"This bill is a Trojan horse," one Democratic Representative said.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49776822

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.

  • bagsy
    16·
    3 months ago

    So if we can’t vote, does that mean we don’t have to pay taxes?

    • CubitOom@infosec.pubOPEnglish
      61·
      3 months ago

      If you don’t pay your taxes, you go to a jail and all your shit is confiscated

      • Bustedknuckles
        6·
        3 months ago

        Also, slavery has always been legal in the US if you’re convicted of a bad enough crime. Once they make poverty illegal, boom! Cheap labor

    • 007Ace@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      i think thats the ol’ no taxation without representation language. But Im Canadian so I only know bits and pieces.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
      3·
      3 months ago

      or go to jury duty, Voter rolls is one of the places they try to drag people to JD, i thinks thier primary source, followed by DMV driver/STATE ID.