BREAKING NEWS: Rand Paul Furiously Lists Shocking Earmarks In Programs $1.2 Trillion Budget

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  • @hemihead001
    @hemihead001 9 місяців тому +1139

    Stop giving Entitlements out to foreigners . Stop Funding other Countries . Stop giving Politicians in DC Raises and benefits .

    • @thebipolarbear1
      @thebipolarbear1 8 місяців тому

      It's that easy but these corrupt disgusting pigs in power won't . Horrible and shameful

    • @UndertakerFromWWE
      @UndertakerFromWWE 8 місяців тому +31

      @@gramma677US should have never federalized

    • @mb9326
      @mb9326 8 місяців тому

      @@gramma677 The fed was only ever suppose to be protection of military, and to secure constitutional freedoms as the times change. That's it, now look at it. We have become the United States of Corporate America.

    • @Damienahughes
      @Damienahughes 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@UndertakerFromWWE little late for that

    • @vicm6561
      @vicm6561 8 місяців тому

      Half the federal government needs to be fired, they produce nothing! and the other half held accountable. Ain’t going to happen ….hence why they vote democrat. @@gramma677

  • @amendaburks9577
    @amendaburks9577 9 місяців тому +937

    How about stop spending our money . Americans stop paying taxes

    • @chuck2306
      @chuck2306 9 місяців тому +12

      i am OK with spending money if it makes money when i Mean making money i am talking other counties money we need to export we were selling large amounts of oil Natural gas over seas

    • @nathanwright845
      @nathanwright845 9 місяців тому +40

      income tax is voluntary only 2% of the US are supposed to pay taxes and that is only in DC...

    • @kamenriderovant9676
      @kamenriderovant9676 9 місяців тому

      If we don't pay taxes they(government) , depending on who you are, may send you go to jail.

    • @NancyK-cu6xj
      @NancyK-cu6xj 9 місяців тому

      This spending bill already passed, they're going to keep printing money even if you don't pay your taxes. The objective is to bring down everything and bring out the digital dollar. They're fast tracking.

    • @stevebishop9468
      @stevebishop9468 9 місяців тому

      ​@@chuck2306this is a sample of what is in the bill
      - $850k for a gay senior home
      - $15 million to pay for Egyptian's college tuitions
      - $400k for a gay activist group to teach elementary kids about being trans
      - $500k for a DEI zoo
      - $400k for a group to gives clothes to teens to help them hide their gender

  • @davewilson3584
    @davewilson3584 8 місяців тому +164

    1,012 pages at the last minute, Stop letting them do this !

    • @VIXENCOWBOY127
      @VIXENCOWBOY127 8 місяців тому +6

      Think of all the wasted money in 1,000 pages. 😮

    • @Linda-9037
      @Linda-9037 8 місяців тому +12

      That is a Palosi tactic..."YOU HAVE TO PASS IT TO FIND OUT WHATS IN IT" as she passes out THOUSANDS OF PAGES.

    • @dsprg
      @dsprg 8 місяців тому +4

      Anyone know what's in the patriot act, to this day???

    • @lorettamcgee969
      @lorettamcgee969 8 місяців тому +4

      This should be illegal!!!

    • @XXthekingofyouXX
      @XXthekingofyouXX 8 місяців тому

      They tried on January 6

  • @seesea-sv3xw
    @seesea-sv3xw 8 місяців тому +968

    We need SINGLE ITEM spending bills, NO MORE OMNIBUS PORK BARREL BILLS. WTH!

    • @vikkiconners5081
      @vikkiconners5081 8 місяців тому +17

      I agree. How can they do that?

    • @rep327
      @rep327 8 місяців тому +13

      100 %

    • @richarddixon4303
      @richarddixon4303 8 місяців тому +21

      We been saying that for decades they want stop

    • @Deb0330
      @Deb0330 8 місяців тому

      But they never will because this is precisely how they go from 500k net worth to $3M net worth in a year. All the pork gets funneled back into their own pockets. Talk about corruption!!!!!

    • @jayjack2046
      @jayjack2046 8 місяців тому

      This is all a bluff for the money laundering schemes they call greasing the big wheel in the Washington sky, Bush Oil & SPAC kickbacks to pay_4_players...

  • @mattwilliams3427
    @mattwilliams3427 9 місяців тому +679

    People don’t pay attention. That’s why our society is crumbling.

    • @HylianHero09
      @HylianHero09 9 місяців тому +13

      TikTok

    • @NancyK-cu6xj
      @NancyK-cu6xj 9 місяців тому +13

      Even if Americans pay attention it wouldn't make a difference.

    • @TheCiphernet
      @TheCiphernet 9 місяців тому +4

      Very true

    • @henglish3398
      @henglish3398 8 місяців тому +28

      @@NancyK-cu6xjit might. The level of disconnection is astounding. Refuse to re-elect anyone who voted yes on a spending bill that wasn’t read.

    • @Dick_Trady
      @Dick_Trady 8 місяців тому +8

      @@NancyK-cu6xj According to the WEF, you need only 3.5% of the population being declared dissidents, to change or at least resist the course of the events. Again, according to them we're about 5% as of last year. Of course they could be wrong but I think that even if things looks grim at the moment, you might also imagine that they could be even worse😅

  • @Kathy-u8b
    @Kathy-u8b 8 місяців тому +244

    Should have closed the government! It should never have passed!

    • @PattyMoor
      @PattyMoor 8 місяців тому +10

      Amen! That’s what needs to happen!

    • @joesaine3418
      @joesaine3418 8 місяців тому

      How would that solve anything? Would cause more problems and costs in the long run.

    • @BrotherHood-xh9sg
      @BrotherHood-xh9sg 8 місяців тому +7

      @@joesaine3418 Explain why you think that, because it's not true.

    • @Stephanie-ln7rc
      @Stephanie-ln7rc 8 місяців тому +6

      Close it down and NO PAY for congress and the senate until this sh¡t is resolved. NO back pay either. Maybe then they will get their heads out of their azzes.

    • @orlandomagician8321
      @orlandomagician8321 8 місяців тому +1

      @@joesaine3418and this doesn’t?

  • @TheBirdandEagle
    @TheBirdandEagle 8 місяців тому +179

    Should not be allowed to pass. Thank you Sen. Rand Paul.

