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Home Front: Politix
Democrats' new $3 trillion coronavirus bill includes $5 MILLION for lawmakers to buy new laptops and upgrade WiFi
2020-05-13
  • [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

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

#7  Laptops are outdated in a very short time.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  

#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  

#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  

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

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

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

#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  

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