House republicans defund CHIP

[angrychair]

We cannot make “deals”.

That we cannot compromise.

There is no “meeting them half-way”.

Republicans see such talk as weakness and we the people get screwed.

Republicans went on and on about how Dems were using children’s healthcare as a bargaining chip and beating Dems up i the press.
Dems compromised on DREAMers and voted on CHIP.

Republicans wait a couple months and then vote to defund CHIP and laugh at us.

JUST IN: On a party-line vote, @HouseGOP passed the Trump-GOP rescissions package that eliminates Children's Health Insurance Program funding and cuts programs that create jobs & strengthen communities.

Link to tweet

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[bearsfootball516]

1. Apparently they have a death wish for midterms.

[angrychair]

2. No one cares I fear

Republicans can do and say whatever they want and still get re-elected I fear. That is the America we live in (Bourdain’s death on the heels of news like this has put me in a very dark mood)

[RKP5637]

3. Sadly I concur. Many Americans just do not give a damn. The republicans know that full well and

tRump knows well how to play the game, so many Americans are absolute suckers IMO.

[bearsfootball516]

4. If no one cares, Democrats wouldn't have flipped 42 seats over the past year.

[angrychair]

11. Trust me, I'd love to believe people care

But I live in strong blue state, Washington, and many are apathetic about trump and Republicans...just assuming “it’s not that bad really” or “someone will fix it”.

I’m not getting my hopes up and am pretty much resigned to a world in which the trumps of the world always win as humanity has become an endless sea of disappointment.

[kysrsoze]

5. Wait a second... is this legit? I've not seen ANYTHING in the news about this.

And CHIP was extended for a full decade earlier in the year.

[angrychair]

6. Not anymore

It was part of the cut in trump’s budget adjustment to account for lost tax revenue from their amazing tax cut bill.
The handle is @appropsdems a verified (blue check) account. It’s Dems on the House Appropriations Committee
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/house-republicans-eliminate-funding-childrens-health-insurance-program/

[Wwcd]

7. Yes the GOP House did it. Last hope is the Senate blocking it.

Pay attention who, in the Senate, votes against the House on this one.

What a disgrace

Tom Perez was correct when he bluntly stated:
"Republicans don't give a shit about people."

[BumRushDaShow]

8. They are not "defunding" CHIP

They are clawing back unspent funds from last fiscal year since they delayed reauthorizing the program. But they can keep those funds there if they wanted to.

[Wwcd]

10. Those unspent funds will be now be diverted where?

Private contractors?
Church schools?
Someone's pockets?

S.o.b.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. As a retired fed who has had yearly appropriations training for 25 years -

it goes back into the Treasury.

[Wwcd]

13. I trust your word. I just don't trust the Repubs to follow any law nor protocal.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Whatever they pass has to make it through the Senate as well.

If they lose two (Rs), it is DOA. The available vote there (without McCain) is 50 R - 49 D.

[angrychair]

14. I understand the mechanics of a clawback

More importantly that is not my opinion, I didn’t say it, Dems on the House Appropriations Committee said it. @appropsdems is a verified account.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. It is obvious that their "wording" is to wake up the sleepy masses

where most have no clue how the government works... and where even the current occupant in the WH and his sycophants are clueless as well.

But it behooves to at least provide clarification. This is not a dig at you personally but there is a technicality regarding the bullshit legislation that the GOP put forward with the hope that it would somehow make it through the Senate and they can get a "win" (by using smoke and mirrors).

[angrychair]

17. I don't disagree

My OP was only meant to reflect the message that they were delivering with me adding the bitter context that we still do not have any resolution for the DREAMers despite our deal making with republicans. My mood is a little dark right now given the last 48 hrs of trump and his administration and the death of Bourdain I am currently very fatalistic on our future.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. Oh I hear ya

Yesterday and today have been one nightmare "utterance", "piece of legislation", "proposal", "event", and "revelation" after another after another. That is why I have tried to take a little break from it in my garden when I can because they do this on purpose, and want you to be beaten down and demoralized. It doesn't mean that I am ignoring it or have no idea what is going on, but it is difficult to counter when your mind is scrambled and fury has set in so deeply that you can't think.

All I know is that "we" (our Democratic reps and leadership) need to be ready to hit the ground running after the general election (assuming we can at least take the House) with stuff to start reversing this. And we also need to be prepared for vetoes and have ready whatever talking points need to happen to the public if a veto can't be overridden.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Breaking - (not related but this is why some of the insanity the past couple days) -

Special counsel Robert Mueller files new indictment against Paul Manafort
Source: CNBC

Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday filed a new, superseding indictment against former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort that also charged Russian citizen Konstantin Kilimnik.


https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142078994

Plus indictment of his cohort -

Special counsel Mueller indicts associate of Paul Manafort

by Devlin Barrett June 8 at 2:09 PM

A longtime business associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was indicted Friday on charges he conspired to obstruct justice as investigators probed a past secret lobbying scheme on behalf of Ukraine.

Konstantin Kilimnik was charged in a superseding indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Washington. The new charges revolve allegations that he and Manafort tried to influence two potential witnesses in a case involving the failure to register as foreign lobbyists.

Those accusations are part of a recent effort by Mueller’s office to revoke or revise Manafort’s bail conditions while he awaits trial next month in northern Virginia. A hearing on the bail issue is scheduled for next week.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/special-counsel-mueller-indicts-associate-of-paul-manafort/2018/06/08/507ae696-6b44-11e8-bf8c-f9ed2e672adf_story.html?utm_term=.c726b838973b

It is exhausting.

[MariaCSR]

9. So, they vote to eliminate programs that CREATE jobs

then, vote for a program that will kick people out of their low income HUD homes if they don't find a job.


Makes sense.