For some countries, Christmas came early:
$169,739,000 to Vietnam, including $19 million to remediate dioxins (page 1476). Unspecified funds to “continue support for not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Kabul, Afghanistan that are accessible to both women and men in a coeducational environment” (page 1477). $198,323,000 to Bangladesh, including $23.5 million to support Burmese refugees and $23.3 million for “democracy programs” (page 1485). $130,265,000 to Nepal for “development and democracy programs” (page 1485). Pakistan: $15 million for “democracy programs” and $10 million for “gender programs” (page 1486). Sri Lanka: Up to $15 million “for the refurbishing of a high endurance cutter,” which is a type of patrol boat (page 1489). $505,925,000 to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama to “address key factors that contribute to the migration of unaccompanied, undocumented minors to the United States” (pages 1490-1491). $461,375,000 to Colombia for programs related to counternarcotics and human rights (pages 1494-1496). $74.8 million to the “Caribbean Basin Security Initiative” (page 1498). $33 million “for democracy programs for Venezuela” (page 1498). Unspecified amount to Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Curacao, and Trinidad and Tobago “for assistance for communities in countries supporting or otherwise impacted by refugees from Venezuela” (page 1499). $132,025,000 “for assistance for Georgia” (page 1499). $453 million “for assistance for Ukraine” (page 1500).
Even if veto proof, veto it anyway and send it back to put more spotlight on the ridiculous shit in this spending bill.
Absolutely.
we need to know who is adding each line of pork
Censorship against memes and streaming.. that alone is veto
Email Trump to veto!!!! I did.
hes gonna spotlight it. show everyone what a sac of shit nancy is and what bullshit hes had to put up with. been too damn long.
There's a ton of domestic waste in this bill too. There has to be... only 20-25% of it is going directly to Americans. That means a shitload of waste.
I'm sure it will all be spent responsibly.
The bill is so fucking bad we and lefty actually agree it is bullshit
We're funding these countries to destroy us. These traitors need to hang who here agreed to pay taxes to support other countries? I'm okay with paying taxes to help America and America alone.
Doesn’t mean the money won’t make it back to politicians and their families. Kemp probably will get a chunk of money from this somehow.
This is about 1% of the bill, not a reason in itself to veto when these items would probably just be rolled into something else. The 80% that is not going directly to the people and full of bloat is cause to veto.
the only democracy program they need in Venezuela is the Dominion Voting Machine destruction program.
I think we could send 10,000 baseball bats and accomplish that with far fewer $$$ than congress has allocated.
"Democracy Programs" is another name for Soros run Marxist NGO's
Exactly.
President Trump gets a blank check from me. He can sign anything he wants.
My list goes...
and lately I've been thinking about a Disco party at the courts.
dont forget the 90 mill for breastfeeding peer counselors
An interesting thing I learned about Nepal: it's a major hub for human trafficking out of India and on to wherever they are going to be used as slaves, for sex and work.
Makes me wonder about that $130, 265, 000 going to Nepal for "development and democracy" programs. Development of more human trafficking routes???
This bill sounds like a backdoor CIA budget to me.
Well, China has a 50% debt. America is at more than 100%.
Keep it up, and China can just buy it.
I heard that too maybe a rumor?
Veto proof?
If enough of Congress votes yes again, they can override a veto. POTUS should veto regardless though, and shine a huge spotlight on all the garbage in it.
6 people voted no...
Maddening...
man that 33 mill for democracy in venezuela wont be useless................
At this point I feel like “democracy programs” is a euphemism for installing corrupt voting machines.
I’m surprised they even had $600 available for us.
$170M to Vietnam is ridiculous but one could argue it’s to remediate the dioxins we released there. What do we owe Egypt, Israel or Sudan besides Alamogordo glass?
Fine, argue that. Still doesn’t belong in a COVID bill.
CIA MONEY LAUNDERING BILL