  • @danielclawson5113
    @danielclawson5113 9 місяців тому +1666

    DEFUND all congressman who vote for this insane spending bill.

    • @kyledabearsfan
      @kyledabearsfan 8 місяців тому

      On both sides, Republicans are voting for it too, so they can get re-elected. Its gross by both sides. Neither party has American's interests at heart.

    • @lesseirgpapers9245
      @lesseirgpapers9245 8 місяців тому +10

      You have then dissolve the cr6p.

    • @adamnash1873
      @adamnash1873 8 місяців тому +3

      ...what the hell are you talking about? Anything you don't like="Dur defund it"

    • @Hobodeluxe007
      @Hobodeluxe007 8 місяців тому +13

      lol that's not how govt works. you'd have better luck getting piglets to wean themselves off the teat.

    • @journathan
      @journathan 8 місяців тому +66

      ​@@adamnash1873 the government shouldn't be forcing us to spend money on shit we don't need.

  • @matthewgorshe7650
    @matthewgorshe7650 8 місяців тому +13

    Thank you Paul for the eye openers..

  • @willcox4561
    @willcox4561 9 місяців тому +254

    There should be NO PORK in this bill.

    • @TheRealJonnyBoBonny
      @TheRealJonnyBoBonny 8 місяців тому +22

      There should be NO PORK in any Bill!!

    • @peggyjohnson9223
      @peggyjohnson9223 8 місяців тому +5

      CUT THE "FAT" DOWN TO ESSENTIALS "NO MORE SPENDING"

    • @MC23-l9i
      @MC23-l9i 8 місяців тому

      Pork is from china, is what I understand, I may be wrong but I heard this on one of the session.

    • @JudyKruse
      @JudyKruse 8 місяців тому +1

      There should be no pork in any Bill! Wake up

  • @allthingsnu4673
    @allthingsnu4673 8 місяців тому +142

    Thank you, Senator Rand Paul. We need more like you in the senate. This was very enlightening.

  • @alanniederlitz8630
    @alanniederlitz8630 8 місяців тому +14

    Sen Dr Rand Paul is EXACTLY right!!!

  • @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime
    @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime 8 місяців тому +114

    Very proud to have Senator Paul representing our state.
    From Louisville, Kentucky.😊

    • @CherylReid-w7u
      @CherylReid-w7u 8 місяців тому +7

      You are very lucky to have him represent you. I'd like to move to Kentucky!!

    • @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime
      @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime 8 місяців тому

      @@CherylReid-w7u Nah, it pretty much sucks, but Rand is awesome.😎

    • @sandler800
      @sandler800 8 місяців тому +6

      ​@@CherylReid-w7u better yet, every state needs someone like him representing them.

    • @SummerOf1987
      @SummerOf1987 8 місяців тому +4

      What a dude 😍

    • @sunso1991
      @sunso1991 8 місяців тому +5

      i wish his father Ron Paul could be immortal.

  • @SherryAdcox
    @SherryAdcox 9 місяців тому +268

    We need more like Rand Paul in DC.

    • @_NoHandle_
      @_NoHandle_ 9 місяців тому

      He voted FOR the 2017 Tax Cuts for the wealthy and corporations that added TRILLIONS to the nation's debt. Rand Paul is a JOKE!

    • @slaytronic
      @slaytronic 8 місяців тому +7

      we should have voted for his father when he ran for president i did the fact that the most honest man at the time didn't even come close to winning that presidential race speaks volumes of our shit uni party system

    • @ashe1996
      @ashe1996 8 місяців тому

      Rand Paul was one of two senators who voted against the 9/11 victims fund, in 2019. I like Rand Paul when he calls out stupid stuff like drunk sunfish, and when he called out the fact the president can legally drone strike a US citizen on American soil. Other than that Rand Paul stands for absolutely nothing other than increased austerity. Time and time again governments that implement spending cuts like that have been proven to fail people and the economy.
      He would be a better journalist than a Senator.

  • @Marcia.-bt8xe
    @Marcia.-bt8xe 8 місяців тому +10

    Right on, Sen.Paul! Thank you❣️

  • @marcsappington419
    @marcsappington419 9 місяців тому +133

    This spending is criminal

  • @do0ranfrump260
    @do0ranfrump260 8 місяців тому +94

    We complain about this every year and it never stops.

    • @martinm3474
      @martinm3474 8 місяців тому +1

      The factories are in republican districts and then the democrats own the stock in those companies. Spend, spend, spend.

    • @harrismd8005
      @harrismd8005 8 місяців тому

      @martinm3474 most of the factories in Illinois have either been closed down for "Climate Change" regulations or the company is tired if being taxed to death, many have just gone out of business after our "Dictator" Governor Meatball liked having power to lock us down, try to force vax cards, and the money they poured into their business to comply with the state just to be open! It's sad because it's mostly Family businesses that closed shop, sadly, they went broke first, businesses that had been open all my life 😢 Chicago's retail businesses have closed up and boarded up due to crime. Now the feds are trying to run the farm or run them out. Makes me wonder what he arranged for China. Notice he wants all electric but has put $0.00 into the infrastructure of our power grid, is Hunter selling energy to the Americans for China or maybe Ukraine? 🤔

    • @johnathin0061892
      @johnathin0061892 8 місяців тому

      Every year 99%+ of Americans vote for the Uniparty. It is no wonder it never gets better.

    • @thatoneguy378
      @thatoneguy378 8 місяців тому +1

      because everyone likes to complain but never do anything about it.

    • @paparooster9569
      @paparooster9569 8 місяців тому

      That's not true....they do write books about it. 😢

  • @stevenmach286
    @stevenmach286 8 місяців тому +24

    Passing EARMARKS to benefit personal acquaintances is such a DISGRACE. The senators whose area has benefited from the EARMARKS should be looked into.

  • @waltermorelly3137
    @waltermorelly3137 9 місяців тому +210

    Who ever signs anything without reading it. How is this possible, they all need to be fired right now.

    • @prissray326
      @prissray326 8 місяців тому +5

      And it's OUR MONEY! We should be able to keep our own $ rather then let them give it away. Or at least have a darn say so.

