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2020-05-13 Home Front: Politix
Democrats' new $3 trillion coronavirus bill includes $5 MILLION for lawmakers to buy new laptops and upgrade WiFi
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Nancy Pelosi unveiled the new $3 trillion coronavirus legislation on Tuesday

  • One stipulation for the Legislative Branch would give $5 million to House offices to advance their technological capabilities for lawmakers and staffers

  • It would be used for upgrading 'imaging solution' to meet the demand for 'House imaged laptops'

  • Also would increase 'inventory of satellite phone, Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspots, and updated satellite bandwidth technologies' in home district offices

  • The legislation addition comes as lawmakers and their employees cope with new virtual work with very little time on Capitol Hill
Posted by Fred 2020-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ]  Top

#1 They cannot take care of their own servers. Give them typewriters in which they can write their doggerel.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-05-13 00:50||   2020-05-13 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 and VCRs so they can watch their childpron.
Posted by Zenobia Chatch5961 2020-05-13 03:13||   2020-05-13 03:13|| Front Page Top

#3 "And we saved you money by buying Chinese."
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-05-13 11:35||   2020-05-13 11:35|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ These days, who else is selling laptops?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-05-13 12:24||   2020-05-13 12:24|| Front Page Top

#5 If it passes in the Senate, then I’ll be interested — the Democrat-controlled House postures as much as it did when the Republicans had the House but not the Senate. Still, I suppose it’s good to be reminded what they’ll do if they win back the Senate.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-13 15:52||   2020-05-13 15:52|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm disappointed in Pelosi. $3T was all she could come up with? Where's the single payer, the free college, etc? Poor Bernie.

BTW, the best part is the bailout for lobbyists. Their argument: your legislation doesn't write itself.
Posted by Spot 2020-05-13 15:59||   2020-05-13 15:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Laptops are outdated in a very short time. How is it that the poor in the US aren't knee deep in 5 year old laptops?
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-05-13 16:14||   2020-05-13 16:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Gotta replace all that stuff the Awans sold out of their garage.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-13 17:45||   2020-05-13 17:45|| Front Page Top

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