Tag: Government shutdown
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Not A Game
Donald Trump hates the affordable care act otherwise known as Obama care. He wants it destroyed. He wants it replaced with his own healthcare plan, which nobody, including Trump, has any idea what it would look like. The sticking point, in the now monthlong government shut down, is the extension of Obama care subsidies. The…
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Not Easy Being Greene
“I’m carving my own lane. And I’m absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year.” Upon reading this quote, one would think it was made by a Democrat. “Not a single Republican in leadership talked to us about this or has given us a plan to help Americans…
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Insurance Nightmare
The government shut down continues in the United States. A big stumbling block is the Democrats demand to continue extended Affordable Care Act (Obama care) subsidies beyond this year.These extended subsidies were put in place by the Biden administration during Covid. Democrats are saying that if these extended subsidies are ended at the end of…
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Blame Game Shutdown
US government shut down last night at midnight Eastern time. The Republicans want to pass a stopgap measure to continue funding for another seven weeks. The Republicans need 60 votes in the Senate for this to pass. There are 53 Republican senators. They need seven Democrat senators to vote with them, for the stop gap…
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No Longer Funny
A couple of weeks back, I made a couple of mocking (bird) chirps about the soap opera in congress surrounding Kevin McCarthy’s fight to retain his Speakership. Kevin eventually lost it and Congress shut down. Well, Congress has been shut down for ten days now and it is no longer funny. Two potential replacements came…
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Cojones?
So the question is, did Kevin McCarthy grow a pair on Saturday? After being threatened all week by Matt Gaetz and his ilk, resembling a cat fight similar to the Lauren Boebert-Marjorie Taylor Greene catfight, Kevin said ‘enough was enough’. He put in a proposal, that did not even come close to what the hard-liners…
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Saving Kevin’s Bacon
It took 15 rounds of votes for Kevin to become House Speaker. This is a job hje long desired. In the first days, following January 6, Kevin put the blame on the insurrection on Trump. Then he saw that the Trumpkins still supported Trump. Kevin wanted the Speakership so bad that he went to Mar-a-Lago…
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Clown Show Continues
Sourced from CNN website – Reuters/Getty These two clowns sink lower and lower. The adults need to come into the room as a government shutdown looms and these are the guys in control. That they have a hate for each other is apparent. There is a House Ethics Committee investigation on Gaetz for his alleged…