    • @mech2711
      @mech2711 8 місяців тому

      It's because they bring it out just before it's time to vote so nobody has a chance to read it cuz they are trying to send money to everyone instead of what it's supposed to be for

    • @michaelgroves3460
      @michaelgroves3460 8 місяців тому +5

      How many idiot sign the app. terms of service without reading them? Unless you re-read the entire document prior to using the app, you are liable for any changes they have made. I am thinking of starting an app and changing my terms of service so users agree to giving up all of their assets and taking on the debts owed on their assets. The legal system needs to stop these agreements as people are so addicted to the internet they would sell their souls to use it.

    • @deeznuts3145
      @deeznuts3145 8 місяців тому +3

      This has been going on for decades.

    • @MoggedMarketeer
      @MoggedMarketeer 8 місяців тому +4

      Cryptocurrencies are a way to avoid reckless taxation. It’s one thing to take money from your paycheck. It’s another to take money that’s sitting in your bank account (aka inflation )

  • @otishart2144
    @otishart2144 8 місяців тому +198

    I am not sure what is more depressing, this speech or the fact that the Senate is empty behind him when debating the budget bill.

    • @jessedavies
      @jessedavies 8 місяців тому +5

      Both of those things validates the other, that’s for sure!

    • @evaujlaki-nagy1044
      @evaujlaki-nagy1044 8 місяців тому +7

      Well he is Right, telling what this crazy careless Democrat politicians spending our Tax $

    • @JudyKruse
      @JudyKruse 8 місяців тому +6

      Kind of like us voting and hoping things might change. I respect Rand Paul. He is hoping we who hear this will start doing our due diligence.

    • @georgewagner7787
      @georgewagner7787 8 місяців тому +7

      This should be on the evening news

    • @harrismd8005
      @harrismd8005 8 місяців тому +6

      We need to call all of our Senator's or send them postcards daily until they realize we are paying attention! Maybe registered mail even.... #TIREDoFbEINGiGNORED

  • @CherylReid-w7u
    @CherylReid-w7u 8 місяців тому +11

    Preach it Senator Paul!!! 👍Speaking the truth!!

  • @maxiehess1340
    @maxiehess1340 9 місяців тому +91

    Shut it down...

  • @patrickrichardson9433
    @patrickrichardson9433 9 місяців тому +495

    It's not borrowed-it's stolen.

    • @russellh8702
      @russellh8702 8 місяців тому

      It’s inflation devaluing the dollar. It’s not borrowed or stolen. It magically appears from nowhere.

    • @Dick_Trady
      @Dick_Trady 8 місяців тому +2

      sure, but people buy bonds and so they're complicit, just as you would if you bught a stolen good. Let's be honest, today politics is the reflection of ourselves as a whole, to change that, start from yourself.

    • @Doing_Time
      @Doing_Time 8 місяців тому +17

      it's worse than stolen...we have to pay interest on it the rest of our lives and our children for the rest of their lives

    • @pyongyangbroadcastingservi3086
      @pyongyangbroadcastingservi3086 8 місяців тому

      @@Dick_Trady It's more a reflection of the ruling class than it is the people. Who rules America? Don't ask anti-Semitic questions.

    • @Dick_Trady
      @Dick_Trady 8 місяців тому

      @@pyongyangbroadcastingservi3086 I have my doubts about not ruling people not involved in this situation, I see many around me just talking but never take any action that goes in line with their talking, and I'm not speaking about life changing choices. For example, as I was saying, if you are pissed off by gov spending, you shouldn't buy bonds, period. It's a little gesture, since there are multiple ways to invest your money, which gives flesh to your ideals, doesn't it?

  • @stefan.agnello9772
    @stefan.agnello9772 8 місяців тому +21

    Sadly this isn't the first time a federal politician has called this out and probably won't be the last. What has happened?

  • @donnaparrish7638
    @donnaparrish7638 9 місяців тому +435

    This is not a good bill. Vote NO to this bill.

    • @NancyK-cu6xj
      @NancyK-cu6xj 9 місяців тому +24

      I believe a 1.2 Trillion bill passed 286 to 134. Today, like this morning. You're late.

    • @MK98-n1k
      @MK98-n1k 9 місяців тому

      Most Democrats voted for this-that should be a warning!

    • @justwanderin847
      @justwanderin847 8 місяців тому

      it passed the senate @@rw4576

    • @DannieRaye1386
      @DannieRaye1386 8 місяців тому +5

      yeah, that' already passed. They did this to us already.

    • @keithusace4352
      @keithusace4352 8 місяців тому +3

      Too late

  • @3coins.
    @3coins. 8 місяців тому +150

    So sick of the uniparty. Stop the money going to Ukraine and put it into social security.

    • @joshuacampbell91
      @joshuacampbell91 8 місяців тому

      That will barely even delay the inevitable collapse of the multi-generational entitlement ponzi scheme. Medicaid is broke within 10 years, probably less. Other programs are not far behind. Why do you think they're borrowing non stop? Expenses > Income longer than many of us have been alive, how do you think the new generations will react to being told they're debt slaves because of actions taken before they were even born? Do you think they'll keep playing along?

    • @nounverb6020
      @nounverb6020 8 місяців тому +2

      you didnt watch the video he said to cut social security

    • @georgewagner7787
      @georgewagner7787 8 місяців тому +2

      They will have to if they don't stop spending on stupid stuff

    • @hcodrum156
      @hcodrum156 8 місяців тому

      I think that's the problem, most of it goes to social security and it's off limits

  • @sunso1991
    @sunso1991 8 місяців тому +12

    i played a game called Democracy 4, where you manage a nation's policy, budget, taxation and foreign policy.
    for 3 weeks i played as the US, try to balance the budget, improve productivity, science research. nothing worked! the most i played the more i realized how deep in a hole we are, the interest alone is 200 billion per quarter. we spend 3 times more on interest payment than EDUCATION! we are soo sooo sooo skrewed!

    • @nlm7033
      @nlm7033 8 місяців тому

      Get your laughs while you can and start prepping

  • @watchprayact2069
    @watchprayact2069 9 місяців тому +190

    This is so sick ! How dare they continue to ruin this country! What a bunch of traitors.

    • @AKdaJuiceGuy
      @AKdaJuiceGuy 8 місяців тому +1

      They've been doing that for decades
      Now, they just don't care anymore

    • @DVaz-v6k
      @DVaz-v6k 8 місяців тому +3

      What's worse? A traitor, or a coward who wont do anything about it?

