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20. I may be wrong but

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 08:25 PM

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My understanding it was the exact same bill with the same heartless cuts as the 1st one but they dropped the part about raising the debt ceiling. The Dems still agreed to cut 2.5 trillion in spending cuts in the next 10 years. I wonder where those are going to come from??

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Crap! boonecreek Yesterday #25

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I may be wrong but aurora the great Yesterday #20

Just googled it. Rotten mofos cut it to please lump SheltieLover Yesterday #22

I wonder as well. BadgerMom Yesterday #21

Just googled. They cut it to please lump SheltieLover Yesterday #23

Thank you for doing what I should have. Googled. BadgerMom Yesterday #24

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It was passed as a separate bill outside the continuing resolution Prairie Gates 22 hrs ago #32

All of it? SheltieLover 20 hrs ago #36

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