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In Light of the Kennedy Center Layoffs, a Republican Congressman Introduces a Bill to Get Back the $25 Million

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-01 04:55|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 like

Posted by 3dc 2020-04-01 05:07|| 2020-04-01 05:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Forget it, the money is gone. Plywood over the windows and doors in 5,4,3....

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-01 08:35|| 2020-04-01 08:35|| Front Page Top

#3 So put a lien on the building, like the government would do to your house.

Posted by Ulaviling Dark Lord of the French1268 2020-04-01 09:23|| 2020-04-01 09:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Republican Wisconsin Rep. Bryan Steil’s without appreciation, so he’s introduced a proposal to rescind the $25 mil. In a press release, he laid it out:
“Some in Washington felt it was important to spend $25 million of taxpayer dollars on the Kennedy Center when there are obviously bigger needs right now. This is frivolous spending in the midst of a national emergency. Coronavirus requires a serious and targeted response...

Posted by b 2020-04-01 10:21|| 2020-04-01 10:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, and conspiracy to commit fraud charges.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-04-01 10:41|| 2020-04-01 10:41|| Front Page Top

A dog park, some green space, a small apple orchard ?

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-01 10:44|| 2020-04-01 10:44|| Front Page Top

#7 A sewage treatment plant?

Posted by gorb 2020-04-01 12:09|| 2020-04-01 12:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Kabuki. Also horse trading. In a $2.3 trillion bill, $25 million isn’t even a rounding error, and it was part of the price President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell paid to get the honourable Speaker of the House to agree to what they needed. Recall that her going in bid was $2.5 trillion in spending, of which $35 million was for the Kennedy Center, and which included non-monetary sugar plums for unions and other traditional Democratic party clients.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-01 12:34|| 2020-04-01 12:34|| Front Page Top

#9 ^Politics is the art of the possible.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-01 12:49|| 2020-04-01 12:49|| Front Page Top

#10 Trump should book a MAGA rally in the Kennedy Center as they will never ask for money again.

Posted by Airandee 2020-04-01 15:28|| 2020-04-01 15:28|| Front Page Top

#11 Do we have the names of folk who put this in? Seems like that would be a major question.

The bank has been robbed! Let's demand the money back. He kiddies, who the hell was the robber?

Posted by Woodrow 2020-04-01 20:28|| 2020-04-01 20:28|| Front Page Top

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