  • @RiseoftheLibertarian
    @RiseoftheLibertarian 9 місяців тому +130

    Martha's Vineyard doesn't need a single penny until they start taking in the illegals too. They got a handful and within 24 hours had them shipped to a military base. No other town in America got treatment like that. If their hospital needs that kind of money then maybe some of the locals should sell their guest or servants' homes to raise cash. The next town over from me doesn't even have a hospital anymore, so now you have to travel 18 miles in one direction or 25 miles in the other to reach one. The hospital closed due to lack of funds, a million dollars would have probably saved it since it was a small town hospital. I think we should make a law that anything being added to possible bills should be labeled with who added it, so we can see who is trying to screw over the American people.

    • @kathleensmith1958
      @kathleensmith1958 8 місяців тому +6

      Your right!

    • @RandomVidz690
      @RandomVidz690 8 місяців тому +3

      Your complaining won’t do anything. Take action

    • @aletaharris2486
      @aletaharris2486 8 місяців тому +1

      Why was this passed in the house?

    • @singmysong1167
      @singmysong1167 8 місяців тому

      ​@@aletaharris2486..and more importantly, what select handful of democrats wrote this ridiculous insanity bill behind closed doors, without Republicans, then handed it to them to read and sign within 24 HOURS, before Easter break! The Republicans, including Mike Johnson! should have shut the government down for 2 weeks, until everyone could read it!

  • @Mikel3564
    @Mikel3564 8 місяців тому +9

    This sickens me to no end

  • @jonwatson1525
    @jonwatson1525 9 місяців тому +210

    Thank you Randy Paul to put a light on governments BS spending.

    • @_NoHandle_
      @_NoHandle_ 9 місяців тому

      He voted FOR the 2017 Tax Cuts for the wealthy and corporations that added TRILLIONS to the nation's debt. Rand Paul is a JOKE!

    • @Jd7-oe8wc
      @Jd7-oe8wc 8 місяців тому +3

      Got news for you, he's in on it too, none of this works without both sides playing the part.

    • @SOPERFECTT
      @SOPERFECTT 8 місяців тому +13

      @@Jd7-oe8wc Both sides are part of the problem, but he didn't vote for it

    • @Jd7-oe8wc
      @Jd7-oe8wc 8 місяців тому +1

      @@SOPERFECTT Don't forget about the Bohemian Grove.

    • @herculydia
      @herculydia 8 місяців тому +2

      Rand

  • @bad.hat.harry.
    @bad.hat.harry. 9 місяців тому +334

    This SHIT is DEPRESSING!

    • @andrewczski1969
      @andrewczski1969 9 місяців тому +15

      Yes it is. But it's what's going down.

    • @garyhall4326
      @garyhall4326 8 місяців тому +19

      Just remember you/we didn't do it. The government did.

    • @switchemcee3775
      @switchemcee3775 8 місяців тому +2

      That’s some bad hat Harry

    • @TaylorJAW
      @TaylorJAW 8 місяців тому

      ​But we allowed it with our vote, voting in reps that vote for this BS@@garyhall4326

    • @1nfamyX
      @1nfamyX 8 місяців тому +7

      It needs to be to cause change. Almost nobody wants to do anything when "its fine the way it is". Be disgusted.

  • @katsimmons1065
    @katsimmons1065 8 місяців тому +30

    Everyone in Congress is hired to read all of the bill before passing it.... Isn't that part of your homework that we hired you for⁉️

    • @marydidyouknow5826
      @marydidyouknow5826 8 місяців тому

      Not so easy when they give it to you last minute. Deadlines must be set and adhered to, and bills must be thoroughly read, every part recited, and only general welfare items allowed before it can be passed. How difficult is that to do? How is doing otherwise even legal?

    • @coreycallahan7443
      @coreycallahan7443 8 місяців тому

      Where were you when Nancy Pelosi said “you will have to vote for the bill before you can see what’s in it”?

    • @pixelboy7654
      @pixelboy7654 8 місяців тому +1

      AI will help with that

  • @alzierice5394
    @alzierice5394 9 місяців тому +60

    Absolutely NO! Fed up with the pork in all these bills. Cut the fat!

  • @ImmaTwoPops
    @ImmaTwoPops 9 місяців тому +253

    Yet rinos who ran on eliminating wasteful spending and balancing the budget voted for this monstrosity 😡

    • @annapatton4544
      @annapatton4544 9 місяців тому +29

      yep, got an email today from my "republican" representative, that he proudly voted for it and listed great things from the bill, omitting the rest of it.

    • @ImmaTwoPops
      @ImmaTwoPops 8 місяців тому

      @@annapatton4544 I called and emailed my congressman Tim Walberg (r) informing him that he ran on eliminating wasteful spending and balancing the budget and by voting for the bill he has proven himself to be a liar and I will not vote for him in November

    • @calvinhobbes6118
      @calvinhobbes6118 8 місяців тому

      Please respond to your RINO traitors Rep and let them know you will never cast a vote for them. They need to hear it, then they need to see it.@@annapatton4544

    • @Antposse
      @Antposse 8 місяців тому +6

      They ALL did!

    • @lightningdriver81
      @lightningdriver81 8 місяців тому

      They sure did, the Uni party hard at subverting the country.

  • @MarkAhrens-HeritageFilms
    @MarkAhrens-HeritageFilms 8 місяців тому +4

    Fantastic speech! I wish Florida had a Rand Paul.

  • @waltermorelly3137
    @waltermorelly3137 9 місяців тому +414

    How much goes to illegal immigrants. It's close to $1 Trillian already.

    • @katieown6127
      @katieown6127 8 місяців тому +17

      Exactly

    • @alanm.4298
      @alanm.4298 8 місяців тому +30

      Actually in 2023 it was estimated by FAIR to be $150 billion in federal, state and local funds spent in support of illegal immigrants. This takes into account that illegals pay some taxes too... about $32 billion a year (the total cost of illegal immigrationi is around $182 billion... less $32 billion equals $150 billion).
      Still, it's a big number. It works out to $957 per year per US taxpayer... or about $75 a month from each and every one of us.
      The costs include food, clothes, housing, education, transportation, phones, legal expenses, CBP, ICE and even our tax money going to support NGOs and non-profits that encourage illegal immigration. Yes, they are actually using our tax dollars to increase and promote illegal immigration.

