Republicans Fighting Amongst Themselves, All In Confusion

[Borillar]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/06/fix-gop-infrastructure-defections/

“I can’t believe Republicans just gave the Democrats their socialism bill,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said.

“That 13 House Republicans provided the votes needed to pass this is absurd,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) said.
Others threatened before the vote to target or launch primaries against the defectors in their midst

Here are the 13 House Republicans that defied Kevin McCarthy and voted for Biden's $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure bill

Over a dozen Republicans bucked party leadership and voted to pass the infrastructure bill. It now heads to President Biden's desk for his signature.

www.businessinsider.com

I guess politicians aren't supposed to vote for bills that could actually benefit their constituents, districts, states, and the country as a whole. They are only supposed to vote in lockstep along party lines.

 

[tahuyaman]

Trump had everything to do with it.... And influenced McCarthy to have congressmen vote no on a bill which was good for the Usa, good for their constituents, all for political machinations and political purposes. Pay attention! And stay away from the bubble you are caught up in....

Uh.......No.

 

[Care4all]

Uh.......No.

Uh......Yes!

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

The bill was good for the Republican's constituents.

And it's a big F.U. to trump.

Trump, Trump, Trump
You clowns mention his holy name more than the right. Just admit you worship the man

 

[playtime]

Which is a scam. Most of that bill is spent on social programs and paybacks to pet special interests. They are calling that "human infrastructure."

holy crap batman - you don't know wtf you are even talking about - seems you are poorly educated .... just like donny wants you to be. try researching the facts b4 you spew nonsense.

Here’s a breakdown of the bill:

ROADS AND BRIDGES
The bill would provide $110 billion to repair the nation’s aging highways, bridges and roads. According to the White House, 173,000 total miles or nearly 280,000 kilometers of America’s highways and major roads and 45,000 bridges are in poor condition. And the almost $40 billion for bridges is the single largest dedicated bridge investment since the construction of the national highway system, according to the Biden administration.

PUBLIC TRANSIT
The $39 billion for public transit in the legislation would expand transportation systems, improve accessibility for people with disabilities and provide dollars to state and local governments to buy zero-emission and low-emission buses. The Transportation Department estimates that the current repair backlog is more than 24,000 buses, 5,000 rail cars, 200 stations and thousands of miles of track and power systems.

PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RAIL
To reduce Amtrak’s maintenance backlog, which has worsened since Superstorm Sandy nine years ago, the bill would provide $66 billion to improve the rail service’s Northeast Corridor (457 miles, 735 km), as well as other routes. It’s less than the $80 billion Biden — who famously rode Amtrak from Delaware to Washington during his time in the Senate — originally asked for, but it would be the largest federal investment in passenger rail service since Amtrak was founded 50 years ago.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES
The bill would spend $7.5 billion for electric vehicle charging stations, which the administration says are critical to accelerating the use of electric vehicles to curb climate change. It would also provide $5 billion for the purchase of electric school buses and hybrids, reducing reliance on school buses that run on diesel fuel.

INTERNET ACCESS
The legislation’s $65 billion for broadband access would aim to improve internet services for rural areas, low-income families and tribal communities. Most of the money would be made available through grants to states.

MODERNIZING THE ELECTRIC GRID
To protect against the power outages that have become more frequent in recent years, the bill would spend $65 billion to improve the reliability and resiliency of the power grid. It would also boost carbon capture technologies and more environmentally friendly electricity sources like clean hydrogen.

AIRPORTS
The bill would spend $25 billion to improve runways, gates and taxiways at airports and to improve terminals. It would also improve aging air traffic control towers.

WATER AND WASTEWATER
The legislation would spend $55 billion on water and wastewater infrastructure. It has $15 billion to replace lead pipes and $10 billion to address water contamination from polyfluoroalkyl substances — chemicals that were used in the production of Teflon and have also been used in firefighting foam, water-repellent clothing and many other items.

PAYING FOR IT
The five-year spending package would be paid for by tapping $210 billion in unspent COVID-19 relief aid and $53 billion in unemployment insurance aid some states have halted, along with an array of smaller pots of money, like petroleum reserve sales and spectrum auctions for 5G services.
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Associated Press writers Alexandra Jaffe, Kevin Freking and Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.
Roads, transit, internet: What's in the infrastructure bill


https://apnews.com/article/crime-nebraska-lincoln-da5b54f8b4e71b82cf0b1ecfbcb5e8c7

 

[playtime]

Which is a scam. Most of that bill is spent on social programs and paybacks to pet special interests. They are calling that "human infrastructure."

the bill that passed has NOTHING to do with social programs - that is a distinct & separate bill. whether that passes, depends on what the CBO says.

do try & keep up.

 

[playtime]

Trump isn't relevant to this issue. you guys just can't seem to evict Trump from your brain.

is that why he can't stfu about it & everything else going on in CONgress? is that why kevin mcspineless & his other trump humpers might try to 'punish' the 13 (R)s that voted for the bill- by possibly stripping them of any committee seats they hold?

where do you think they are getting their orders from?

