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railfancwb Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 1 hour ago, pipedreams said: The reason at some level for campaigning and dropping out is to have unused campaign donations to repurpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 2 hours ago, pipedreams said: Most likely the money is no longer there. The Trump administration has withdrawn a request to rescind funding dedicated to fighting Ebola, as efforts to stave off the virus are currently underway in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Trump had initially asked Congress to withdraw $252 million in Ebola response funds as part of a larger package that would rescind $15 billion in government funds that haven't been spent. A vote on that package hasn't been scheduled in the House yet. When a president uses this measure, committees in Congress have 25 days to either approve or reject the measure, or make changes. If they do not take action, then the proposal can go to the full House and Senate for action. The U.S. is contributing $8 million toward the fight. The House is expected to approve the president's rescission request. A rescission package has been introduced in the Senate and can pass with a simple majority, meaning the Senate can pass it if they can get the support of all of its 50 voting Republican members. In accordance with section 1014(c) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 685(c)), I am withdrawing four previously proposed rescissions and reporting revisions to six rescissions previously transmitted to the Congress. The withdrawals are for the Federal Highway Administration Miscellaneous Appropriations and Miscellaneous Highway Trust Funds accounts of the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Programs and Management account of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the International Disaster Assistance account of the United States Agency for International Development. The six revised rescissions, totaling $896 million, affect the programs of the Departments of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, and the Treasury, as well as the Corporation for National and Community Service. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trump-scraps-plan-to-cut-ebola-funds this was June 5, 2018. No coronavirus. and it was withdrawn, not denied. It was actually approved for a vote. A group of nine Republican senators has introduced a White House proposal to rescind $15 billion in federal spending, putting pressure on reluctant GOP leaders to take up the measure. The bill would cut funding that has not been spent, much of it unused money from the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. The senators named the bill the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, which takes aim at Democrats who have claimed the cuts would directly hurt CHIP. Republicans have argued the money can no longer be used and is sitting dormant in the CHIP budget. And the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has determined the $7 billion in CHIP cuts will not impact the program’s coverage. Authorization has run out for the money, and it can’t be spent. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/senate-fiscal-hawks-pressure-mcconnell-with-bill-to-cut-15b-in-unused-funding this was May 25, 2018. Ten days before the White House pulled the request. sorry, but this isn’t trump being awesome. This is the fiscal GOP pushing the request and Trump pulling it due to pressure from Mitch and the Dems. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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janice6 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 3 hours ago, pipedreams said: The truth is that, many people don't mind killing other people, they just want to be the ones to pick out who should be killed. Their only fear is that if they don't do the picking, someone may pick them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dric902 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 32 minutes ago, pipedreams said: For how long?? just long enough to get their spending added to it . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dric902 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Republicans Nudge Trump: Maybe Dial It Back At These Daily Briefings As unemployment soars and the death toll skyrockets, and new polls show support for the president’s handling of the crisis sagging, White House allies and Republican lawmakers increasingly believe the briefings are hurting the president more than helping him. Many view the sessions as a kind of original sin from which all of his missteps flow, once he gets through his prepared script and turns to his preferred style of extemporaneous bluster and invective… In interviews, Republican lawmakers, administration officials and members of his re-election campaign said they wanted Mr. Trump to limit his error-filled appearances at the West Wing briefings and move more aggressively to prepare for the looming recession… One of Mr. Trump’s top political advisers, speaking on the condition of anonymity so as not to anger the president, was even blunter, arguing that the White House was handing Mr. Biden ammunition each night by sending the president out to the cameras… And it’s not just an overwhelming majority of voters who believe the medical experts should be center stage: Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, personally urged Mr. Trump at the start of the crisis to let Drs. Fauci and Birx be the face of the response, according to a Republican official familiar with their conversation. Counterpoint: “Mr. Trump has told aides he relishes the free television time and boffo ratings that come with his appearances, administration officials say,” per the NYT. Not just aides! The reason the briefings are a ratings hit, said the WSJ in a new editorial today, is because they involve a subject that’s life and death for 330 million Americans, “not because people enjoy Donald Trump sparring with the White House press corps like a Packers-Bears game.” You’ll never, ever convince him of that, so why bother trying? Some aides, in fact, don’t bother. The Times claims they’ve nudged him about not jabbing at governors so much during the briefings, especially governors in swing states like Gretchen Whitmer who are getting good marks from voters locally, but “they acknowledge their efforts can be something of a fool’s errand; the president has his style and he won’t change, they say.” A politician who cared more about reelection than in airing personal grievances would steer clear of squabbling with a popular leader in Michigan. https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2020/04/10/republicans-nudge-trump-maybe-dial-back-daily-briefings/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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