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H.R. 5515: John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

Why is this in the new John McCain Space bill just passed?

[GovTrack] Beginning March 1, 2019, if the Secretary proposes to issue a solicitation for a contract for space launch services for which the use of reusable launch vehicles is not eligible for the award of the contract, the Secretary shall notify in writing the appropriate congressional committees of such proposed solicitation, including justifications for such ineligibility, by not later than 10 days after issuing such solicitation.

Posted by 3dc 2018-08-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Maybe we ought to rename Obamacare to be McCainCare instead.

Posted by gorb 2018-08-29 01:46|| 2018-08-29 01:46|| Front Page Top

#2 ..it would have been if the 2008 race had been different.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-08-29 07:13|| 2018-08-29 07:13|| Front Page Top

#3 When did Care become a synonym for rent-seeking?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-08-29 07:27|| 2018-08-29 07:27|| Front Page Top

#4 As a character in Heart of Darkness said, "Him dead, Mistuh Kurtz. Him gahdamn dead..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-08-29 09:50|| 2018-08-29 09:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Orwellian Wordsmithing -- the more lofty and humanitarian an organization, cause, or proposed new law the more that I suspect some dastardly motive hidden somewhere in it. The Devil is truly in the details.

Posted by magpie 2018-08-29 11:56|| 2018-08-29 11:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Purple hearts on the sleeves of his shirts
As he doled out our greasy desserts,
A trader waxed gnomic
Waaay up the Potomac:
Unsinkable John S. McKurtz.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2018-08-29 15:29|| 2018-08-29 15:29|| Front Page Top

#7 To be fair, he does have a history of making equipment non-reusable.

Posted by swksvolFF 2018-08-29 15:52|| 2018-08-29 15:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Almost made USS Forrestal permanently un-reusable.

Posted by Glenmore 2018-08-29 21:14|| 2018-08-29 21:14|| Front Page Top

#9 to be fair Glenmore, it wasn’t anything John did that caused the USS Forest Fire: if anything the loose ordn ance could have been caused by a sloppy Ordie. (note: i dont say that lightly as most ordjes i worked with were true pros, but sometimes sh!t happens)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2018-08-29 23:17|| 2018-08-29 23:17|| Front Page Top

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