I wonder what memories (in a year, 10 years?) will be of this completely devastating tax bill which Trump and his rich cronies have pushed through congress.
I watched a couple of hours of Representative Hakeem Jeffries marathon speech in the House to delay the final vote on the bill. It had passed the Senate with even more cost cutting to programs which will result in the deaths and suffering of thousands...reducing SNAP food resources, Medicaid and health research...and eventually nursing home closures as well as patients dying... by the Vice President's veto breaking vote. Today the Republicans will vote to give more tax cuts to the richest people in the country instead. And then they can go home for the long holiday. At least Hakeem has postponed their flights a bit.
I don't pay any more attention to politics than the next person...but lately it's been very sickening.
So I'm very sad today, July 3, 2025.
I must say hat's off to Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat Representative from NY, who delayed the vote which was expected around noon whereby Republicans would put a very unpopular budget in place. The delay meant many Republican's flights for the holiday weekend had to be changed. Democrats too, but they were cheering Hakeem on through out the speech.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) spoke on the floor of the chamber for the longest time in U.S. history in protest of President Donald Trump’s big bill, breaking a record previously held by then-Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
Jeffries began shortly before 5 a.m. Thursday by saying he was going to take his “sweet time on behalf of the American people.”
And he did.
The New York Democrat took advantage of a House custom that allows party leaders unlimited speaking time, known as a “magic minute.”
McCarthy’s “minute” lasted over eight and a half hours back in 2021, when he was protesting legislation championed by then-President Joe Biden dubbed “Build Back Better.”
Jeffries beat the record just before 1:30 p.m. Thursday. He ended his remarks at 1:37 p.m., setting a new record of 8 hours and 44 minutes.
“I’m here today to make it clear that I’m going to take my time and ensure that the American people fully understand how damaging this bill will be to their quality of life,” Jeffries said at the beginning of his marathon speech.
(Yahoo News)
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