nochules
1yr ago
The definition of “used” is that the FairTax has already been paid on it, or that it predates the existence of the FairTax. So not much of a loophole.
nochules
1yr ago
On CNN the headline is: White House says Covid-19 policy unchanged despite Biden's comments that the 'pandemic is over'. First sentence: (CNN)The Biden administration is largely downplaying President Joe Biden's comments declaring the coronavirus pandemic "over," suggesting his remarks signal a continuation of the White House's evolving stance toward the pandemic over the past few months.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/19/politics/biden-covid-pandemic-over/index.html
nochules
1yr ago
An important piece of context here is that she has made a seemingly false claim about a police interaction with her children before. She claimed that police officers pointed guns at her children while serving a search warrant on her house. That was not shown in the body camera video that was released by the police department, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
I think one of the key things here is that the spending bill allocates money not just generically to "border protection" but rather to fund specific things, and some Republicans oppose the things that were being funded. For example:
I suspect Nehls and Raskin differ greatly on what their definition of "border protection" means, which will make finding something they can both agree to very difficult.
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