Lawrence: House Republican says we’re not ‘little b—-es.’ Dem calls out GOP’s Trump bill mistake.
IT HAS A MISTAKE IN IT. THOSE WERE THE WORDS SPOKEN ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES TODAY AT 11:10 A.M. THAT SHOCKED EVERY
REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES. THEY ALL KNOW THAT THE REAL LEADING EXPERT ON HOUSE RULES IS DEMOCRAT JIM MCGOVERN, THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER OF THE
HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE. THEY KNOW. THAT THE REPUBLICAN CHAIR OF THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, VIRGINIA FOX IS COMPLETELY AND
PERMANENTLY INCOMPETENT, ALWAYS HAS BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE, AS IS HER STAFF, AND SO. THE WAY IN OVER HIS HEAD, REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
MIKE JOHNSON LEARNED FROM DEMOCRAT JIM MCGOVERN. ON THE FLOOR TODAY 11:10 A.M. THAT WHAT SPEAKER JOHNSON BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR OF THE
HOUSE TO VOTE ON. HAD A MISTAKE IN IT. UNLIKE THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CREATES A THEY HAVE A VOTE THAT CREATES A RULE FOR EACH PIECE OF LEGISLATION
THAT PASSES THROUGH THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AND IT’S A DIFFERENT RULE FOR
EACH ONE. IT HAS VERY, THEY ALL HAVE VERY SIMILAR
ELEMENTS IN THE SENATE THERE ARE
THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE
THEY’RE WRITTEN DOWN AND THEY
DON’T CHANGE. BUT THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE CONTROLLED BY
THE PARTY IN POWER LITERALLY WRITES A RULE THAT IS
THE GUIDELINE FOR HOW THAT PARTICULAR BILL
WILL BE HANDLED ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AND THAT RULE ALWAYS SAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THERE WILL BE NO AMENDMENTS
ALLOWED ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. THAT’S WHY YOU ONLY SEE
AMENDMENTS ON THE SENATE FLOOR, NEVER ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. BUT THE INCOMPETENT REPUBLICANS
DID SUCH A BAD JOB OF WRITING THAT VERY SIMPLE ONE
PARAGRAPH RULE. THE JIM MCGOVERN STOPPED
EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TODAY BY
ANNOUNCING TO THE HOUSE. IT HAS A MISTAKE IN IT. WE’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THAT IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, NOTHING THAT STUPID IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND FOR THE NEXT 11 HOURS, THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES WAS PARALYZED BY THAT REPUBLICAN MISTAKE. USUALLY IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES NO ONE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY EVER LISTENS TO ANYTHING ANYONE IN
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAYS ON THE
HOUSE FLOOR, BUT THIS TIME, THIS TIME THE WHOLE HOUSE HEARD WHAT CONGRESSMAN JIM MCGOVERN
SAID WHEN HE STARTED A DRAMA LIKE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WITH THESE WORDS I WANT TO ALERT ALL MEMBERS TO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS RULE. IT HAS A MISTAKE IN IT. REPUBLICANS HAVE RUSHED THIS
PROCESS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO MEET TRUMP’S
ARTIFICIAL JULY 4TH DEADLINE, AND THIS RULE IS NO EXCEPTION. WE FOUND AN ERROR IN THE RULE AT
2 A.M. THIS MORNING AFTER THE RULES
COMMITTEE REPORTED THE RULE. BY REPORT OF THE RULE, JIM MCGOVERN MEANS AFTER THE
