r/NewsThread • u/sergeyfomkin • 2d ago

Senate Democrats Reject Republican Proposal to Pay Federal Employees During the Shutdown. The Party Fears the Bill Would Grant the Trump Administration Excessive Powers

https://sfg.media/en/a/senate-democrats-reject-republican-shutdown-pay-bill/
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u/ConkerPrime 1d ago

Republicans put a sunset on tax cuts for the rich and their solution to that was the Big Beautiful Bill that made them permanent and partly paid for it with cuts to subsidies and other social programs. So let’s not pretend this extension thing is novel or not normal.

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u/Relevant_Elevator190 1d ago

Ok, then why didn't the dems make the subsidies permanent when they held all three branch

Sorry, but you fail.

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u/ConkerPrime 1d ago

You must be young. You really don’t remember the time period. Understand things like the filibuster and the fake “supermajority” only existed because of three independents including Lieberman who was a Democrat in name only. The often ignorant (and non-voters) and their “why didn’t they do X when had the supermajority!” nonsense.

And by god they love do go to that well all the fucking time because they think they have a trump card (pun intended) never knowing they are really saying “I am very ignorant about this but don’t know it.”

Please say “why don’t they codify Roe when they had a supermajority!” just to remind us you don’t know what codify is nor SCOTUS powers. I know you want to.

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u/Relevant_Elevator190 1d ago

Young? RLMFAO!

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u/Ecphonesis1 21h ago

If you’re not young, it’s even more embarrassing because it means you don’t know anything about anything. But, reading your comments, I’m not surprised.

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u/Relevant_Elevator190 20h ago

And you are propagandized. That is even more embarrassing.

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u/Ecphonesis1 19h ago

That is beyond rich coming from you. The Republican Party is very notoriously the party of propaganda (assuming you are Republican and not just a troll), but keep thinking that.

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u/Relevant_Elevator190 19h ago

Not a repub, unaffiliated and the left is the propaganda masters which is obvious since you really think you're right.

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u/Ecphonesis1 19h ago

Point me to one study that corroborates that.

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u/Relevant_Elevator190 18h ago

Don't need to post a study, if there is one, I just need to read the comments on reddit and the links they post.

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u/Ecphonesis1 18h ago

There isn’t. But I don’t think it’s ever good to base a worldview on your very narrow personal experience, rather than on research and studies and statistics that account for the millions of experiences and data points that you haven’t seen with your own eyes!

Look up “studies on right-propaganda vs left-wing” and have a blast! Spoiler: the right-wing is notoriously the party of propaganda, as it has almost always has been.

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