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Democrat’s failed losing strategy over debt ceiling negotiations to vote on Wednesday
Millions Of People Feel Like They Are Little More Than Bargaining Chips During The Debt Ceiling Negotiations Taking Place:
Democrat’s failed losing strategy over debt ceiling negotiations to vote on Wednesday
Lynda Carson - May 27, 2023
Earlier this evening according to MSNBC, “House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the text of the debt ceiling agreement will be available to lawmakers on Sunday and the House will vote on it on Wednesday.”
If this is true, this means that whatever it turns out that was negotiated in secrecy, the Democrats will be pressured next Wednesday by President Joe Biden, and the White House, to go along with the negotiated deals. Even if most Democrats may not be certain of what they really are voting on because of the vagueness of the “secret deals being negotiated” that have been taking place, with details to be worked out at a later date, they are being pressured to go along with the debt ceiling negotiations.
They call this democracy.
In a failed losing strategy during the debt ceiling negotiations taking place, the wimpy ass Democrats and President Joe Biden have largely remained silent, allowing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the fascist GOP Freedom Caucus members to dominate the media to get their message out to the public, loud and deceitful.
Reportedly, even though the Senate Democrats kept telling President Joe Biden not to negotiate the debt ceiling limit with the fascist Republicans, Biden ignored them. Apparently, Biden surprised the Democrats when he decided to negotiate with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the fascist Republicans, and election deniers. Additionally, Biden wanted his Democratic party members to keep their mouth shut during the debt ceiling negotiations taking place between the White House, and fascist Republicans.
Meanwhile, all across the nation tens of millions of poor people are feeling like they are little more than bargaining chips in a high stakes gambling session between the White House and the fascist Republicans.
In a recent May 24, 2023, message from the Democrat’s so-called “War Room”, the headline reads, House Republicans Admit to Taking Debt Ceiling Hostage.
Indeed, what else is new? People all across the nation have known that the fascist extreme right-wing Republicans, the so-called House Freedom Caucus members, and election deniers have been holding the debt ceiling negotiation process hostage since last January, or February. Around 5 months ago.
The Democrats so-called War Room message about the fascist Republicans admitting to taking the debt ceiling hostage failed to go any further in their message to take any sort of direct action to organize the American public to hit the streets, and protest against the fascist right-wing political attack on our country.
Not even an itty, bitty, little message from the Democrat’s War Room telling the American public to contact the White House, to tell President Joe Bidden to stop negotiating with the fascists who admit to taking the debt ceiling negotiations hostage.
The arrogance and the stupidity of the White House and President Joe Biden, is breathtaking. Because they did not take the fascist extreme right-wing Freedom Caucus and the Republicans serious months ago when they first took the debt ceiling negotiation process hostage, is precisely what has led us to the current horrific situation that we find ourselves in.
They even failed to listen to, or take serious the statements from Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yelen, until they were finally cornered into making a disastrous low-down dirty deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and the extreme right-wing fascist House Freedom Caucus members.
This has become a disastrous situation that places hundreds of thousands of HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher / Section 8 Voucher tenants at risk of becoming homeless, and unhoused in the near future, including the blind, elderly, and those with disabilities.
Years ago in the Bay Area, during 2005, in Marin County, Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey was a guest speaker at an event to help organize and protect Housing Choice Voucher tenants / Section 8 tenants from losing their Section 8 housing vouchers when they were being threatened with budget cuts.
Apparently, times have changed. It appears that the Democrats have totally failed to meet with their constituents to organize the population locally, and all across the nation, to protest against the fascists that have taken the debt ceiling negotiation process hostage.
Lynda Carson may be reached at newsland2 [at] gmail.com
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Lynda Carson - May 27, 2023
Earlier this evening according to MSNBC, “House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the text of the debt ceiling agreement will be available to lawmakers on Sunday and the House will vote on it on Wednesday.”