REPUBLICANS ON THE RULES COMMITTEE VOTED FOR
THE RULE AND SENT THE RULE TO THE FLOOR OF
THE HOUSE FOR A VOTE BY THE
HOUSE. AND HERE IS THE MISTAKE. THIS IS GOING TO SOUND A LITTLE
IN THE WHEEZE, BUT THEY FORGOT TO DO SOMETHING
CALLED CONSIDERING THE PREVIOUS QUESTION AS ORDERED ON
THEIR BIG UGLY BILL. NOW LET ME PUT THAT IN ENGLISH. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY WON’T
HAVE AN ESCAPE HATCH ONCE THEY START DEBATE ON
THIS BILL. SO IF THEY START IT AND THEY
REALIZE THEY DON’T HAVE THE
VOTES, THEY STILL HAVE TO TAKE THE
EMBARRASSING VOTE. AND THAT WAS SHOCKING NEWS TO THE DAZED
AND CONFUSED SPEAKER MIKE
JOHNSON, WHO WILL NEVER KNOW HALF AS MUCH
AS JIM MCGOVERN KNOWS ABOUT HOW THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES ACTUALLY WORKS. AND WHEN JIM MCGOVERN SAID THAT, WE NOW KNOW THE REPUBLICANS DID NOT HAVE THE
VOTES. MIKE JOHNSON DIDN’T HAVE THE
VOTES TO PASS HIS RULE OR HIS
BILL. DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T HAVE THE
VOTES IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES TO PASS HIS
BILL. AND SO THERE WAS PANIC IN THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE AND IN THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE. NOW I EXPECT THEY’LL TRY TO FIX
THIS WITH AN AMENDMENT, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR
MEMBERS. IF THIS REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
CANNOT GET A ONE PARAGRAPH RULE
RIGHT, CAN WE REALLY TRUST THEM TO GET
AN 870 PAGE BILL RIGHT? NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO FIND
THINGS THAT WERE SNUCK INTO THIS
BILL, WE’RE GOING TO FIND MASSIVE
MISTAKES THAT HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR PEOPLE AND
INDUSTRIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS BEEN
LOUSY, AND THIS RULE IS NO EXCEPTION. AND THEN USING THE OPENING THAT
JIM MCGOVERN IDENTIFIED FOR THE
HOUSE ONE BY ONE. THE DEMOCRATS USED THEIR RIGHT
TO GO TO THE MICROPHONE AND ASK FOR AN
AMENDMENT TO PROTECT MEDICAID AND THE NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM, AND THE REPUBLICANS BLOCKED EVERY SINGLE ATTEMPT ON THE HOUSE FLOOR TODAY TO SAVE MEDICAID AND SAVE THE NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT FEEDS
POOR CHILDREN AND POOR FAMILIES
EVERYWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY, IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE HOUSE
MEMBERS DISTRICTS AND THEN. JIM MCGOVERN SAID THIS. MR. SPEAKER, OVER 100 DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS JUST
ASKED TO ALLOW AN AMENDMENT TO PROTECT
MEDICAID AND SNAP JUST TO GIVE US A VOTE. THAT’S ALL WE ASK, AND I WILL SAY WE ARE HERE
STANDING UP FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NO
MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE, AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
TO FIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THIS
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS DOESN’T RIP AWAY THEIR HEALTH CARE AND THEIR
FOOD BENEFITS. THAT IS DISGUSTING. AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH
CAROLINA’S DISTRICT ALONE, 142,000 OF HER CONSTITUENTS
WOULD LOSE SOME OR ALL OF THEIR
SNAP BENEFITS, AND 5 RURAL HOSPITALS ARE AT
RISK OF CLOSURE. WE’RE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE, NOT TO SCREW THEM OVER. NEW YORK CONGRESSWOMAN
