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Home Front: Politix
In Light of the Kennedy Center Layoffs, a Republican Congressman Introduces a Bill to Get Back the $25 Million
2020-04-01
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#11  Do we have the names of folk who put this in? Seems like that would be a major question.

The bank has been robbed! Let's demand the money back. He kiddies, who the hell was the robber?
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-04-01 20:28  

#10  Trump should book a MAGA rally in the Kennedy Center as they will never ask for money again.
Posted by: Airandee   2020-04-01 15:28  

#9  ^Politics is the art of the possible.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-04-01 12:49  

#8  Kabuki. Also horse trading. In a $2.3 trillion bill, $25 million isn’t even a rounding error, and it was part of the price President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell paid to get the honourable Speaker of the House to agree to what they needed. Recall that her going in bid was $2.5 trillion in spending, of which $35 million was for the Kennedy Center, and which included non-monetary sugar plums for unions and other traditional Democratic party clients.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-04-01 12:34  

#7  A sewage treatment plant?
Posted by: gorb   2020-04-01 12:09  

#6  A dog park, some green space, a small apple orchard ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-04-01 10:44  

#5  Yes, and conspiracy to commit fraud charges.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-04-01 10:41  

#4  Republican Wisconsin Rep. Bryan Steil’s without appreciation, so he’s introduced a proposal to rescind the $25 mil. In a press release, he laid it out:
“Some in Washington felt it was important to spend $25 million of taxpayer dollars on the Kennedy Center when there are obviously bigger needs right now. This is frivolous spending in the midst of a national emergency. Coronavirus requires a serious and targeted response...
Posted by: b   2020-04-01 10:21  

#3  So put a lien on the building, like the government would do to your house.
Posted by: Ulaviling Dark Lord of the French1268   2020-04-01 09:23  

#2  Forget it, the money is gone. Plywood over the windows and doors in 5,4,3....
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-04-01 08:35  

#1  like
Posted by: 3dc   2020-04-01 05:07  

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