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Who Died and Made Her Queen?

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough had previously determined that the “Byrd Rule” applied in this case. Because a reconciliation bill — a type of budget bill — requires only a simple majority of 51 votes for passage, the Byrd Rule imposes restrictions on what provisions can be included. Measures deemed to be “extraneous” to the budget must secure a supermajority of 60 votes to pass. As a result, the proposal to remove undocumented immigrants from Medicaid failed by just four votes. [More]

I especially like that part of the Constitution where it says she can infringe on the right to keep and bear arms and then our “gun rights leaders” call it a “next best win.”

[Via Michael G]

Tangentially Related UPDATE

There is also the argument that the remaining requirements for registration violate the Firearm Owners Protection Act… It includes a blanket prohibition on the creation of a federal registry of guns or gun owners. The NFA has survived this prohibition only because it is a tax. [More]

So, who has to do what, and will they?

The Tip of the Iceberg

Democrat Messaging Falters as They Ask Constituents to Foot Medicaid Costs for 1.4 Million Illegal Aliens [More]

Add in recurring hospital costs racked up by these guys and their ilk, and I’d say we’re talking about more than 1.4M for Medicaid recipients.

Think of all the hours you’ve worked, all the taxes you have paid, and realize how much of it has been squandered on people who want to take what you’ve earned by people who demand your obedience or else…

I guess it’s easier to dupe ourselves with a little Lee Greenwood than it is to hoist the black flag…

[Via Geordan]

The Stop Fraudulent Tax-Funded Anti-Gun Propaganda Act

Medicaid funding for gun violence programs faces scrutiny – Republican Congressman Andrew Clyde, of Georgia, unveiled the Medicaid Funds Integrity Act to restrict Medicaid funds for gun violence prevention programs. [More]

As usual, the “real reporters” are parroting lies to us. The point is to stop using tax dollars to spread violence monopolist propaganda, just like CDC was doing when its Director of the National Center for Injury Control and Prevention publicly advocated “We need to revolutionize the way we look at guns, like what we did with cigarettes. Now it [sic] is dirty, deadly, and banned.”

Will it get a vote this time?

[Via Jess]

Burying the Lede

South Carolina Agency: The Feds Force Us To Give Voter Registration To Foreign Nationals [More]

And foreign nationals get Medicaid why…?

Wake me when the headlines talk about people going to jail.

[Via bondmen]

New York ‘Gun Violence’ Medicaid Bill a Wealth Redistribution Boondoggle

“Under the proposal, a Medicaid beneficiary who has been involved in or injured by community violence and has received a health care referral would be eligible,” the report recounts, noting “California, Connecticut and Illinois have been granted similar approval to use Medicaid for violence prevention programs.” [More]

That more citizens don’t recognize what utter clownish frauds anti-gun Democrats are is one more indicator of this being the Age of Madness.

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