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SAID THIS. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD ISSUED SOME STATEMENTS
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS SAYING
AND URGING, INSISTING THAT THIS BILL DOES NOT CUT
MEDICAID. HE’S ALSO SAID SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, HE SAYS HE DOESN’T THINK I’M TOO
MUCH OF A SMART PERSON. AND I’LL TELL YOU ONE THING. IT DOESN’T TAKE A SMART PERSON
TO KNOW IF YOU’RE BEING LIED TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU’RE EITHER BEING LIED TO OR YOU ARE LYING TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE. BECAUSE THIS BILL REPRESENTS IN
THE TEXT OF THIS BILL THE LARGEST AND GREATEST LOSS OF
HEALTH CARE IN AMERICAN HISTORY. 17 MILLION AMERICANS WILL LOSE
THEIR HEALTHCARE ON THIS BILL, NOT UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE, NOT QUOTE UNQUOTE THE DISGUSTING
TERM ILLEGAL, BUT 17 MILLION AMERICANS WILL
HAVE THEIR HEALTHCARE CUT. FROM THIS BILL ON THIS POINT OF
TAX ON TIPS AS ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THIS BODY WHO
HAS LIVED OFF OF TIPS, I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE SCAM OF THAT TAX, A LITTLE BIT OF THE FINE PRINT
THERE. THE CAP ON THAT IS $25,000. WHILE YOU’RE JACKING UP TAXES ON
PEOPLE WHO MAKE LESS THAN $50,000 ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES. WHILE TAKING AWAY THEIR SNAP
WHILE TAKING AWAY THEIR
MEDICAID, WHILE TAKING KICKING THEM OFF OF
THE ACA AND THEIR HEALTHCARE
EXTENSIONS, SO IF YOU’RE AT HOME AND YOU’RE
LIVING OFF TIPS, YOU DO THE MATH. IS THAT WORTH IT TO YOU? LOSING ALL YOUR HEALTHCARE, NOT ABLE TO FEED FEED YOUR
BABIES, NOT BEING ABLE TO PUT A DIAPER
ON THEIR BOTTOM IN EXCHANGE FOR
WHAT? THIS BILL IS A DEAL WITH. THE DEVIL, IT EXPLODES OUR NATIONAL DEBT. IT MILITARIZES OUR ENTIRE
ECONOMY, AND IT STRIPS AWAY HEALTH CARE AND BASIC DIGNITY OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR WHAT? TO GIVE ELON MUSK A TAX BREAK
AND BILLIONAIRES THE GREEDY
TAKING OF OUR NATION. WE CANNOT STAND FOR IT AND WE
WILL NOT SUPPORT IT. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED. CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN, WHO WILL JOIN US LATER IN THIS
HOUR, CAME UP WITH A NEW FRAME ON THE REPUBLICAN BILL. I FOUND THE PREAMBLE TO THIS BIG
UGLY BILL. WE THE BILLIONAIRES AND OUR
KING, IN ORDER TO DEFORM AND SICKEN
OUR UNION, ESTABLISH INJUSTICE, ENSURE DOMESTIC SERVILITY, WEAKEN OUR PEOPLE’S DEFENSES, UNDERMINE THE GENERAL WELFARE
AND RESERVE TO OURSELVES AND OUR
POSTERITY, STAGGERING DEBT SERVITUDE FOR
ETERNITY, DO HEREBY INSTRUCT THE
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS TO STRIP 17 MILLION PEOPLE OF THEIR
HEALTHCARE, INCREASE CO-PAYS, DEDUCTIBLE. AND PREMIUMS FOR EVERYONE ELSE. CUT 42 MILLION PEOPLE OFF OF
NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE, INCREASE THE NATIONAL DEBT BY $4
TRILLION TRASH RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, INCREASE OUR ELECTRIC BILLS FOR
THE CARBON KINGS, ALL TO WEAKEN AND DESTROY THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE PEOPLE OF THESE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. PLEASE INCLUDE THIS PREAMBLE IN
THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD. DONALD TRUMP MET WITH 13
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TODAY WHO
WERE SEEN ENTERING THE WHITE
HOUSE. THE NEW YORK TIMES DESCRIBES THE
