The $64.4 billion bill, which includes roughly $10 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), passed the House by a vote of 220-207. All but one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), voted for the measure.
The seven Democrats who sided with Republicans were Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Don Davis (N.C.), Tom Suozzi (N.Y.) and Vicente Gonzalez (Texas).
Interesting thing about Glusencamp-Perez is that she replaced a GOP anti-vaxxer that voted to impeach Trump.
Her 2024 opponent was a Libertarian who had supported Bernie in 2020 but then ran as a Republican.
In tired of the options being:
Turbo fascist
Fascist that ‘cares’ and
Closeted fascist
It almost feels like some districts are purchased by people with a lot of money to burn in order to give people the illusion of choice, and that way no matter which side of candidate wins, we all lose.
This may be a controversial thing to say, because I know a lot of people feel that regulations and public oversight stand in the way of progress (while simultaneously demanding more accountability?), but it kinda seems like allowing uncapped shadowy and untraceable super pac money into politics, has made things so much worse.
And while I do feel there are certainly cases where a public-private partnership could benefit society (For instance, publicly funded research to develop a vaccine during a pandemic then partnering with a private company that already has the capacity to manufacture that vaccine for millions of people, while being monitored for compliance with federal regulations and guidelines, could be a really helpful thing to have during a pandemic), it seems that many private industries just kind of used the opportunity to get their foot in the door and demand that they be allowed to operate free of regulations and oversight, in return for the “burden” of saving humanity, (and profiting greatly) when tragedy strikes.
One might argue in response, that even when the private industry has been called upon to help the American public, private industry wasn’t the “savior” of America. They were simply returning the gift (and keep in mind, still somehow profiting while returning that fucking gift) which very was very generously provided to them by the U.S. government allowing them to rake in trillions of untaxed profits over several decades, with way less oversight and accountability than should have ever been legal (Sackler family).