 

[playtime]

The good thing is that their agenda is proving to be an abject failure and it's being rejected across the country. Even in far left wing enclaves like Seattle and Minneapolis.

lol ... & now for the truth:

polls for infrastructure - Google Search

 

[playtime]

We'll primary and get rid of the bad Republicans who vote to impeach Trump and vote with Dems, and replace them with Good Guys.

in other words:

trump humping ankle grabbing drones for donny

 

[playtime]

Trump had nothing to do with current political events

he has most of the (R)s by the shorthairs that either follow in lockstep to his di-rectives, either because they are truly cultists - or they are scared to death of him & his vengeful personality.

 

[playtime]

Uh.......No.

yep.

first he did this just after the jan 6 insurrection:



then he did this just a couple weeks after that bloody attempted coup :

 

[surada]

The failure of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and party whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) to stop thirteen Republican lawmakers from siding with the Democrats and passing a massive infrastructure bill is setting off a "bloodletting" within the GOP caucus, reports the Washington Posts Aaron Blake.

Late Friday night, thirteen GOP House members broke ranks and voted for the massive $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that now awaits President Joe Biden's signature -- and they were immediately denounced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) who called them "traitors."

Kevin McCarthy's failure to derail Biden's infrastructure bill sets off wave of GOP finger-pointing and threats: report

The failure of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and party whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) to stop thirteen Republican lawmakers from siding with the Democrats and passing a massive infrastructure bill is setting off a "bloodletting" within the GOP caucus, reports the Washington Post's Aaron...

www.rawstory.com

They'll forget all about it after they get their subpoenas.

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[GMCGeneral]

There's about a dozen of those hard core socialists who are taking the Democrat Party farther and farther away from mainstream America. Pelosi has tried, but she can't control them.


The good thing is that their agenda is proving to be an abject failure and it's being rejected across the country. Even in far left wing enclaves like Seattle and Minneapolis.

Yeppers. And these nutjobs are trying to unseat Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown from his NYS DNC chairmanship, which ain't gonna happen.

 

[schmidlap]

“I can’t believe Republicans just gave the Democrats their socialism bill,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said.

“That 13 House Republicans provided the votes needed to pass this is absurd,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) said.

Here are the 13 House Republicans that defied Kevin McCarthy and voted for Biden's $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure bill

Over a dozen Republicans bucked party leadership and voted to pass the infrastructure bill. It now heads to President Biden's desk for his signature.

www.businessinsider.com

The crackpot fringe that persists in sucking on the Cry Baby Loser's tit becomes hysterical over the passage of any legislation in the interests of the nation.

There has been tremendous public support for infrastructure renewal since before the Cry Baby Loser brayed that it was crumbling and needed to be addressed by a massive public investment.

Trump Blames McConnell for His $2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill’s Failure​

In fact, it was the Cry Baby Loser who threw one of his hissyfits and left in a snit:

Trump walked out from his own Infrastructure Bill​

McConnell previously doubled down on his vote for the infrastructure bill and lauded the $4 billion in federal funding for his state. “We have a lot of infrastructure needs, both in rural areas and with big bridges. It’s a godsend for Kentucky,” he said Monday.​

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America wins as Loser loses yet another one!

​

 

[tahuyaman]

is that why he can't stfu about it & everything else going on in CONgress? is that why kevin mcspineless & his other trump humpers might try to 'punish' the 13 (R)s that voted for the bill- by possibly stripping them of any committee seats they hold?

where do you think they are getting their orders from?

Trump is not giving out “marching orders.”

 

[tahuyaman]

the bill that passed has NOTHING to do with social programs - that is a distinct & separate bill. whether that passes, depends on what the CBO says.

do try & keep up.

The bill that just past is loaded with social spending referred to as “Human infrastructure.”’ This is a fact.

 

[schmidlap]

The bill that just past is loaded with social spending referred to as “Human infrastructure.”’ This is a fact.

Lies have been issued to be parroted by Trump dead-enders as if they were "facts."

FACT CHECK: ​

Does Only 11 Percent of Bill Go Toward 'Real Infrastructure,' as Trump Claims?​

The 2,702-page bipartisan bill, summarized in a fact sheet issued by the White House, contains $550 billion in new spending, in addition to funding allocated each year for various infrastructure projects. The allocation for roads and bridges ($110 billion), railroads ($66 billion), airports ($25 billion) and ports ($17 billion) alone totals $218 billion, which is just over 18 percent of the overall spending over the 10-year period— significantly higher than the 11 percent touted by Trump.

An additional $240 billion is going toward upgrading and improving the nation's power grids ($73 billion), water infrastructure ($55 billion, plus another $8 billion for Western water infrastructure in response to ongoing droughts across the West), public transit systems ($39 billion) and broadband ($65 billion). In the past, all of that has typically fallen under the "public infrastructure" umbrella and would raise the share of "real infrastructure" to at least 38 percent.