SCENE THIS WAY A CONGA LINE OF ANGSTY REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
FILED THROUGH THE WEST WING ON
WEDNESDAY, HEMMING AND HAWING ABOUT THE BIG
DOMESTIC POLICY BILL THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS THEM
TO PASS BY FRIDAY. THEY. OUT WITH SIGNED MERCHANDISE, PHOTOS IN THE OVAL OFFICE AND BY
SOME ACCOUNTS A NEWFOUND
APPRECIATION FOR THE BILL TARGETS ALL OF A BLUNT FORCE CHARM OFFENSIVE WAGED WITH PRECISION BY THE
PRESIDENT. MR. TRUMP KNOWS HOW TO MAKE LOWLY
LAWMAKERS FEEL SPECIAL. HE SENDS THEM. HANDWRITTEN ATTABOYS, HE TAKES THEIR PHONE CALLS AT
ALL HOURS OF THE DAY, EVEN INTERRUPTING HIGH-LEVEL
WEST WING MEETINGS SO AS NOT TO
MISS THEM. HE BRINGS THEM TO ULTIMATE FIGHTING
CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS AND SITS THEM RINGSIDE WITH HIS
ENTOURAGE. HE INVITES THEM INTO THE SOCIAL WORLD AT MAR A
LAGO, ALL OF WHICH CAN FEEL INCREDIBLY
HEADY FOR SMALL TIME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. I THINK THE TIMES MIGHT MEAN
SMALL MINDED MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS. ONE OF THE REPUBLICANS WHO HAS
BEEN OBJECTING TO THE MEDICAID
CUTS FROM THE START INSISTED TODAY AFTER COMPLETELY GIVING UP ALL OF HIS OBJECTIONS TO THE
BILL, QUOTE, WE’RE NOT A BUNCH OF LITTLE
BITCHES. OK. NO ONE SAID YOU WERE. I MEAN, WE’VE SAID NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT
WHAT YOU’RE VOTING FOR AND WHAT YOU’RE WILLING TO
DO, AND MANY OF US HAVE SAID
NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT THE
CRUELTY THAT YOU’RE WILLING TO INFLICT ON
PEOPLE HERE AND AROUND THE
WORLD, BUT. LITTLE BITCHES IS YOUR TERM, CONGRESSMAN DEREK VAN ORDEN, NOT MINE. HERE IS THE FULL CONTEXT OF DEREK VAN ORDEN’S. BREATHTAKINGLY PATHETIC. LITTLE BITCHES SELF-DEFENSE. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES DIDN’T GIVE US AN
ASSIGNMENT. WE’RE NOT A BUNCH OF LITTLE
BITCHES AROUND HERE, OK? I’M A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. I REPRESENT ALMOST 800,000
WISCONSINITES. OK, BUT EVERY MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY THE
SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THAT’S THE IDEA OF PROPORTIONAL
REPRESENTATION, AND IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN. CONGRESSMAN VAN ORDEN DOES REPRESENT EXACTLY ONE. BILLIONAIRE EXACTLY ONE OF THOSE
800,000 PEOPLE RESIDING IN HIS WISCONSIN
DISTRICT IS A BILLIONAIRE, AND THAT IS THE ONE PERSON WHO
HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IN THIS
LEGISLATION BECAUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE TAKEN CARE OF BILLIONAIRES
IN THIS LEGISLATION AS IF THEY ARE AN ENDANGERED
SPECIES. IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, DEMOCRATS OFFERED AN AMENDMENT
TO THE BILL THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THE INCOME TAX ON INCOMES
ONLY OVER $10 MILLION. EXACTLY WHAT THAT INCOME TAX WAS UNDER PRESIDENT CLINTON AND
UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA, 39.6%, 2.5% HIGHER THAN IT WILL BE UNDER THE TRUMP TAX CUTS. DONALD TRUMP’S GONNA GIVE THEM A
TAX RATE OF 37%. AND THE DEMOCRATS SAID, HOW ABOUT 2.5% HIGHER JUST FOR INCOMES
OVER $10 MILLION. THE DEMOCRATS GAVE THE
REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE EVERY
SINGLE TAX CUT IN THE BILL IN ONE VOTE EXCEPT FOR INCOMES OVER $10 MILLION. THE DEMOCRATIC AMENDMENT WOULD
HAVE RESTORED THE INCOME TAX ON INCOME OVER $10 MILLION