    • @Hobodeluxe007
      @Hobodeluxe007 8 місяців тому +5

      most of which is money spent incarcerating/deporting them

    • @mb9326
      @mb9326 8 місяців тому +44

      @@alanm.4298 They pay them via cash/ebt card $2,200 per month. That's a full take home income for most Americans working full time. Imagine an illegal family of 4 getting a free six figure income, while we take home less pay with the highest cost of living in history?

    • @South-of-Heaven
      @South-of-Heaven 8 місяців тому +22

      Stay in Mexico saved America money including the drop in illegal drugs entering, law enforcement throughout the country dealing with non assimilated people while taking resources from our poorest citizens.
      Insanity is in the house

  • @maxsilverOZ
    @maxsilverOZ 8 місяців тому +186

    Bills should not have EARMARKS. If they do they should be ILLEGAL

    • @CrispyChicken38
      @CrispyChicken38 8 місяців тому +10

      Oh bills should have earmarks... At the local level. The federal government does not have the right. They do it anyways of course.

    • @Jakxx-mp3bj
      @Jakxx-mp3bj 8 місяців тому +11

      Our local army depot tears up new concrete to repour it every year while other areas are in dire need of being redone. All they say is that the money was earmarked for this part of the depot, not the needed part and they have to spend that money bc if they don't then they may lose that funding in the next fiscal year. That is our government in a nutshell... dumb

    • @legalfictionnaturalfact3969
      @legalfictionnaturalfact3969 8 місяців тому +5

      How about we keep our money and each put it where we want it to be. Not hand it off to middle men who take all the cream off the top in transit.
      Taxation is theft.

    • @southernparadise9896
      @southernparadise9896 8 місяців тому

      @@legalfictionnaturalfact3969exactly right!! None of that pork is ever spent on what it was earmarked for. It’s all a magic show…make the 💵 disappear.

    • @davidschow6142
      @davidschow6142 8 місяців тому +1

      All bills should be only earmarks. Every expendature should be justified before any money is allotted for it. We should not be passing bills that allot money for anything that is not justified.

  • @tomkunich9401
    @tomkunich9401 8 місяців тому +74

    Again, empty seats where people making literally a fortune a year have something better to do than their job.

    • @christigoth
      @christigoth 8 місяців тому +4

      you silly ignorant people constantly remarking that. . The congress isn't on duty at this time when they make thier Special Order speeches. this is for the public to see on video. LOL AFTER HOURS essentially.

    • @AngerOfTheLand
      @AngerOfTheLand 8 місяців тому +15

      @@christigothThey are paid enough and have all the power, they want the job they should have to be in that building 14 hours a day 5 days a week.

    • @nicholyse
      @nicholyse 8 місяців тому +1

      They should be in committee and reading bills, etc; working in their office. Thats not how this works. 🤦🏽‍♀️ there are supposed to be empty seats. These speeches take place well into the night.

    • @mvmlego1212
      @mvmlego1212 8 місяців тому

      @@AngerOfTheLand -- If those are the job requirements, then that will seriously skew the kind of person who signs up it--and probably not for the better.
      For example, it would preclude anyone who has a healthy family life from running, which would give Congress a blind spot for policies which adversely affect families.

    • @dsprg
      @dsprg 8 місяців тому +4

      ​@mvmlego1212 congress cares about average joe's family's life? Weird.

  • @scottparrish2422
    @scottparrish2422 8 місяців тому +43

    This falls on deaf ears but god bless you for standing up for We The People

  • @JCMom6376
    @JCMom6376 9 місяців тому +71

    Cut government waste and I bet there will be plenty of money for entitlements for the American people. I like Vivek R’s idea of cutting the federal government by 90%.

    • @saxonsoldier67
      @saxonsoldier67 8 місяців тому +5

      Look to the Constitution for mandated Federal spending: Courts, Jails, Post Office and post roads, military. Total for all mandated spending is just under $1 Trillion a year in FY 2024. The rest is social benefit spending and the interest on the debt due to excessive spending.

    • @pamelac8179
      @pamelac8179 8 місяців тому

      That's probably a great idea, as long as people get used to far less services & protections that we currently have.
      Also, it'll be a nightmare if the wrong administration oversees that, because we would just become a kleptocracy like Russia where the people in the leader's inner circle all become ridiculously rich collecting the same (tax) money as before, but provide fewer services & enriching themselves.
      A tighter budget with less reckless spending definitely needs to be the goal, but it's a slippery slope (in regards to corruption potential).

    • @CH-eg7kr
      @CH-eg7kr 27 днів тому

      @@pamelac8179I think you read the future. Elon and pals sure are already getting way richer.

  • @davidhoffman1570
    @davidhoffman1570 8 місяців тому +13

    There should be NO MORE earmarks until the budget is balanced and the deficit is all gone!!!

  • @imperialgirl4858
    @imperialgirl4858 9 місяців тому +122

    I have to pay my debts, pay my taxes, my medical, gifts, $ to people in need, all on the money from my salary. WHY can't the government do the same? It is appalling how much our government owes to OTHER governments because they spend more than the government's salary. GET IT TOGETHER CONGRESS! Respectfully get it together Mr. President!

    • @eidhabbal
      @eidhabbal 9 місяців тому +9

      it is not their money that being spent

    • @garyreneau6166
      @garyreneau6166 9 місяців тому +20

      At this point, none of them deserve our respect (except for Rand Paul)

    • @allhopeabandon7831
      @allhopeabandon7831 9 місяців тому +11

      Respectfully...FJBx1000

    • @Rollin.the.Wild.West.c14
      @Rollin.the.Wild.West.c14 9 місяців тому

      @@allhopeabandon7831oh so he earned your respect? How?

    • @imperialgirl4858
      @imperialgirl4858 8 місяців тому

      @@Rollin.the.Wild.West.c14 I respect the office of president and what it means. I can stay classy even if some can't.

  • @ElectroCouture
    @ElectroCouture 9 місяців тому +242

    WHAT THE HECK ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING WITH OUR MONEY?

    • @inshoreassassin
      @inshoreassassin 9 місяців тому +29

      Looting it

    • @maryfries2147
      @maryfries2147 9 місяців тому

      The problem is the omnibus, they put everything under the sun in there with no one knowing what's in it.this is going to destroy America wake up people

    • @andrewczski1969
      @andrewczski1969 9 місяців тому +16

      Now it's your grandkid's money.

    • @nem8628
      @nem8628 9 місяців тому +20

      Giving it to Israel, Ukraine, and anybody that crosses the border to be handed everything to them.

