Well, good luck. I don't see it passing with those new add ons, even if it's for a good cause.

How many Demonics will vote to codify the Doge cuts? Not one, they like to cheat us out of our money, since they've been doing it for ages.

(05-28-2025 10:50 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  Well, good luck. I don't see it passing with those new add ons, even if it's for a good cause.

How many Demonics will vote to codify the Doge cuts? Not one, they like to cheat us out of our money, since they've been doing it for ages.

Well, Dems aren't voting for it in any form, so that's no different. They didn't vote for the one that got out of the House, either.

I think I read today where the DOGE cuts have to be in a appropriation bill and not in a reconciliation bill (like the big bueatiful bill is). Sounds like they are going to tee them up as soon as the house gets back in town.

(05-28-2025 08:52 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  I think I read today where the DOGE cuts have to be in a appropriation bill and not in a reconciliation bill (like the big bueatiful bill is). Sounds like they are going to tee them up as soon as the house gets back in town.

Doesn't an appropriations bill require 60 votes in the Senate? Wouldn't the Dems then be likely to kill them?

Or would they be afraid to do that? Nah...

I heard mentioned today Trump will send a request to Congress for cuts on Monday. All they need is a simple majority vote to get it done.

Quote:BREAKING: Trump responds to
@ElonMusk
criticizing the Big Beautiful Bill for not enough spending cuts.

"We WILL be negotiating that bill. I'm not happy about certain aspects of it, but I'm thrilled by other aspects of it."

"The biggest thing is the level of tax cutting we will be doing."

"We're gonna see what happens. The Senate is negotiating with us."

"Speaker Johnson and Thune have done an incredible job."

"Remember - we have 0 Democrat votes...they're only doing it for hatred...that means we have to get almost all Republican votes, and I think we're very close to doing that."

(05-28-2025 08:59 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(05-28-2025 08:52 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  I think I read today where the DOGE cuts have to be in a appropriation bill and not in a reconciliation bill (like the big bueatiful bill is). Sounds like they are going to tee them up as soon as the house gets back in town.

Doesn't an appropriations bill require 60 votes in the Senate? Wouldn't the Dems then be likely to kill them?

Or would they be afraid to do that? Nah...

If it deals with money or the budget they can get around that.

(05-29-2025 08:41 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(05-28-2025 08:59 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(05-28-2025 08:52 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  I think I read today where the DOGE cuts have to be in a appropriation bill and not in a reconciliation bill (like the big bueatiful bill is). Sounds like they are going to tee them up as soon as the house gets back in town.

Doesn't an appropriations bill require 60 votes in the Senate? Wouldn't the Dems then be likely to kill them?

Or would they be afraid to do that? Nah...

If it deals with money or the budget they can get around that.

But I thought those were all reconciliation bills, not appropriations. I was questioning the labeling, not the process.

(05-29-2025 08:49 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(05-29-2025 08:41 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(05-28-2025 08:59 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(05-28-2025 08:52 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  I think I read today where the DOGE cuts have to be in a appropriation bill and not in a reconciliation bill (like the big bueatiful bill is). Sounds like they are going to tee them up as soon as the house gets back in town.

Doesn't an appropriations bill require 60 votes in the Senate? Wouldn't the Dems then be likely to kill them?

Or would they be afraid to do that? Nah...

If it deals with money or the budget they can get around that.

But I thought those were all reconciliation bills, not appropriations. I was questioning the labeling, not the process.

It could be, but someone said that the way they had to do the BBB they couldnt include the doge cuts in that particular bill.

(05-29-2025 08:52 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(05-29-2025 08:49 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(05-29-2025 08:41 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(05-28-2025 08:59 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(05-28-2025 08:52 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  I think I read today where the DOGE cuts have to be in a appropriation bill and not in a reconciliation bill (like the big bueatiful bill is). Sounds like they are going to tee them up as soon as the house gets back in town.

Doesn't an appropriations bill require 60 votes in the Senate? Wouldn't the Dems then be likely to kill them?

Or would they be afraid to do that? Nah...

If it deals with money or the budget they can get around that.

But I thought those were all reconciliation bills, not appropriations. I was questioning the labeling, not the process.

It could be, but someone said that the way they had to do the BBB they couldnt include the doge cuts in that particular bill.

I tried to do a search on that question, but all Google gave me was attack articles, lol.