The $118 billion package is the result of months of negotiations between Senate Republicans and Democrats, as well as the Biden administration. It's not clear it will pass Congress.
The worst part about this is that whether it passes or not, Republicans won’t stop whining about a border “crisis” every second a Democrat is in office. There’s nothing in this bill that a majority of Republicans don’t support. It inflicts no pain on them for manufacturing a crisis — it somehow doesn’t exist in other border states? — and doing stupid stunts. All it will teach them is that it works.
I’d tell them to get fucked sideways until they fund the child tax credit. And I’d do everything possible to harm Texas Republicans while freezing them out of negotiations. Every industrial site in that state would have an OSHA inspector stop by. Zero projects would be approved without years of reviews.
The worst part about this is that whether it passes or not, Republicans won’t stop whining about a border “crisis” every second a Democrat is in office. There’s nothing in this bill that a majority of Republicans don’t support. It inflicts no pain on them for manufacturing a crisis — it somehow doesn’t exist in other border states? — and doing stupid stunts. All it will teach them is that it works.
I’d tell them to get fucked sideways until they fund the child tax credit. And I’d do everything possible to harm Texas Republicans while freezing them out of negotiations. Every industrial site in that state would have an OSHA inspector stop by. Zero projects would be approved without years of reviews.