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RiverLover

(7,830 posts) Wed Dec 17, 2014, 08:14 AM Dec 2014

8 Things To Know About The ‘Cromnibus’ Budget Deal Congress Just Unveiled

1. Tax collectors will have to get by with a lot less money thanks to a second straight year of cuts to enforcement.

2. Congress got Wall Street two early Christmas presents.

3. The bill leaves homeless advocates out in the cold.

4. Affordable housing advocates are worried that the bill will harm low-income families.

5. The people who drive 80,000-pound trucks won’t have to sleep as often before getting on the highway.

6. Washington D.C.’s marijuana legalization effort might be disrupted. Or it might not be.

7. Campaign finance regulations are phased out.

8. The bill cuts $300 million from Pell Grants for low-income college students and gives it to student loan debt collectors.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/12/10/3601742/cromnibus-lowlights/

At least they can say they've accomplished something.

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8 Things To Know About The ‘Cromnibus’ Budget Deal Congress Just Unveiled (Original Post) RiverLover Dec 2014 OP

President Obama manned the phones to get this bill passed. SamKnause Dec 2014 #1

We expect something different from ^^ when we vote (D) RiverLover Dec 2014 #2

Certainly not. SamKnause Dec 2014 #3

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)

1. President Obama manned the phones to get this bill passed.

Reply to RiverLover (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 08:27 AM

Dec 2014

Jamie Dimon, (JP Morgan Chase) manned the phones to get this bill passed.

Citigroup wrote the Financial Bill.

Citi is the leading global bank.

President Obama is fast tracking the TPP.

Any questions ?????????????

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)

2. We expect something different from ^^ when we vote (D)

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 08:43 AM

Dec 2014

My Q is Can they tell us on the ballots which corporation/bank/industry we're voting for when we vote for them? Can they wear little pins or maybe even jerseys declaring their sponsors so we will know what to expect?

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)

3. Certainly not.

Reply to RiverLover (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 08:52 AM

Dec 2014

Why would you ask such an outrageous insulting question ?

That is extremely close to being an action that is worthy of arrest.

Our little senators and congress critters are very delicate.

Transparency and truth effects them like sunlight shinning on a vampire.

The whole lot of them sicken me.

I hate to see them destroying this country.

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