If this is true, this means that whatever it turns out that was negotiated in secrecy, the Democrats will be pressured next Wednesday by President Joe Biden, and the White House, to go along with the negotiated deals. Even if most Democrats may not be certain of what they really are voting on because of the vagueness of the “secret deals being negotiated” that have been taking place, with details to be worked out at a later date, they are being pressured to go along with the debt ceiling negotiations.
They call this democracy.
In a failed losing strategy during the debt ceiling negotiations taking place, the wimpy ass Democrats and President Joe Biden have largely remained silent, allowing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the fascist GOP Freedom Caucus members to dominate the media to get their message out to the public, loud and deceitful.
Reportedly, even though the Senate Democrats kept telling President Joe Biden not to negotiate the debt ceiling limit with the fascist Republicans, Biden ignored them. Apparently, Biden surprised the Democrats when he decided to negotiate with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the fascist Republicans, and election deniers. Additionally, Biden wanted his Democratic party members to keep their mouth shut during the debt ceiling negotiations taking place between the White House, and fascist Republicans.
Meanwhile, all across the nation tens of millions of poor people are feeling like they are little more than bargaining chips in a high stakes gambling session between the White House and the fascist Republicans.
In a recent May 24, 2023, message from the Democrat’s so-called “War Room”, the headline reads, House Republicans Admit to Taking Debt Ceiling Hostage.
Indeed, what else is new? People all across the nation have known that the fascist extreme right-wing Republicans, the so-called House Freedom Caucus members, and election deniers have been holding the debt ceiling negotiation process hostage since last January, or February. Around 5 months ago.
The Democrats so-called War Room message about the fascist Republicans admitting to taking the debt ceiling hostage failed to go any further in their message to take any sort of direct action to organize the American public to hit the streets, and protest against the fascist right-wing political attack on our country.
Not even an itty, bitty, little message from the Democrat’s War Room telling the American public to contact the White House, to tell President Joe Bidden to stop negotiating with the fascists who admit to taking the debt ceiling negotiations hostage.
The arrogance and the stupidity of the White House and President Joe Biden, is breathtaking. Because they did not take the fascist extreme right-wing Freedom Caucus and the Republicans serious months ago when they first took the debt ceiling negotiation process hostage, is precisely what has led us to the current horrific situation that we find ourselves in.
They even failed to listen to, or take serious the statements from Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yelen, until they were finally cornered into making a disastrous low-down dirty deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and the extreme right-wing fascist House Freedom Caucus members.
This has become a disastrous situation that places hundreds of thousands of HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher / Section 8 Voucher tenants at risk of becoming homeless, and unhoused in the near future, including the blind, elderly, and those with disabilities.
Years ago in the Bay Area, during 2005, in Marin County, Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey was a guest speaker at an event to help organize and protect Housing Choice Voucher tenants / Section 8 tenants from losing their Section 8 housing vouchers when they were being threatened with budget cuts.
Apparently, times have changed. It appears that the Democrats have totally failed to meet with their constituents to organize the population locally, and all across the nation, to protest against the fascists that have taken the debt ceiling negotiation process hostage.
Lynda Carson may be reached at newsland2 [at] gmail.com
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Reportedly, this is what is in the debt ceiling deal
Posted by Lynda Carson
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(CNN)
Here’s what’s in the debt ceiling deal
By Tami Luhby, CNN
Published 11:22 PM EDT, Sat May 27, 2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/27/politics/whats-in-the-debt-ceiling-deal/index.html
After several weeks of tense negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Republicans have reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt ceiling and cap spending.
The drama is by no means over. Congressional leaders in both parties have to convince enough of their members to vote for the agreement, which contains provisions that lawmakers on each side of the aisle don’t support.
Not all the details of the agreement are available yet. And the information made public Saturday evening shows some discrepancies. The bill text is scheduled to be released on Sunday.
Here’s what we know about the deal, based on a fact sheet circulated by House Republicans and a source familiar with the negotiations.
Raises the debt ceiling: The agreement would increase the debt limit for two years.
