What About Stand Alone Bills? Executive Actions? Open Thread
Covid Rescue Plan is in the rear view mirror and it lacks many things we care about.
Can some follow-up work fill in a few of the holes? IDK. But here’s what I’m thinking:
Biden issued a mask Mandate in Federal buildings. Is there already a separate Federal Minimum Wage and if not, Can Biden declare one?
If not, how about a Stand Alone Bill in both houses of Congress on a minimum wage hike that would take place immediately? For $10.00 NOW.
Similarly the ACA got some improvements but they aren’t as long lasting or sweeping as most of us hoped for. How about a Stand Alone Bill lowering the Medicare age to 60? I think this may pass.
If these measures are widely publicized and the public is as enthusiaztic as I think they’ll be, we just might get some relief in this way.
I’m not sure that individual Senators will be as willing to vote against small immediate fixes as were ready to stand against the bigger packages. Nothing to hide behind. You are for Starvation Wages or you are not.
Narrowing the focus reveals each legislator as exactly who they are and what they stand for. It won’t work on the shameless but it just might on enough of them .
It looks as though Chris Coons agrees with Joe Manchin.
That’s his and Joe Biden’s story.
How virtuous of him.\s
My question is whether they will stick to it, if it is a stand alone, nowhere to go to, nowhere to hide situation.
Anytime Coons or Carper are on primetime pundit shows, one hears Biden’s whispers. I think jcb has referred to them as the Delaware twins.
Delaware Corps Twins 😉
Deleware Corpse Twins 😉
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-take-minimum-wage-fight-directly-joe-biden-1575614
The big reason why I am rooting for Ms. Nina to win her race is she is a firebrand, and does not stand down to craporists. She’s very similar to AOC in that way, and will take some of the heat off her. 🙂
T and R, NYCVG!! 🙂
Thank you, orlbucfan.
ditto, some good ideas:o) keep on keepin’ on…
Nina will be another member of the Squad!!
That would be awesome
We also have to remember that we won’t see anything else that involves spending and appropriations for contractors until Fall.
Please explain.
The infrastructure bill, for example, won’t be voted on until November, possibly December. As much as Manchin and Coons do not prefer reconciliation, it will likely happen in that fashion because GOP is united to vote no on any bill.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/03/12/sanders-amazon-union-bezos/?utm_source=reddit.com
Borg Bezos thinks he’s god. The sorry SOB needs his azz kicked so hard, certain male privates fall off. I don’t have a problem with anyone honestly achieving success. It’s when he/she becomes a threat to the rest of us.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/12/total-hypocrisy-sanders-rips-gop-pushing-estate-tax-repeal-while-rejecting-covid
I’ll go one better and call it what it really is: bullsh1t! 🙁
This rah-rah stuff from AOC, Bernie and other “progressives” along with
the total lunacy of Maddow and the corporate media is just pathetic!
That some of you can remain hopeful is indeed laudable.
“Come Home America”.
“Time Has Come Today”
Some Southern rock. a little ironic
The floodgates have opened
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/12/cuomo-ny-congress-democrats-resignations-475522
Jessica Bakenan
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/andrew-cuomo-sexual-harassment-albany-reporter.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/andrew-cuomo-aides-called-former-staffers-to-discredit-accuser-11615512363
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/andrew-cuomo-misconduct-allegations.html
i have the impression, maybe wrongly, that Wall St. is much the same way.
good. every bit as, if not more, important. afaik, he basically sent wisdom givers to die.
@NYCVG do you mind if I add “and OT” to the title of your post? Everyone, including myself, appear to be treating it as such.
Go right ahead… and TY.
Done. I didn’t realize that titles could be edited. Impossible on Reddit.
Learn something every day.
https://twitter.com/Lefty_Jew/status/1370430569591402501?s=20
https://twitter.com/alex_sammon/status/1370462521836990466?s=20
Those 2 are the few standing remaining members of the Democratic empire in new York.
No Ritchie Torres and my rep Sean Patrick Maloney is a yes
Tonko has since joined the list
Ritchie seems to be sleeping on this one.
old news see my new comment.
See new comment. greg Meeks now on Board.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/12/us-sens-schumer-and-gillibrand-call-on-new-york-gov-andrew-cuomo-to-resign.html
Highest ranking NY officials so far.
If I’m reading Cuomo correctly nothing will budge him.
That’s BIG news.
Why should he? Look at what garbage like Sick Rott have gotten away with?
Impeachment