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Exactly how does one figure that out. So far the relief checks have gone based on 2019 tax returns which has left out a heck of a lotta people who are not working still who were laid off in 2020. My feeling has always been this is not hard to do. Send payments to everyone and reconcile at tax time. How is it I can figure this out but hundreds of people in congress can't. Or honestly don't want to.

So apparently McConnell caved. According to McConnell Sinema and Machin's commitment to not nuke the filibuster was enough. I hope not because I DO NOT TRUST HIM. Unless someone threatened to go after his wife for all her shady dealings as Trans Sec the past 4 years because there are many. And absolutely not on the $2000. HE COMMITTED to that as did Ossoff and Warnock. People will not forget. Anyway call Little Marco and Phony Hawley on this because they both wanted $2,000

They have the ability to get rid of the filibuster for the organizing resolution which I am not sure why they haven't done already. Manchin is supposed to chair one of the committees. Surely that morons would at least want that chairmanship.

Uhm they get no pass for that. On the flip side McConnell thought he was going to win it and I don't see him acting unprepared. He's already obstructing.

I really do not get this obsession with keeping the filibuster. It's a relic and the purpose it served no longer exists. If GOP senators who CLAIM to be moderate support this nonsense then get rid of it and move on. I highly doubt there is even a working contingent of GOP senators that actually want to work for the people.. Americans don't give a damn about the filibuster we want congress to work.

Lady Gaga was amazing JLo no comment The speech was very Biden and IMO hit the moment. He actually used the term RACISM in his speech And Garth Brooks was wonderful. I actually loved it.

Ted Cruz had a lot of nerve showing his ugly unkept face here.

I know what @khan is getting at but mediocrity is being generous

Mediaite reposted this. I know you can be blocked from The New Yorker if you have used up the number of free articles posted but the article associated with this is incredible also in a terrifying way. The New Yorker Shares Stunning New Capitol Mob Footage (mediaite.com)

This guy should be picked up and questioned. He sounds like a QANON nut.

I am on twitter- I only follow limited site/people but the only one I saw who mentioned it was Rubio who I rolled my eyes at(Someone retweeted it with an eyeroll). Which is why I made my comment. I was off today and and was finishing up some painting - listening to NPR and CNN and I didn;t hear a thing about this outside of discussions more about the items directly related to COVID. Nothing about that outside of the bullet points of the plan.

Easier to change it to $2000 then spend time on explaining it especially on your first piece of major legislation. Then thank little Marco for brining it to their attention and that they are changing it and are thankful for his support.

That's simply not true regardless of Shapiro. It's appalling that Politico ran that column as a "both sides" attempt. People living and working in the DC area are terrified. My cousin lives in Maryland just outside of DC and they are hunkered down for the next week or so. She said everyone in the area is on edge and scared to death. I can't imagine any of the Politico staff that actually works in the area were happy they ran that.

Can I ask where the attack is being minimized? I have seen none of this and no I don't count Fox or a few cultists in congress.

That's actually pretty damn fantastic. I read by the way that the child tax credit has been something that Sherrod Brown has been pushing for years. I have been feeling since the second day all these agencies have been doing CYA. See this. And Chris Wray is going to need to resign. I don't care about why this didn't happen - even if his hands were tied. He won't have a lot of credibility with the public going forward.

Double digits is a good thing. It's a shame so many are cowards. They could have voted present versus yes or no. That's actually worse forget it.

There allegedly is at least one more confirmed.

That's a fair point. Does HR1 include anything related to districting? Part of the reason we are here today is for this reason. People continually having to cater to nuts. But Michigan, PA I believe both passed fair maps referendums approved by the voters. That's not everything but its something.

They made gains due to Trump's presence on the ballot. That's not going to be the case in 2022. Frankly the democrats should start tying the GOP to people like that nut from Georgia and Colorado. And Kevin McCarthy is weak, stupid, and cowardly. I detest McConnell but there is no comparison. I'd be more concerned if someone like Liz Cheney were house minority leader. I said before we are going to learn over time who the collaborators were. There are people speaking today who were involved in this. As for impeachment being under Schumer good. And I am frankly tired of people(not you or anyone here) assuming you can't do 2 things at once. People have gotten so conditioned to the senate doing nothing but approve judges and working about 1 day a week. They can do better. I guarantee Pelosi has the legislation lined up to pass starting day 1.

I didn't say not to. But already acting like the GOP won the house and senate in 2022 is so defeatist. People ought to wait until the investigations are done because I guarantee there are going to be GOP members implicated.

Why are people worrying about midterms already? I swear we democrats need to stop our bed wetting and living in fear.

Agreed. When Carl mentioned he didn't think the GOP would have the votes in the senate I didn't really believe that at this point especially after Ben Sasse's comments days back. It doesn't make Sasse a profile in courage by the way. I just meant how McConnell blames Trump for losing the senate. He needs to look in the mirror

I had assumed this was coming but McConnells own self awareness in terms of culpability is astounding. We are going to find out what happened goes high into the gvmt and he's culpable for not removing this cancer when he could have. He can blame himself for losing the senate and NO ONE ELSE.

I thought that press conference was amateur hour. Where was Chris Wray? I have to say I am glad it's Biden walking into the White House. I don't think there is anyone else on that debate stage I'd have confidence in in a number of areas, including politely pushing that sycophant Graham into irrelevance.

Let this be the start of accountability of some of these white crooks who hold or held office.