Caps non-defense spending: Under the deal, non-defense spending would remain relatively flat in fiscal 2024 and increase by 1% in fiscal 2025, after certain unspecified adjustments to appropriations were made, according to the source.
After fiscal 2025, there would be appropriations targets, but they would not be enforceable, according to the source.
The House GOP fact sheet says that non-defense discretionary spending would be rolled back to fiscal 2022 levels and topline federal spending would be limited to 1% annual growth for the next six years.
The debt ceiling bill that House Republicans passed last month would return discretionary spending to fiscal 2022 levels and then limit the growth in spending to 1% for a decade. Defense spending would be protected.
Protects veterans’ medical care: The deal would maintain full funding for veterans’ health care and would increase support for the PACT Act’s toxic exposure fund by nearly $15 billion for fiscal year 2024, according to the source.
The House GOP fact sheet says veterans’ medical care would be fully funded.
Expands work requirements: The agreement calls for temporarily broadening of work requirements for certain adults receiving food stamps.
Currently, childless, able-bodied adults ages 18 to 49 are only able to get food stamps for three months out of every three years unless they are employed at least 20 hours a week or meet other criteria. The deal would raise the age to 54, according to the source. The GOP fact sheet says it would apply to those up to age 55.
However, the deal would also expand exemptions for veterans, people who are homeless and others in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, as food stamps are formally known.
And all the changes would end in 2030.
The agreement would also make changes to the current work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
Work requirements would not be introduced in Medicaid, which House Republicans had called for in their debt ceiling bill.
Claw back unspent Covid-19 relief funds: The deal would rescind unobligated funds from the Covid-19 relief packages that Congress passed to respond to the pandemic, according to the House GOP fact sheet.
Estimates on how much of the roughly $4.5 trillion in relief remains vary.
Cut Internal Revenue Service funding: The agreement would cancel the total fiscal year 2023 staffing funding request that the House GOP says would go for new IRS agents, according to the fact sheet.
House Republicans have been determined to cancel the roughly $80 billion in IRS funding contained in the Inflation Reduction Act that Democrats passed last year. The GOP lawmakers argue that the money will be used to hire an army of new agents to audit Americans, but the agency says it will also be used to support operations, modernize customer service technology and assist taxpayers.
Restart student loan repayments: The deal would require borrowers to pay back their student loans again, according to the House GOP fact sheet, although when repayments would start is not specified. They have been paused since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
However, the agreement would maintain Biden’s plan to provide up to $20,000 in debt relief for qualifying borrowers, the source said. The measure is currently before the Supreme Court, which is expected to rule on it in coming weeks.
CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez, Alayna Treene and Lauren Fox contributed to this report.
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Posted by Lynda Carson
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(CNN)
Here’s what’s in the debt ceiling deal
By Tami Luhby, CNN
Published 11:22 PM EDT, Sat May 27, 2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/27/politics/whats-in-the-debt-ceiling-deal/index.html
After several weeks of tense negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Republicans have reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt ceiling and cap spending.
The drama is by no means over. Congressional leaders in both parties have to convince enough of their members to vote for the agreement, which contains provisions that lawmakers on each side of the aisle don’t support.
Not all the details of the agreement are available yet. And the information made public Saturday evening shows some discrepancies. The bill text is scheduled to be released on Sunday.
Here’s what we know about the deal, based on a fact sheet circulated by House Republicans and a source familiar with the negotiations.
Raises the debt ceiling: The agreement would increase the debt limit for two years.
Caps non-defense spending: Under the deal, non-defense spending would remain relatively flat in fiscal 2024 and increase by 1% in fiscal 2025, after certain unspecified adjustments to appropriations were made, according to the source.
After fiscal 2025, there would be appropriations targets, but they would not be enforceable, according to the source.
The House GOP fact sheet says that non-defense discretionary spending would be rolled back to fiscal 2022 levels and topline federal spending would be limited to 1% annual growth for the next six years.