TO 39.6%, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS FOR EVERY YEAR OF THE CLINTON
PRESIDENCY WHEN THOSE BILLIONAIRES WERE ON THEIR
WAY TO BECOMING BILLIONAIRES BECAUSE THE ECONOMY WAS BOOMING
EVERY SINGLE YEAR OF THE CLINTON
PRESIDENCY, AND THEY WERE GETTING RICHER AND
RICHER EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY WITH A 39.6%
INCOME TAX RATE ON THEIR INCOME. EVEN THOUGH IN THOSE DAYS IN THE 1990S, THEY PAID 2.5% MORE INCOME TAX THAN THEY
WILL UNDER DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE FOUGHT THAT AMENDMENT IN THE SENATE. AND THEY SENT THAT BILL BACK TO
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITH
THAT FULL GUARANTEED PROTECTION FOR EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR OF
INCOME OVER $10 MILLION. THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU
CAN POSSIBLY EARN THAT SHOULD EVER BE TAXED. ABOVE 37%. UNDER ANY POSSIBLE SCENARIO ACCORDING TO REPUBLICANS SHOULD NEVER EVER BE TAXED THE WAY INCOME WAS TAXED. DURING THE ECONOMIC BOOM YEARS
UNDER PRESIDENT CLINTON AND
PRESIDENT OBAMA. REPUBLICAN TAXATION RELIGION SAYS NO, NEVER. IT CAN NEVER BE ABOVE 37%. IT CAN NEVER BE 39.6% EVEN FOR
$100 MILLION OR A BILLION DOLLARS CAN’T DO
IT. AND SO THE REPUBLICANS IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE CAST A VOTE SPECIFICALLY TO PROTECT THE HIGHEST LEVEL INCOMES THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER
SEEN, THE INCOMES OF BILLIONAIRES AND
THE INCOMES OF PEOPLE WHO MAKE MORE THAN $10 MILLION A
YEAR, AND NOT ONE REPUBLICAN. HAD ANY DOUBT ABOUT THAT. CONGRESSMAN DEREK VAN ORDEN OF
WISCONSIN, WHO REPRESENTS EXACTLY THAT ONE
BILLIONAIRE, GAVE THAT BILLIONAIRE EVERYTHING
HE COULD POSSIBLY GIVE HIM IN HIS REPRESENTATION OF THAT
BILLIONAIRE WHILE HE GAVE
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO THE 152,900 PEOPLE IN HIS
DISTRICT ON MEDICAID. HE GAVE THEM NOTHING. AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO DO THAT. BUT CONGRESSMAN BEN ORDEN. IF YOUR TERM FOR THAT IS LITTLE
BITCHES. OK. BUT DON’T BE SURPRISED IF YOUR
CONSTITUENTS CALL YOU SOMETHING MUCH WORSE
THAN THAT. THE DEMOCRATS TODAY NAMED NAMES. THEY IDENTIFIED THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE
MEMBERS WHO THEY BELIEVE THEY
CAN DEFEAT AND REMOVE FROM THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE NEXT
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION. BECAUSE OF THOSE REPUBLICANS
SUPPORT FOR BILLIONAIRES AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SNATCH
HEALTH CARE AWAY FROM 17 MILLION
PEOPLE, AND NOT ONE DEMOCRAT CALLED ANY OF THOSE REPUBLICANS. LITTLE BITCHES. WHY WOULD ANYONE VOTE FOR THIS
DANGEROUS AND EXTREME BILL? WHY WOULD ROB BRESNAHAN VOTE FOR THIS BILL? MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE WOULD LOSE ACCESS TO THEIR
HEALTHCARE IN HIS COMMUNITY IN PENNSYLVANIA. ALMOST 60,000 HOUSEHOLDS COULD
LOSE ACCESS. TO FOOD ASSISTANCE IN HIS COMMUNITY AT RISK OF GOING
HUNGRY. WHY WOULD ROB BRESNAHAN VOTE FOR
THIS BILL? OH WHY WOULD SCOTT PERRY VOTE FOR
THIS BILL? ALMOST 25,000 PEOPLE IN HIS COMMUNITY. WILL LOSE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. IN HIS COMMUNITY IN PENNSYLVANIA, ALMOST 40,000 HOUSEHOLDS WOULD
LOSE ACCESS. TO NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE, THEY’RE AT RISK OF GOING HUNGRY. WHY WOULD SCOTT PERRY VOTE FOR
THIS BILL?