    • @KC-uf1rg
      @KC-uf1rg 9 місяців тому +4

      Playing with it 😂

  • @daveweber2872
    @daveweber2872 8 місяців тому +5

    Keep on it brother I hope one day this will help .

  • @robert23497
    @robert23497 8 місяців тому +139

    I would like for Rand Paul to be the ONLY person in charge of the money. He obviously has sanity on his side.

    • @oldnotweak
      @oldnotweak 8 місяців тому +8

      his dad would have been better... imagine it. the IRS FBI CIA NSA and every other government organization would have been gone for a decade

    • @nicholyse
      @nicholyse 8 місяців тому

      Schweikert would be better.

    • @eddiecaruth7704
      @eddiecaruth7704 8 місяців тому +2

      With Chip Roy and Byron Donalds backing him up - - BRINGING THE RECEIPTS !!!

    • @carjaune6793
      @carjaune6793 8 місяців тому

      The government prints its bonds out of thin air and it can also slap 0% interest on its bonds if it wants to. The entire concept of "government debt" is a bogeyman they bring out to scare the poors from asking for more. The only thing you have when a government spends more than it taxes is inflation, but the entire concept of "debt" and comparing to a household budget holds no water. It's a con.

    • @OldSaltyBear
      @OldSaltyBear 8 місяців тому

      @@oldnotweak Agree... and being a physician, Rand should be running all the Health agencies as well as the FDA.

  • @mjs28s
    @mjs28s 8 місяців тому +70

    Shouldn't all earmarks be unconstitutional since they aren't for the general welfare?

    • @SindensGhost
      @SindensGhost 8 місяців тому +15

      Shouldn't "lobbying" be called bribery???

    • @di4085
      @di4085 8 місяців тому

      I agree on both questions.
      No earmarks and no lobbying.
      Earmarks = unconstitutional
      Lobbying = bribery
      🇺🇸

    • @MarkChristopherBergeron
      @MarkChristopherBergeron 8 місяців тому

      Excellent point ! Good for you !❤

  • @dwatson4
    @dwatson4 8 місяців тому +6

    I have lived through so many government shut downs in my life. To be perfectly honest it never affected me…at all…worked every day of them, ate every day of them, slept good at night, SHUT THE FRIGGIN PLACE DOWN.

  • @anndipietro1868
    @anndipietro1868 8 місяців тому +33

    I wish there were more Rand Pauls in this world.

  • @vivaldi0
    @vivaldi0 9 місяців тому +155

    12-year-olds who stole their parent's credit card and are on a spending spree are what is happening here.

    • @lacylaizure6540
      @lacylaizure6540 8 місяців тому +21

      I would say it is more like parents taking on debt under their child's name/SS#.

    • @nikkenikNick
      @nikkenikNick 8 місяців тому +10

      Its literally like that.

    • @ronaldjohnson1474
      @ronaldjohnson1474 8 місяців тому +11

      60 years ago, 12 year olds had more sense. We were taught real math.

    • @NoobTamer
      @NoobTamer 8 місяців тому +3

      @@ronaldjohnson1474 And who was responsible for teaching the kids of yours, and their kids. Boomers failed the younger generations.

    • @RodCornholio
      @RodCornholio 8 місяців тому +3

      @@lacylaizure6540 And debt that will be paid for at the point of a gun on those children - some who haven't been born yet.

  • @emiliebova
    @emiliebova 8 місяців тому +6

    Keep at it Rand Paul!

  • @lzeng78
    @lzeng78 9 місяців тому +76

    We support you, Sen Paul.

    • @_NoHandle_
      @_NoHandle_ 9 місяців тому

      He voted FOR the 2017 Tax Cuts for the wealthy and corporations that added TRILLIONS to the nation's debt. Rand Paul is a JOKE!

  • @aaronnunnally4507
    @aaronnunnally4507 9 місяців тому +51

    That's what I respect about Paul he doesn't just talk the talk on cutting spending he walks the walk opposing big spending packages

    • @_NoHandle_
      @_NoHandle_ 9 місяців тому

      He voted FOR the 2017 Tax Cuts for the wealthy and corporations that added TRILLIONS to the nation's debt. Rand Paul is a JOKE!

  • @velob11
    @velob11 8 місяців тому +183

    How is this not public corruption?

    • @bk2524
      @bk2524 8 місяців тому +8

      It is in every way

    • @onceagain6184
      @onceagain6184 8 місяців тому +1

      It's not corruption! It's fiscally irresponsible, there's a difference.

    • @MyLibertyTV
      @MyLibertyTV 8 місяців тому

      They investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing. 🤡

    • @ultrablue2
      @ultrablue2 8 місяців тому

      @@onceagain6184: I absolutely disagree. We passed irresponsible decades ago, this is corruption. When you have two different sides of the political spectrum and 75-80% of one side votes with the other, it’s corruption. I think that if you start looking into the backgrounds of our representatives in Congress, you will find a lot of self-enrichment going on, and that’s not why they are sent to congress.

    • @RM-lk1so
      @RM-lk1so 8 місяців тому

      Political Corruption.
      Money Laundering.
      FTM

  • @mrcordell66
    @mrcordell66 8 місяців тому +79

    Rand Paul would be an excellent Senate Minority Leader.

    • @georgewagner7787
      @georgewagner7787 8 місяців тому +1

      President

    • @SgtWaters
      @SgtWaters 8 місяців тому

      Why? So nothing could get done. You wouldn't even have a country with someone like him in charge. There would be no post office, no roads, no bridges, no highway, no interstate, no schools. He and others like him don't believe in spending a dime. Why would someone like that be good for America.

    • @DeliverMeFromEvil-
      @DeliverMeFromEvil- 8 місяців тому

      We need a moratorium of spending so no we don't need one more thing

    • @happysunnyrain1531
      @happysunnyrain1531 8 місяців тому

      Why was he against impeaching evil Mayorkas?!?

  • @1JamesHamilton1
    @1JamesHamilton1 8 місяців тому +5

    One group attacking another group of the same.They call it mutual combat here in Illinois. Sadness

  • @franklamattina6359
    @franklamattina6359 9 місяців тому +43

    Take care of America first

  • @car_junkie
    @car_junkie 8 місяців тому +153

    He is seriously the only senator with any sense.