The debt ceiling bill that House Republicans passed last month would return discretionary spending to fiscal 2022 levels and then limit the growth in spending to 1% for a decade. Defense spending would be protected.
Protects veterans’ medical care: The deal would maintain full funding for veterans’ health care and would increase support for the PACT Act’s toxic exposure fund by nearly $15 billion for fiscal year 2024, according to the source.
The House GOP fact sheet says veterans’ medical care would be fully funded.
Expands work requirements: The agreement calls for temporarily broadening of work requirements for certain adults receiving food stamps.
Currently, childless, able-bodied adults ages 18 to 49 are only able to get food stamps for three months out of every three years unless they are employed at least 20 hours a week or meet other criteria. The deal would raise the age to 54, according to the source. The GOP fact sheet says it would apply to those up to age 55.
However, the deal would also expand exemptions for veterans, people who are homeless and others in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, as food stamps are formally known.
And all the changes would end in 2030.
The agreement would also make changes to the current work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
Work requirements would not be introduced in Medicaid, which House Republicans had called for in their debt ceiling bill.
Claw back unspent Covid-19 relief funds: The deal would rescind unobligated funds from the Covid-19 relief packages that Congress passed to respond to the pandemic, according to the House GOP fact sheet.
Estimates on how much of the roughly $4.5 trillion in relief remains vary.
Cut Internal Revenue Service funding: The agreement would cancel the total fiscal year 2023 staffing funding request that the House GOP says would go for new IRS agents, according to the fact sheet.
House Republicans have been determined to cancel the roughly $80 billion in IRS funding contained in the Inflation Reduction Act that Democrats passed last year. The GOP lawmakers argue that the money will be used to hire an army of new agents to audit Americans, but the agency says it will also be used to support operations, modernize customer service technology and assist taxpayers.
Restart student loan repayments: The deal would require borrowers to pay back their student loans again, according to the House GOP fact sheet, although when repayments would start is not specified. They have been paused since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
However, the agreement would maintain Biden’s plan to provide up to $20,000 in debt relief for qualifying borrowers, the source said. The measure is currently before the Supreme Court, which is expected to rule on it in coming weeks.
CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez, Alayna Treene and Lauren Fox contributed to this report.
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Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Japayal (D-WA) plays dumb on CNN
On CNN today, Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Japayal (D-WA) plays dumb, and pretends that she is not sure what's happening.... If she does not know what's happening with the disastrous debt ceiling deal that was negotiated between the fascist Republicans and President Joe Biden, this sounds absolutely preposterous.
(LC)
(May 28, 2023 - CNN)
Tapper asks Democrat if Biden should worry about Progressive Caucus. Hear her response
Click below…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mc-NzkRTsY
Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Japayal (D-WA) joins CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss debt ceiling negotiations as The White House and House Republicans agreed in principle on a deal to raise the debt ceiling for two years and cap spending.
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(May 28, 2023 - Face The Nation)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he expects Democratic support for debt ceiling deal
Click below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCpXmgIP8kY
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced late Saturday that they had reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt ceiling. Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells "Face the Nation" that he expects his caucus to vote for the deal because it "protects" Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, veterans and the "American people."
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On CNN today, Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Japayal (D-WA) plays dumb, and pretends that she is not sure what's happening.... If she does not know what's happening with the disastrous debt ceiling deal that was negotiated between the fascist Republicans and President Joe Biden, this sounds absolutely preposterous.
(LC)
(May 28, 2023 - CNN)
Tapper asks Democrat if Biden should worry about Progressive Caucus. Hear her response
Click below…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mc-NzkRTsY
Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Japayal (D-WA) joins CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss debt ceiling negotiations as The White House and House Republicans agreed in principle on a deal to raise the debt ceiling for two years and cap spending.
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(May 28, 2023 - Face The Nation)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he expects Democratic support for debt ceiling deal
Click below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCpXmgIP8kY
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced late Saturday that they had reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt ceiling. Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells "Face the Nation" that he expects his caucus to vote for the deal because it "protects" Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, veterans and the "American people."
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