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🐘 Ha, Ha!👍🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
They made a mistake and still won..who's incompetent?
Under Clinton's four final budgets, they were balanced, and we had a surplus. Why did we not continue on with that? Republicans!
Passing this bill is an indication of not expecting a midterm election perhaps? It will also indicate the time for a National General Strike.
On the agenda for 2026, besides impeaching the WWF dictator again: Transferring the US Marshalls Service to the Judicial Branch. Marshalls must be under the exclusive control of federal judges in order to preserve the rule of law. Executive control, as we have seen under Dump, threatens the proper function of an independent, co-equal branch of government.
Maga doesnt care.
Period…
No votes? We still know your not worthy to vote.
Crazy idea. If the working class has more spending power, then the wealthy will benefit too.
The Service was originally a part of the Judicial Branch from its founding in the 18th Century until 1969 when it was transferred to the DOJ
Lawrence, you are an American hero. Please keep speaking truth every single day.
we dont have a democracy any more. We have a dictatorship. Cancel the 4th of July if this bill passes. Thank you to all the democrats who spoke truth to power.
Gotta love how you can clearly hear Virgina Foxx and MTG booing McGovern. You can tell its them by their voices alone.
The pro lie party 🥳
lawrence love you boss
Not 'little b—-es'… 'BIG, YUGE, HUMONGOUS, ASTROLOGICALLY-SIZED MEGA-MAGA-B—-ES'
Can we replace the tax rates for incomes over $10,000,000.00 to be the same as it was under EISENHOWER, instead?
Yes, you are Trump's "little b@#&@#'s". Wouldn"t increase tax on $10M+ by only 2% to what it was.
I'm not tired of winning yet.
Please publish the list of those Republicans that were in that CONGA Line into the West Wing so they are CALLED OUT for their failure to stand up for their constituents and the American People. I would like to write letters to the Congressman and Senators with my disgust, but they won't take E-mails from anyone NOT IN their districts! There offices should be bombarded with letters from ANYONE and EVERYONE in this United States.
My deepest gratitude Mr O'Donnell, for explaining in an erudite manner, that which is a deceitful and word vomitus Bill, by MAGA.
That's what happens when you vote for false icon you get to see values dwindle away
6:00 Never had to think of AOC as presidential candidate material. But now that she's turned 35, I'm starting to see it.
And if there's two lessons for Dems from 2024, it should be 1) we're done with the old Dem establishment and Kamala tied herself to a sinking ship, and 2) the GOP candidate is going to be racist AF no matter who Dems pick (they're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats).
Might as well run AOC.
Wait until the MAGA hillbillies and rednecks realize they got bamboozled 😂😂 😂
Jamie Raskin too.
PERIOD
The United States is made up of indigenous people who were not treated well, and your ancestors were immigrants who were driven from all over the world for many reasons, such as poverty, war, lack of religious freedom, lack of political freedom, persecution based on race/skin color, etc. We all come from the same source and I call on my brothers and sisters to peace and tolerance, to show compassion, love and to care for those who need help when they cannot do so themselves. This is the divine will!
The people can tell you're nothing but a stooge for democrats.😂😂😂
The whole package bill is a deadly catastrophic event that will distroy America!!!
And I hope Virginia Fox is summarily VOTED OUT.
Well no you’re not a little one Congressman – your words-but perhaps you’re a big one..
Why can’t voters understand that Democrats in Congress fight for everyday Americans, while Republicans only care about corporations, oligarchs, billionaires and millionaires, lobbyists, their own power, wealth and interests? Vote Republicans OUT!!
We will be better off with our trump and Vance I sincerely promise you all
Maybe the poor should send another message. Punisher, can you EAR me?
It doesn't matter to Maga Voters whether they are hurt by this Bill or not. Maga Voters will always Blame Democrats 4 their Troubles/Problems. The GOP will NOT suffer any Political Consequences.
It was determined, in fact, that they are little b—-es.
Sounds like Trump said "don't be a little b**ch, do what I'm telling you"
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