while everyone else gets:

Israel.... 3.3 BILLION

Ukraine....453 MILLION

Pakistan....10 MILLION

Egypt....1.3 BILLION

Sudan....700 MILLION

on and on and on

then there's 4 BILLION of USN Weapons Procurement

2 BILLION for the "SPACE FORCE"

2 BILLION for Air Force missles

40 MILLION to the Kennedy Center

193 Million for Federal HIV/AIDS workers to purchase vehicles....OVERSEAS.

on and on and on

AND YOU AND I...MR & MRS TAXPAYER "MAY" get  $600

From Sundance at Conservative Treehouse... sounds like business as usual in D.C. swamp...

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/12/21/house-voting-today-on-5600-page-pork-filled-covid-package-no-one-has-read-mcconnell-wants-unanimous-consent/

House Voting Today on 5,600 Page Pork-Filled COVID Package No-One Has Read, McConnell Wants Unanimous Consent…

My rough review shows an approximately 70/30 split on the $900+ billion COVID package.  Approximately 30 percent +/- of the bill will actually help working class families and businesses on Main Street.  Approximately 70 percent of the bill will go to political donors, special interests, environmental lobbyists, K-Street groups who wrote the bill, foreign interests, Wall Street and corporate beneficiaries.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) received $4B in the March CARES Act.

This stimulus bill give the MTA ANOTHER $4B, with a new provision that that MTA not lay anybody off.

With everything in NYC on lockdown, you'd think the MTA would have less ridership to serve, and thus fewer positions needing filling and fewer trains to maintain and operate.

Glad our taxes can help them pay the bills there.  So glad Amazon didn't create a bunch of jobs there.  I doubt Amazon would have survived with the pandemic -- everyone ordering everything they need online.

What about our rail?  The City and Hart could use $4B right about now.

Trump did tweet he wanted a stand alone $1200 a while ago, but u know orange man bad right.

When AOC tweets something smart about the 5k page bill, u know u fucked up.


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What about our rail?  The City and Hart could use $4B right about now.

Our rail isn't operational, so there's no impact to commuters if the money dries up.

In NYC, MTA is vital to their residents and visitors since most don't drive in the city -- if ever. 

Taken from another forum.


Stimulus Bill:

$25 Million for Pakistan gender programs
$1.4B for Asia Reassurance Initiative Act
$250M in Palestinian aid
$85M to Cambodia
$700M to Sudan
$135M to Burma
$130M to Nepal

Only $600 for each American.

$500 million to Israel
$300,000,000 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg.. 147 DA FUQ?!
$10,000 per person for student loan bailout
$100,000,000 to NASA, because, who knows why.
$20,000,000,000 to the USPS, because why not
$300,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts  because of it
$300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities/ because no one even knew that was a thing
$15,000,000 for Veterans Employment Training / for when the GI Bill isn't enough
$435,000,000 for mental health support
$30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization fund/ because that will keep people employed (all those zeros can be confusing, that's $30 BILLION)
$200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program
$300,000,000 to Public Broadcasting / NPR has to be bought by the Democrats
$500,000,000 to Museums and Libraries / Who knows how we are going to use it
$720,000,000 to Social Security Admin / but get this only 200,000,000 is to help people. The rest is for admin costs
$25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building / I kid you not it's on page 136
$7,500,000 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries
$35,000,000 to the JFK Center for Performing Arts
$25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives
$3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA
$315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs
$95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development
$300,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance
$90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg. 148
$13,000,000 to Howard University pg. 121
$9,000,000 Misc. Senate Expenses pg. 134
$100,000,000 to Essential Air carriers pg. 162. This of note because the Airlines are going to need billions in loans to keep them afloat ($100,000,000 is chump change.)
$40,000,000,000 goes to the Take Responsibility to Workers and Families Act This sounds like it's direct payments for workers pg. 164
$1,000,000,000 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg. 163
$25,000,000 to the FAA for administrative costs pg. 165
$492,000,000 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg. 167
$526,000,000 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021 pg. 168 (what are the odds that doesn't go unused) Hidden on page 174 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify Congress
$25,000,000,000 for Transit Infrastructure pg. 169
$3,000,000 Maritime Administration pg. 172
$5,000,000 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg. 172
$2,500,000 Public and Indian Housing pg. 175
$5,000,000 Community Planning and Development pg. 175
$2,500,000 Office of Housing

Stimulus Bill:

$25 Million for Pakistan gender programs
$1.4B for Asia Reassurance Initiative Act
$250M in Palestinian aid
$85M to Cambodia
$700M to Sudan
$135M to Burma
$130M to Nepal
$500 million to Israel
$300,000,000 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg.. 147 DA FUQ?!
$315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs
$95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development
$300,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance
$90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg. 148

The stimulus bill is suppose to serve the domestic needs, of its people, not to maintain the US empire's global hegemony or support its vassal states.   

$600.  The average American will get $600.

Not that we had a say or any input into it but, yeah, better than nothing.

Maybe we all should give a cheer.....

1...2....3....go.



yay.

Looking at it as a group and not individually, the $600 payments will probably cost $200B.

This all looks like they think they got rid of Trump, so it is back
to business as usual in the world according to
the Democrat party and loser RINOs.

This all looks like they think they got rid of Trump, so it is back
to business as usual in the world according to
the Democrat party and loser RINOs.

I wonder if the RINOs in Congress would be more willing to shift the electors to Trump if he signs the Stimulus Package, less so if he vetoes it.

I could see him signing to keep from pissing-off the party members who may be the difference between winning or losing the contested election.   

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Trump sends it back asking for $2K a person.

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Trump sends it back asking for $2K a person.

The Relief Bill was voted on with NO AMENDMENTS even offered.  This is possible when members vote 2 hours after the bill was provided for review.

Glad to see Trump send it back and told Congress give the American people $2000 and cut all the give aways to foreign countries.  We need help and our elected officials want to put us last in line.

Glad to see Trump send it back and told Congress give the American people $2000 and cut all the give aways to foreign countries.  We need help and our elected officials want to put us last in line.

Just learned something else I didn't know (2020 is a great year for unusual situations in government procedure and law!).

US Constitution -- Article I, Section 7, Clause 2 -- provides for a rarely used "Pocket Veto" for the President. 

Ordinarily, the President has 10 days to sign a bill into law, or it becomes law without his signature.  He also has Veto Power, in which case he sends the bill back to Congress.  If that happens, Congress can override the veto with a 2/3 "super-majority" Congressional veto vote, which they seem to have already based on the House and Senate voting numbers initially.

However, if the Congress is not in session, the President has no need to actively veto the bill.  He just holds the bill "in his pocket", and the day the Congress adjourns, the bill goes *poof!* -- ceasing to exist.

The current Congress can only remain in session at the latest until Jan 3rd.  On Jan 4th, the new Congress will be sworn in.  if the bill is not presented to the President tomorrow, Dec 23rd, then there's not enough time for Congress to act before adjourning.  Given that the bill just passed this evening, and that the bill is so large, it's improbable the bill will be ready to present to the President before end of day tomorrow.

If the Dec 23rd "deadline" expires, McConnell's warning to Trump that the Congress has the votes to override a Presidential Veto is moot.

Checkmate!  Maybe Nancy shouldn't have dragged her heels for so long?!