in the Senate without his support.

McConnell Takes Control of Two Most Powerful Committees as he Steps Down as Leader

November 25, 2024 

Thune AKA Paul Ryan 2.0. Trading one master for another. While we celebrated the GOP taking control of the Senate this past election, one has to wonder how far did we come in ridding ourselves of the worst elements that stymied Trump his last go around. It turns out that the old fool McConnell has cut himself a sweet deal in keeping his cold almost dead hands on control of the Senate.

While he may have turned leadership over the Senator Thune, McConnell instead will be in control of the two most powerful committees in the Senate. Maine’s Senator Collins will be right there along side of him taking control of the full Appropriations Committee, another one who with her side kick Murkosksi from Alaska, are thorns in the GOP side

Maine Sen. Susan Collins currently holds the top Republican slot on the Defense Subcommittee, which drafts the Pentagon’s annual spending bill, worth $825 billion.

Collins is expected to become chairwoman of the full Appropriations Committee next year and McConnell said in the statement he looks forward to working with her “to accomplish our shared goal.”

It wasn’t immediately clear Thursday if Collins would become chairwoman of one of the Appropriations Committee’s other 11 subcommittees.

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McConnell will also take over the Senate Rules Committee, one of the oldest panels in the chamber that holds a broad jurisdiction.

The best of the swamp.

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Vote tally count debt ceiling budget default bill

October 16, 2013 — bunkerville

Doesn’t this beat all. A poison pill indeed.  Individual Vote tally at end of post

UNREAL: Senate Deal Changes Rules For Future Debt Ceiling Increases, Congress Would Need Two-Thirds Majority To Stop Obama From Raising Borrowing Limit…

UPDATE:

The bill includes extra funds to fix flooded roads in Colorado, a $3 million  appropriation for a civil liberties oversight board and a one-time payment to  the widow of Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), who died over the summer.

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board would get $3.1 million  under  the bill.

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Add this one:McConnell-Reid Deal Includes $2 Billion Earmark for Kentucky Project…

(We are just finding out what is in the bill since we have to pass it first)

Senate Debt Deal Weakens Congress on Debt Ceiling

Capitol Hill talk regarding the Senate deal apparently includes a provision that would take away the Congress’ power to increase the debt ceiling. According to Politico, it looks like the buzz appears to be true.:

The plan includes a proposal offered by McConnell in the 2011 debt ceiling crisis that allows Congress to disapprove of the debt ceiling increase, which means lawmakers will formally vote on whether to reject a debt ceiling increase until Feb. 7. Obama can veto that legislation if it passes. If Congress fails as expected to gather a two-thirds majority to override the veto, the debt ceiling would be raised. More at  Breitbart

The vote, 81-19, approved an agreement negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). It ends a political standoff that shut down federal programs for 16 days and led to the furlough of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

House Votes

Click on Bill number: H.R. 2775: No Subsidies Without Verification Act (Scroll down at link)

Concurring in the Senate Amendment in the House
House Vote #550
Oct 16, 2013 10:18 p.m.
Passed 285/144

SENATE VOTES

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes    113th Congress –    1st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

 Vote Summary Click on bottom line for individual votes below

Question:              On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 2775 As Amended )
Vote Number: 219 Vote Date: October 16, 2013,  07:56 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Bill Passed
Measure Number: H.R. 2775                (No Subsidies Without Verification Act )
Measure Title: An act making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts: YEAs 81
NAYs 18
Not Voting 1
Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State
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Elderly couple thrown out of home thanks to ‘shutdown’

October 6, 2013 — bunkerville

Anyone who has visited the Lake Mead area knows how expansive it is. Not mentioned are the hundreds of House Boats that are located on the lake as well as the many homes that dot the shoreline. So these folks are plum out of luck. How about this couple of old timers? In their home they have owned for over 40 years.

H/T: Weasel Zippers

They weren’t even able to grab Ralph’s pants.

Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — The government shutdown is being felt close to home for some locals. They say they’re being forced out of private homes on Lake Mead because they sit on federal land.

Joyce Spencer is 77-years-old and her husband Ralph is 80. They’ve been spending most of their time in the family ice cream store since going home isn’t an option.

The Spencers never expected to be forced out of their Lake Mead home, which they’ve owned since the 70s, but on Thursday, a park ranger said they had 24 hours to get out.

“I had to go to town today and buy Ralph undershirts and jeans because I forgot his pants,” Joyce Spencer told Action News.

The Stewart’s Point home sits on federal land, so even though the Spencers own their cabin outright, they’re not allowed in until the government reopens.

Park officials said property owners can visit only to retrieve belongings; they sent Action News a statement which reads in part, “Unfortunately overnight stays are not permitted until a budget is passed and the park can reopen.”

Joyce Spencer said she’s alright in the meantime, staying with nearby family, but the move was a lot to handle as a senior citizen.

“I had to be sure and get his walker and his scooter that he has to go in,” Spencer said. “We’re not hurt in any way except it might cost me if I have to go buy more pants.”

Just one rental location

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