Summary
House Republicans narrowly passed their budget resolution by a vote of 217-215, a big win for Speaker Mike Johnson with an extremely slim GOP majority.
The measure begins the process to implement Trump’s legislative agenda through reconciliation, requiring only a simple majority to pass, but both the House and Senate must adopt the exact same resolution.
Democrats, fearing massive Medicaid cuts, strongly opposed the resolution and scrambled to get members to the floor, including Rep. Brittany Petterson, on maternity leave, and Rep. Kevin Mullin, who used a walker.
The resolution now heads to the Senate.
I don’t want to be dramatic, but if this passes we’re fucked and there’s almost no way to come back.
Taxes were cut during Reagan and hardly came back after all those years, Trump came in and cut them even more than Reagan. Once Biden took power taxes were only slightly raised, but nowhere near their pre Trump levels, Trump is trying to lower taxes again.
Our government is not going to be able to function or handle the debt load, there’s just not enough income. It was so obvious that this would happen again, but I guess the people that voted for him don’t mind a shittier government and a larger deficit. Trump is going to leave office with the largest deficit in history, or maybe second to his first run.
We’re at a serious risk of losing the dollar as the reserve currency at this point. If that happens we can say goodbye to this country for good.
I can’t tell if they’re actually following Putins orders or are actually just that dumb.
This is the likeliest explanation for every single decision. If it weakens/destroys the US, Trump is doing it, and that is exactly the goal of his godhead.