The addition of more contentious elements that arguably fall under a looser definition of public infrastructure—such as safety enhancements ($11 billion), electric vehicle charging stations ($7.5 billion) and electric school buses ($7.5 billion), along with $47 billion for cybersecurity and climate change mitigation—would tip the total over 44 percent.

In fact, redefining the concept of public infrastructure to its narrowest meaning would go against Trump's—and the GOP's—own criteria, which Trump revealed on numerous occasions during his time in office. Examples include the Trump White House's promotion of its $200 billion infrastructure proposal in 2018, which included federal grants for rail and water system upgrades, as well as his administration's public transit initiative in Nashville, which was promoted under the infrastructure development umbrella.

In a January 31, 2019, executive order on "Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects," Trump said "infrastructure projects" are defined as those developing physical assets for the general public in various sectors.
These are listed in the order as "surface transportation, including roadways, bridges, railroads, and transit; aviation; ports, including navigational channels; water resources projects; energy production, generation, and storage, including from fossil-fuels, renewable, nuclear, and hydroelectric sources; electricity transmission; gas, oil, and propane storage and transmission; electric, oil, natural gas, and propane distribution systems; broadband internet; pipelines; stormwater and sewer infrastructure; drinking water infrastructure; cybersecurity; and any other sector designated through a notice published in the Federal Register by the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council."

Newsweek reached out to Trump's press office for comment but did not hear back before publication.
The Ruling

Mostly False.
FACT CHECK BY Newsweek

 

[tahuyaman]

Lies have been issued to be parroted by Trump dead-enders as if they were "facts."

FACT CHECK: ​

Does Only 11 Percent of Bill Go Toward 'Real Infrastructure,' as Trump Claims?​

The 2,702-page bipartisan bill, summarized in a fact sheet issued by the White House, contains $550 billion in new spending, in addition to funding allocated each year for various infrastructure projects. The allocation for roads and bridges ($110 billion), railroads ($66 billion), airports ($25 billion) and ports ($17 billion) alone totals $218 billion, which is just over 18 percent of the overall spending over the 10-year period— significantly higher than the 11 percent touted by Trump.

An additional $240 billion is going toward upgrading and improving the nation's power grids ($73 billion), water infrastructure ($55 billion, plus another $8 billion for Western water infrastructure in response to ongoing droughts across the West), public transit systems ($39 billion) and broadband ($65 billion). In the past, all of that has typically fallen under the "public infrastructure" umbrella and would raise the share of "real infrastructure" to at least 38 percent.

The addition of more contentious elements that arguably fall under a looser definition of public infrastructure—such as safety enhancements ($11 billion), electric vehicle charging stations ($7.5 billion) and electric school buses ($7.5 billion), along with $47 billion for cybersecurity and climate change mitigation—would tip the total over 44 percent.

In fact, redefining the concept of public infrastructure to its narrowest meaning would go against Trump's—and the GOP's—own criteria, which Trump revealed on numerous occasions during his time in office. Examples include the Trump White House's promotion of its $200 billion infrastructure proposal in 2018, which included federal grants for rail and water system upgrades, as well as his administration's public transit initiative in Nashville, which was promoted under the infrastructure development umbrella.

In a January 31, 2019, executive order on "Strengthening Buy-American Preferences for Infrastructure Projects," Trump said "infrastructure projects" are defined as those developing physical assets for the general public in various sectors.
These are listed in the order as "surface transportation, including roadways, bridges, railroads, and transit; aviation; ports, including navigational channels; water resources projects; energy production, generation, and storage, including from fossil-fuels, renewable, nuclear, and hydroelectric sources; electricity transmission; gas, oil, and propane storage and transmission; electric, oil, natural gas, and propane distribution systems; broadband internet; pipelines; stormwater and sewer infrastructure; drinking water infrastructure; cybersecurity; and any other sector designated through a notice published in the Federal Register by the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council."

Newsweek reached out to Trump's press office for comment but did not hear back before publication.
The Ruling

Mostly False.
FACT CHECK BY Newsweek

I don't give a rip about Trump's claims, nor do I know what they are . He's irrelevant to this issue. At least to anyone with common sense.


What I do knw is that a substantial portion of that bill is social spending dishonestly portrayed as " human infrastructure."

 

[playtime]

Trump is not giving out “marching orders.”

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

here's just one example:

Trump tells 4 former aides to defy Jan. 6 committee's subpoena​

By BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN

10/07/2021 01:11 PM EDT
Updated: 10/07/2021 01:16 PM EDT
The House panel probing the Capitol attack had demanded documents and testimony from the former president's former aides by Thursday.
Trump tells 4 former aides to defy Jan. 6 committee's subpoena

he just can't keep his orange anus shaped piehole shut.

Save America

 

[playtime]

The bill that just past is loaded with social spending referred to as “Human infrastructure.”’ This is a fact.

donny loves the poorly educated.

the FACT is - he loves you long time.