    • @happysunnyrain1531
      @happysunnyrain1531 8 місяців тому

      But why was he against impeaching evil monopoly Mayorkas?

    • @wonderwalls3565
      @wonderwalls3565 8 місяців тому +1

      Has he ever asked how much money has been give to a particular country in Asia?

    • @user-kcrpine
      @user-kcrpine 8 місяців тому +2

      Just say Middle East. It’ll be more clear which you’re referring to.

    • @stellaellstella2915
      @stellaellstella2915 8 місяців тому +1

      And any sense

    • @borrowshop
      @borrowshop 8 місяців тому +1

      He tells the truth America needs a president like him right now, he’s not extremist enough for the majority though.

  • @PattyMoor
    @PattyMoor 8 місяців тому +11

    We have a RECKLESS administration……

    • @joesaine3418
      @joesaine3418 8 місяців тому

      The administration has nothing to do with what gets passed in the house other than signing it to law or vetoing it. BTW republicans have the majority in the house, they brought it to the Senate floor. Educate yourself.

  • @easter_sunday
    @easter_sunday 9 місяців тому +288

    Rand Paul might be the last honest politician in DC.

    • @henglish3398
      @henglish3398 8 місяців тому

      You got Massie, and hopefully Justin Amash gets back in the senate. They’ve voted no on all these omnibus bills. Trump even threw Massie under the bus for demanding a recorded vote for the massive Covid relief package, which didn’t have enough members present to pass but they lied and shoved it through anyways.
      The whole thing is criminal

    • @Seldomheardabout
      @Seldomheardabout 8 місяців тому

      His father was. This guy is a plant. That way Americans can point to him and say "at least one guy up there is making sense".
      If i was the king- I would make sure to pay a few rands to make the whole operation look legit.

    • @ForgivenRedemption
      @ForgivenRedemption 8 місяців тому

      Politicians lie like birds sing. Worship your corporate masters if you wish.

    • @John_Doe_6996
      @John_Doe_6996 8 місяців тому +21

      There are a couple others, I believe Jim Jordan, and Chip Roy also have our back. Idk if I could say the same for any others.

    • @chordalharmony
      @chordalharmony 8 місяців тому +9

      I don’t know about last, but one of the very, very few. I’d bet a dozen at best

  • @terrieormonde2340
    @terrieormonde2340 9 місяців тому +55

    These omnibus bills should bo out lawed. This is insane@@@

  • @toLothair2
    @toLothair2 8 місяців тому +24

    We started this Great Country with only 4 Pages. How did a library full of laws come from that?

  • @markippolito3620
    @markippolito3620 9 місяців тому +119

    Rand Paul is the ONLY ADULT IN THE ROOM. Give him supreme power to fix this shit.

    • @_NoHandle_
      @_NoHandle_ 9 місяців тому

      He voted FOR the 2017 Tax Cuts for the wealthy and corporations that added TRILLIONS to the nation's debt. Rand Paul is a JOKE!

    • @ketotamz5815
      @ketotamz5815 8 місяців тому +11

      Chip Roy was yelling on the house floor the same thing Rand Paul did

    • @dschoenfeld9277
      @dschoenfeld9277 8 місяців тому +8

      There’s some others but yeah no Democrats for sure

    • @JE-western-rider
      @JE-western-rider 8 місяців тому +4

      Include a congressman from Arizona as another adult in the room .....

    • @ForgivenRedemption
      @ForgivenRedemption 8 місяців тому +1

      Speaking and doing are two different things. Worship your corporate masters if you wish.

  • @larryw5429
    @larryw5429 9 місяців тому +106

    Continuing Resolutions and omnibus spending bills should be as illegal as first degree murder!

    • @markusa5521
      @markusa5521 8 місяців тому +1

      Rico is not a crime AOC

  • @WandaAppodaca
    @WandaAppodaca 8 місяців тому +6

    If you pay into a program it's not an entitlement... you paid for it. Tired of paying the load for people that don't pay in ...how about fix that?!

  • @rccpromotions
    @rccpromotions 8 місяців тому +18

    Everyone in America needs to see this

  • @Jake66564
    @Jake66564 8 місяців тому +19

    He's always been one of the better ones. Shame his words fall on deaf ears

  • @sherylburgeson201
    @sherylburgeson201 8 місяців тому +1

    Great speaking. Please listen. Please, we need more such honesty..

  • @KnittyKitty215
    @KnittyKitty215 9 місяців тому +76

    I thought they were not passing a budget bill till the border was fixed! This is disgusting!

    • @vicm6561
      @vicm6561 8 місяців тому +15

      They call MTG crazy cause she is calling this out ! She might be one of the only ones beside Paul here

    • @emh7956
      @emh7956 8 місяців тому +3

      ! @vicm6561 Don't forget Thomas Massie! He is a true Constitutionalist.

    • @singmysong1167
      @singmysong1167 8 місяців тому

      ​@@vicm6561...also Chip Roy is calling this insanity spending out!

  • @markyoung2981
    @markyoung2981 8 місяців тому +25

    Thank you for bringing this government waste to light.

  • @b.r.3724
    @b.r.3724 8 місяців тому +1

    Thank you Senator. I wish everyone would listen to this.

  • @theBullringLive
    @theBullringLive 9 місяців тому +29

    Won't stop till you close it down. Just say NO.

  • @michellerosenfeld8279
    @michellerosenfeld8279 9 місяців тому +27

    Here here!! Vote no

  • @hueydevotedUH1
    @hueydevotedUH1 8 місяців тому +3

    Any earmark included in a bill like that should also be REQUIRED to list the Senator or representative by name that is entering it!

  • @gregb.6682
    @gregb.6682 8 місяців тому +21

    No Term limits plus No Accountability equals a government dumpster fire.

  • @scottrocks1000
    @scottrocks1000 8 місяців тому +49

    No American family can do this, and the government shouldn't be allowed to do this!!!!

  • @michellekerr2707
    @michellekerr2707 8 місяців тому +4

    We have to stop these kinds of ear marks,the bills need to be plainly laid out for the greater good…….

  • @harrietbaker4484
    @harrietbaker4484 8 місяців тому +296

    GET US OUT OF DEBT NOW! MY 28 YEAR OLD SONS ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE FINANCIALLY! THEY CAN NEVER AFFORD KIDS OR A HOME! SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!

