If you remember how Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi forced former Representative Bart Stupak and the 19 Blue Dog democrats to cave on the Obamacare construct in 2010, then you have a solid reference point for what Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are doing right now.

As you are reading this, Nancy Pelosi has pulled together her leadership group overnight to change the House rules for legislative passage of the $3.5 trillion Green New Deal spending package under the auspices of "infrastructure."

This $3.5 trillion spending bill is in addition to the $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that came from the Senate, and... she is using the $2 trillion budget package as the carrier for a slick "Deem and Pass" maneuver.

As we have seen before, right now Pelosi is changing the House rules to have a single vote on the current budget proposal which will include a 'deem and pass' provision that adds the $3.5 trillion Green New Deal spending package to it.

By voting to pass the omnibus budget bill, all House members will also be voting to authorize as passed the additional $3.5 trillion GND as a wraparound.

This means one single vote passes this massive social engineering project with more than $5.5 trillion in spending in a single bill.  Thereafter, the House will vote on the Senate bill separately to add another $1.5 trillion, bringing the total spending by the House before they depart to a whopping $7 trillion; forever changing the American landscape.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/08/24/deja-vu-overnight-nancy-pelosi-changes-house-rules-to-pass-green-new-deal-3-5-trillion-spending-package-while-everyone-distracted-by-afghanistan/

Looks like they are running scared that biden and the democrat's days are numbered.

Quote from: Possum on August 24, 2021, 06:09:42 PMLooks like they are running scared that biden and the democrat's days are numbered.

Yep, they're using the "Scorched Earth" plan as they're being kicked out.

Quote from: Solar on August 24, 2021, 06:38:45 PMYep, they're using the "Scorched Earth" plan as they're being kicked out.

Absolutely. They see the polls and realize their days are numbered. If this fails in 2021 it will not see the light of day in 2022 as the democrats will be in full self preservation mode.

Quote from: Possum on August 24, 2021, 06:09:42 PMLooks like they are running scared that biden and the democrat's days are numbered.

It was truly unwise of them to pick a decrepit as their figurehead. I don't think anyone really believes Biden has any meaningful influence over the regime. Now when it fumbles, people blame the entire Democratic party instead of the wizened scapegoat they've bolted to a podium. And they're right to do so.

Quote from: ammodotcom on August 25, 2021, 07:40:04 AMIt was truly unwise of them to pick a decrepit as their figurehead. I don't think anyone really believes Biden has any meaningful influence over the regime. Now when it fumbles, people blame the entire Democratic party instead of the wizened scapegoat they've bolted to a podium. And they're right to do so.

I don't think they even cared. It was never about creating an illusion of winning, it was always about stealing the election, and having a bumbling idiot center stage was just one more insult to the people.
Besides, if they had someone in their with any mental clarity, they'd run the risk of pushback.

Quote from: supsalemgr on August 25, 2021, 04:55:39 AMAbsolutely. They see the polls and realize their days are numbered. If this fails in 2021 it will not see the light of day in 2022 as the democrats will be in full self preservation mode.

Good point. Next year is a-whole-nother ballgame.