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#Republicans on the #Senate #Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve the nomination of #EmilBove III to a lifetime post as a federal appeals court judge on a voice vote after #Democrats on the panel stormed out. The protest came when the chairman, Senator #ChuckGrassley, called the roll before every Democrat on the committee had a chance to air their objections.
The #OneBigBeautifulBill will make it harder to develop #wind & #solar #energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates & lawmakers said.
The #Senate dropped a proposed excise tax on solar & wind energy projects that don't meet strict standards after last-minute negotiations with key #Republican senators seeking better terms for #renewables.
#Trump #OneBigUglyBill #MagicMinute
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The #Senate also changed language about which #solar & #wind projects can use the 2022 #InflationReductionAct’s #TaxCredits.
In the Senate's final version, projects will be able to use the lucrative credits if they begin construction before 2026.
A previous version was based on when the projects enter service.
#House #Trump #OneBigUglyBill #OneBigBeautifulBill #MagicMinute
But overall, the #Senate bill will make it too challenging to move forward with many new #wind & #solar energy projects, likely depriving the #US of added #electricity capacity at a time of soaring #energy demand, critics said.
That could mean higher #consumer bills & lost #jobs around the country at project sites dependent on the credits.
#House #Trump #OneBigUglyBill #OneBigBeautifulBill #MagicMinute
The #Senate has passed #Trump’s tax cut & spending bill, sending it to #House for final passage
The #legislation extends trillions of dollars in tax cuts for the #wealthy & #corporations from Trump’s first term & implements new campaign promises, while spending billions on #immigration, cutting millions of people from #Medicaid & #FoodStamps, & increasing the #NationalDebt by trillions.
In the runup to a final #Senate vote on #Trump’s big bill of tax cuts & spending cuts, #Republicans have voted down #Democratic amendments to strike portions of the bill that would reduce funding for rural #hospitals, #FoodStamps & #Medicaid.
Sen #SusanCollins (R-ME)joined #Democrats on an amendment to strike language that would force rural hospitals to limit their services.
#law #policy #PublicDisservice
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The changes made to #Trump’s big tax bill in the #Senate would pile trillions onto the nation’s #debt load while resulting in even steeper losses in #healthcare #coverage, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a new analysis, adding to the challenges for #Republicans as they try to muscle the bill to passage.
The #Senate on Friday rejected a #Democratic measure that would have forced #Trump to go to #Congress for approval of another #military strike against #Iran [he was supposed to for the first]. The resolution had little chance of succeeding in a #Republican-controlled & Trump lick-spittle Congress.
#Constitution #law #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #ExecutiveAuthority #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
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Key #Medicaid provision in #Trump's big tax cut & spending bill is found to violate #Senate rules
The Senate #parliamentarian has advised that a key Medicaid provider tax overhaul that is central to Trump’s bill does not adhere to procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow to #Republicans rushing to finish the massive package this week.
#USpol #Senate Parlamentarian rules against major provisions the #BBB
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the presiding officer of the Senate, he has the option to waive or sustain the motion.
Let's all guess what will happen, if the objections do not get removed one way or the other...
s/: if it all weren't that serious...popcorn 🍿 anyone? /s
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#USpol #Senate Parlamentarian rules against major provisions the #BBB
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OFC, it is good news.--For the time being.
One lasting piece of good news: the #Project2025 overlooked a key position to fill with bootlickers, the Parlamentarian.
As she could be dismissed by the Senate Majority leader (as it happened in 1987 + 2001,) that might be one way to break the impasse.
#JDVance being the Veep and thus...
The #Republican controlled #Senate Tuesday passed #legislation to establish a #regulatory framework for #stablecoins, putting the
#cryptocurrency industry, which had long been viewed with suspicion by lawmakers in Washington, on the brink of a major policy breakthrough.
The *GENIUS Act*, followed an aggressive lobbying campaign aimed at transforming cryptocurrency’s image from #scandal-plagued experiment to *legitimate* financial sector.