    • @RichieRich7339
      @RichieRich7339 8 місяців тому +39

      As a 28 year old son, i appreciate this comment. We're out here trying our best and getting nowhere

    • @kurtvanluven9351
      @kurtvanluven9351 8 місяців тому +10

      When I was young, my "share" of the debt was less than 6 months pay. {The good old days}

    • @christigoth
      @christigoth 8 місяців тому +5

      BALONEY. THEY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE MONEY. tell them to read books and take classses on money management. and what's available to help them. i raised 4 kids on poverty wages , it was hard but you aren't even talking poverty.

    • @donkeybus
      @donkeybus 8 місяців тому +23

      no your comment is baloney, its absolutely poverty when people can't afford to pay rent, can't buy a house, and inflation is beating wage growth by miles. you had it easy, and we are paying for it now@@christigoth

    • @Nicole-dj3jf
      @Nicole-dj3jf 8 місяців тому +1

      I have a 28 year old she went to college has a home with one child she doesn't spend spend spend her daughter dresses nice my daughter dresses nice and has 2 nice cars living pay check to pay check while going to college men drink and party not all and yes so do woman but they need to learn how to manage money if there working and single with no children? Middle class much? And she's happy I mean great full 😊I'm proud of her

  • @lynnperrin9232
    @lynnperrin9232 8 місяців тому +51

    Earmarks should be outlawed!

    • @mae2759
      @mae2759 8 місяців тому +2

      Forgive the dumb question, but what is an earmark?

    • @Jakxx-mp3bj
      @Jakxx-mp3bj 8 місяців тому

      @@mae2759 It means the money is designated to be spent on a specific thing and cannot be used elsewhere.

    • @melissacoupal585
      @melissacoupal585 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@mae2759Props to you for asking!! You might have some jerks who give you a snarky answer, but most people will be happy to politely. 😘

  • @adaptedbythedans
    @adaptedbythedans 8 місяців тому

    Amen!

  • @Mike-ds3kk
    @Mike-ds3kk 8 місяців тому +30

    Thank you for standing up to the traitors!

  • @dancinginabundance
    @dancinginabundance 9 місяців тому +59

    David Schweikert really needs to be on the appropriations committee. Read the bill before approving it! Let the gov't shut down until it's been read and ratified.

    • @suzankephart8461
      @suzankephart8461 8 місяців тому +2

      SS unfunded by 26.7 Trillion
      Medicare unfunded by 40.9 Trillion
      Look on the US debt clock, they show the source US Treasury.

  • @paulkuzia9236
    @paulkuzia9236 8 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for what you try to do Sen Paul. Rand Paul for President!

    • @joesaine3418
      @joesaine3418 8 місяців тому

      He tried that, with little success. His personality lacks appeal. His voter base is republican. The poorly informed average voter wants culture wars and blame to the opposing party. They could careless how government actually works.

  • @danielkillorin9742
    @danielkillorin9742 8 місяців тому +12

    Why am I just now hearing about this? This sounds like a huge problem with our country??!!!

  • @listentoothers
    @listentoothers 9 місяців тому +52

    At what point do we recognize, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, that there has been "a long train of abuses and usurpations"?

  • @matthewwagner47
    @matthewwagner47 8 місяців тому +1

    Excellent information. This is exactly the problem. Needless spending.

  • @philliplamberth4075
    @philliplamberth4075 8 місяців тому +12

    Thank you Rand Paul we love you.

  • @mionospamfro4263
    @mionospamfro4263 8 місяців тому +46

    If nobody can stand up for what is right, they don’t speak for the people.
    If their words and actions are not consistent, they need to be accountable .

    • @PetePeterson-h1u
      @PetePeterson-h1u 8 місяців тому

      That's why MT Green moved to vacate the speakers seat, an look at the blow back she got. We need her as soth

  • @FraserBailey-jm5yz
    @FraserBailey-jm5yz 8 місяців тому +2

    Truth bombs from Rand Paul, as always,

  • @mae2759
    @mae2759 8 місяців тому +49

    This is just sickening and I feel like there's nothing we can do about it.

    • @cloudedanyhow3593
      @cloudedanyhow3593 8 місяців тому +13

      Feeling like there's nothing we can do is what allows this shit to continue marching on

    • @bendriscoll4758
      @bendriscoll4758 8 місяців тому

      Do something anyway or get the hell out of the way

    • @mae2759
      @mae2759 8 місяців тому

      @@bendriscoll4758 Like what?

  • @The_Lost10mm
    @The_Lost10mm 8 місяців тому +26

    He should be tagging the person or persons that inserted these earmarks so we can vote them out. Make them famous so we can make them jobless

    • @EritreanChic
      @EritreanChic 8 місяців тому +3

      Yes!

    • @pamelac8179
      @pamelac8179 8 місяців тому

      He's had earmarks in bills before, too. I'm willing to bet 99.99% of our Congress have all had earmarks in bills. I know I've heard of 1000s of them over the years.

  • @firstlast0001
    @firstlast0001 8 місяців тому

    Keep Speaking Truth, Sen. Paul! ❤❤❤

  • @elizabethaikens7403
    @elizabethaikens7403 9 місяців тому +33

    Why are we paying taxes if they only borrow it or print it. 🤬😡🤯

  • @davidharry6000
    @davidharry6000 8 місяців тому +10

    We need more people like this in Congress!

  • @jackiefreitas-bu9uw
    @jackiefreitas-bu9uw 8 місяців тому +1

    Senator Rand Paul is awesome and honest, not afraid to speak the truth he should have ran for President.

  • @SaNoNaMushap
    @SaNoNaMushap 9 місяців тому +18

    Who can argue with what he is saying? NO ONE!

  • @johnfitbyfaithnet
    @johnfitbyfaithnet 8 місяців тому +10

    Thank you for sharing this important information

  • @susanaston2772
    @susanaston2772 8 місяців тому +4

    The swamp needs drained!

  • @Doug-jj9vq
    @Doug-jj9vq 8 місяців тому +18

    This is taxation without representation.

    • @joesaine3418
      @joesaine3418 8 місяців тому

      What do you think congress is? They are your representatives. You really can’t be that ignorant.

  • @larryw5429
    @larryw5429 9 місяців тому +22

    Every earmark should have the congress people that want it publically announce it on monday news on all the most popular news shows in person before it gets approved to be in a spending bill!