That's fine by me however Paul is more Independent leaning while Romney is straight old school GOP.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoMuskies
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That's fine by me however Paul is more Independent leaning while Romney is straight old school GOP.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoMuskies
I do not think Sinema and Manchin are all that aligned with each other. If my memory serves me correct, I thought the issue the Dems were having was finding a way to please both of them as they wanted opposite concessions (Manchin wanted to remove some climate protections and include corporate increase taxes, Sinema wanted the climate protections, but was against the corporate tax increases). With 51, they only have to please one of them and can get what they want passed. But it is all moot as whatever they pass will die in the house.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoMuskies
They may not be 100% aligned, but if they work together, they can both get what they want (or all three of them if you include Mitt). They may even be able to get some compromises that some House Republicans might agree on. There are some House Republicans who managed to get elected from some relatively blue districts, after all.
It would be nice if more of them weren't aligned on everything. Both parties.Quote:
Originally Posted by STL_XUfan
They are all supposed to represent their States first not the DC apparatus.
What is strange about Manchin, he thought he was representing his state with the inflation reduction act. You know that promised pipeline. However, his poll numbers dropped like a rock when he went along with the dems to pass it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Two theories as to why
1) his constituents are tired of the out of control spending regardless of the perk.
2) they knew he was being played by his party.
Both theories are probably accurate. The people probably wanted a bill just on the pipeline and no more spending.Quote:
Originally Posted by noteggs
Other than Huggins, West Virginians are NOT stooopidQuote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Incredible corruption on all levels of our government - on all sides. They don't work you - they work for themselves.
This is from ABC:
"When U.S. officials announce the arrest of a notorious arms dealer and drug-runner this afternoon, the fact that his planes flew U.S. supply missions in Iraq will likely go unmentioned.
In a January 2005 letter to Congress, then-Assistant Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz admitted the Defense Department “did conduct business with companies that, in turn, subcontracted work to second-tier providers who leased aircraft owned by companies associated with Mr. Bout.”
At the time, Bout was already a wanted international fugitive. Intelligence officials had considered Bout one of the greatest threats to U.S. interests, in the same league as al Qaeda kingpin Osama bin Laden. Interpol had issued a warrant for his arrest; the United Nations Security Council had restricted his travel.
But that didn’t stop U.S. government contractors from paying Bout-controlled firms roughly $60 million to fly supplies into Iraq in support of the U.S. war effort, according to a book released last year by two reporters who investigated Bout. And it didn’t prevent the U.S. military from giving Bout’s pilots millions of dollars in free airplane fuel while they were flying U.S. supply flights."
https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4400141&page=1
https://www.revolver.news/2022/12/we...sions-in-iraq/
Sinema voted 93% with Biden.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoMuskies
And Romney probably voted 93% of the time with Trump.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbiemcgee