As most of you are aware I am a big Beatles fan. When I read about the nonsensical CR (Continuing Resolution) to keep our government afloat, my mind immediately went to one of my favorite Beatles’ songs … “A Day In The Life,” which starts out,
“I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph”
This is a photo of Rep Nancy Mace (R,SC) comparing the last CR ( 21 pages.) with the present one of 1,547 pages.
To make a long story short this monstrosity was made available to those to had to vote on it at around 7am and the vote was to be in that same afternoon.
This reminded me of the infamous Nancy Pelosi quote, “we have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it.”
These almost 1600 pages were loaded with pork surprise? … not really! What surprised me the most was that Speaker Johnson scheduled the critical vote toward the end of the final week right before Christmas break and two days before federal government funding runs out on Friday afternoon.
One of my new hero’s, Elon Musk, came to the rescue!
A headline from The Hill:
“Elon Musk: Anyone who votes for
spending deal should lose reelection”
From C&C:
“Elon didn’t say he would fund primary efforts against porky Republicans. But … !
It wasn’t supposed to end this way. The Bureaucracy obviously thought it could pass this bill. A lot of work went into drafting and backroom-negotiating that 1,600-page monster. Don’t conclude this was anything new, Congress has been playing budgetary brinksmanship games for years now.”
Musk won, and the almost 1600 page pork-filled bill is dead.
Just another day in the life of Elon Musk!
For those of you who want to read a terrific, but rather long, book, I recommend “Elon Musk” by Walter Isaacson.
12/19/24