U.S. House, in 275-134 vote, passed bill for $2,000 individual direct payments. House considered bill under expedited "suspension of the rules" procedure requiring a 2/3rds majority for passage.
— Greg Giroux (@greggiroux) December 28, 2020
D 231-2
R 44-130
I 0-2
How did your congressman vote on $2,000? Mine voted "nay"https://t.co/496WI8hySp
— Hunter Wallace (@MisterBlackPill) December 29, 2020
Here is the congressional vote for the $2000 stimulus checks. pic.twitter.com/ZaoIxjNYwA
— Gabe F. Guidarini (@GabeGuidarini) December 29, 2020
The House vote on $2,000 stimulus checks: 231 Democrats and 44 Republicans were Yea, 2 Democrats, 2 Independents and 130 Republicans were Nay. It barely cleared the 2/3rds threshold.
At least 100 Republicans voted yea. https://t.co/9z8qF5UiPq
— The Columbia Bugle ?? (@ColumbiaBugle) December 29, 2020
The NDAA vetoed by Trump contains this provision, approved on a fully bipartisan basis, that would restrict his ability to withdraw troops from Afghanistan until an elaborate "report" is submitted — because there haven't been enough "reports" compiled in the past 19 years pic.twitter.com/TDBreQSvMA
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) December 24, 2020
Over 100 Republicans voted to override Trump's veto on the NDAA and voted against raising the stimulus checks to $2,000 pic.twitter.com/dC31yXx1Fu
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 28, 2020
Here is your new Republican Party.
44 Republicans backed Trump and voted for $2,000 stimulus checks.
109 Republicans broke with Trump and voted to overturn his veto of the 2021 NDAA which 1.) keeps American troops in Afghanistan, 2.) costs $740.5 billion dollars (strangely, the performance art “deficit hawks” voted for it), 3.) renames military bases named after Confederate generals and 4.) contains within it the United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2020 which will provide Israel with $3.3 billion dollars in military assistance every year through 2028.
The Democrats and Republicans should reject the political extremes and work together as moderates. As for the Republicans….the idiots who voted against Stimulus Checks in the worst part of a World Health Pandemic are a perfect example of what such political extremists on the right wing really think about We The People. Nothing but a bunch of Jew Capitalist Pigs and White Rich People who think just like them. Vote every single one of them out of office! Deo Vindice !
2 of the 3 Repuliturd Representatives from here in WVa voted “nay” – how they can look around this state and not see what a Godsend $2000 would be to most people is beyond comprehension. I hope the Dems use this cheapskate stunt to stuff it up the Repubs’ ass in the GA Senate race.
Keeps troops in Afghanistan, renames military bases, billions to Israel for virtually the rest of the decade…….not real sure how any of this helps the average American in any real way.
Ugghh…….it really makes me sick.
Those Congressmen get paid a great deal by their plutocrat masters NOT to represent the best interests of their constituency.
Time to vote for the “least worst” Democrat. The Republicans are the greater of two evils.
Where do the Trillions of Dollars constantly being created actually go? How is it possible for the U.S. to do with money what no other nation can do? https://www.stalkerzone.org/how-much-longer-the-us-will-still-be-able-to-print-dollars-and-not-sink/
Were the trillions are going is a problem. Where they’re coming from will prove to be a bigger problem.
ANSWER: Huge arsenal.
The war industry does make up a very large portion of the U.S.’s mostly NON-productive and unneeded-services gross national product.
The Russian article I linked above is worth reading, I think. The laws of economics do not apply to the Hegemon.
Another good, useful economics discussion I noticed today: https://thesaker.is/a-hard-look-at-rent-and-rent-seeking-with-michael-hudson-pepe-escobar/ Of course I do not agree with Hudson’s ideal of a mixed economy, but he is excellent on rent usury.