Senate to take up $1.1T bill to keep govt running
Source: AP-Excite
By ANDREW TAYLOR
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's now up to the Senate to pass a huge $1.1 trillion spending bill to keep the government running, but not before a battle between old school veterans and new breed freshmen such as tea partier Ted Cruz and Elizabeth Warren, a liberal with a national following.
The smart money's on old school types such as Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and GOP Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
The measure passed the House on Thursday after a day of drama but by a relatively comfortable 219-206 vote. The vote came after GOP leaders sent the House into a seven-hour recess to give the White House time to lobby Democrats angry that the measure weakens rules on trading risky financial products known as derivatives and allows wealthy donors to pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into political parties.
In the end, 57 House Democrats voted for the bill, including two of the party's top three leaders. Democrats argued that there was too much good in the bill to scuttle it and get a worse deal next year when Republicans seize control of the Senate.
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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev., left, talks with Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, during a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol whose valor and dedication saved countless lives during World War II. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Last night we in Maryland got a unanimous vote on a budget bill that greed is more important than retirees, FDIC saving accounts, EPA, Campaign spending, NRLB, Postal system and the union, CFPB, and other programs to help the American citizen when they, (all 8 led by)
Steny Hoyer--minority whip ----democrat ----- $195,000 salary from taxpayers
Chris Van Hollen----democrat --------$195,000 salary from taxpayers
John Delaney-------democrat-------$174,000 salary from taxpayers
Donna Edwards-----democrat--------$195,000 salary from taxpayers
Andy Harris (doctor) -----republican -- Club for Growth ------$174,000 salary from taxpayers
C. Ruppersberger----democrat-------$174,000 salary from taxpayers
John Sarbanes-----democrat-------$174,000 salary from taxpayers
Elijah Cummings-----democrat-------$195,000 salary from taxpayers
And as a side note we had the president push for this bill
Barack Obama------democrat----------$400,000 salary from taxpayers
These 8 individuals took 15:00 minutes to vote and in my opinion will further the decimation of citizens (poor, middle class, elderly) that are struggling in this state, and elsewhere and they will come before the cameras on shows like the Ed Show, Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, Andrea Mitchell, and others to say, that the full faith of the credit of the country was at stake---and the seniors and the military and other programs would have stopped and would have been shut down, yes but it is hogwash, the bill or budget would have been paid for, they can put anything they want on a credit card anything and pay for it.
No------the country now has a big blank sign on it saying "FOR SALE" to any bidder and that collectively the support for corporate greed and lobbyists were more important.
As a side note to this rant if these (8) had they voted NO (Nay) the bill would have been in trouble, and the republicans would have had to come back to the table and some of these riders could have been removed.
But a vacation, another one in the series (224 days), was more important, and the last minute shenanigans was more important with the 15 minutes it took to put a bill out on floor of Congress, without any committee hearings or discussion but and for the firms on Wall Street and there Ponzi scheme trading practices that crashed the country 5 years ago.
