The House voted 216-214 on a budget reconciliation framework that includes $10 billion worth of election-related grants over a 10-year period for coaxing states into adopting anti-voting measures like those in Trump’s pet proposal. The $95 billion package also includes funding for the Iran war and bailouts for farmers hurt by Trump’s tariffs.
It’s still unclear what will be in the final reconciliation bill; now that the budget resolution has been approved, individual House committees will go about drafting the legislation. The reconciliation process allows Senate Republicans to bypass the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold and pass legislation with a simple majority.
Government funds to farmers to help with the rising costs and effects of war? This feels like a word that usually isn’t associated with capitalism.
Most of the farmland is owned by a handful of oligarchs and mega-corps
True but I’d wager this is an 11th-hour attempt to buy back heartland wallet voters they’ve been hemorrhaging for over a year. Hopefully they take the bribe and still vote against him.
Wouldn’t be the first time Donald Trump just started handing out checks and hoping for the best.
But it’s easy to take someone’s money and still hate the guy signing the check. Ask any wage laborer.
it is when you consider that farms are mega corps these days. they don’t care about a little co-op in Shelbina, MO.
Yeah see, they’re just throwing everyday struggling farmers a bone!
Oh wait no, it’s not that at all. It’s that they know they need to prop this industry up as widespread access to food is probably one of the last things keeping people from revolting