IsntLifeFunny Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 That really was a great speech. The part he said about this isn't an event that happens once every couple generations. This is an event that will change the world one way or another for th next 6 or 7 decades was spot on. MadMax, and reo 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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begooode Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 Biden administration waiving 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in Texas The Biden administration announced Wednesday that 26 federal laws were waived to allow border wall construction in Texas, marking the administration’s first use of an executive power often used by former President Trump to fund projects along the southern border. The waived laws will help expedite the construction of barriers and roads in Starr County, Texas, which is experiencing “high illegal entry,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement posted to the U.S. Federal Registry. The U.S. Border Patrol saw more than 245,000 people in the last fiscal year try to enter the United States in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, the DHS said, citing data from August. “There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in the statement. Some of the waived federal laws include the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and Safe Water Drinking Act to prevent lengthy reviews and lawsuits challenging the violation of such laws, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The construction will be funded by a congressional appropriation passed in 2019, where Congress set aside funding for the construction of the border barrier in the Rio Grande Valley. DHS is required to use those funds for the appropriated purpose. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4239648-biden-administration-waiving-federal-laws-border-wall-construction/ headhunter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
begooode Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 ^^ Coincidentally announced just after the gop house implosion? if so, well-played politically, but still seems kinda crappy overall, likely need more details. If Biden gets reelected in 2024, as a one termer he and the Congress need to put aside partisanship and make comprehensive, sustainable immigration reform a top 3 priority to be delivered in the next off year 2025 and revised/recalibrated by 2027. Biden is uniquely positioned to do it, imo, and it would likely secure his legacy amongst the fair-minded as a problem solver wiling to take political flak to do the right thing overall even if it's messy (ex: Afghanistan). headhunter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine Posted October 5, 2023 Report Share Posted October 5, 2023 On 9/29/2023 at 9:47 AM, tgo said: If I’m not mistaken, the Biden administration has essentially told oil companies, “For decades you’ve been holding leases to drilling rights on millions of acres of government land and paying virtually nothing. Instead of asking for more leases, maybe you should starting drilling on these millions of acres you’ve already been sitting on for years ?” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctm Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 21 hours ago, begooode said: Biden administration waiving 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in Texas The Biden administration announced Wednesday that 26 federal laws were waived to allow border wall construction in Texas, marking the administration’s first use of an executive power often used by former President Trump to fund projects along the southern border. The waived laws will help expedite the construction of barriers and roads in Starr County, Texas, which is experiencing “high illegal entry,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement posted to the U.S. Federal Registry. The U.S. Border Patrol saw more than 245,000 people in the last fiscal year try to enter the United States in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, the DHS said, citing data from August. “There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in the statement. Some of the waived federal laws include the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act and Safe Water Drinking Act to prevent lengthy reviews and lawsuits challenging the violation of such laws, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The construction will be funded by a congressional appropriation passed in 2019, where Congress set aside funding for the construction of the border barrier in the Rio Grande Valley. DHS is required to use those funds for the appropriated purpose. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4239648-biden-administration-waiving-federal-laws-border-wall-construction/ ^^^This isn't close to the whole story. “I’ll answer one question on the border wall: The border wall – the money was appropriated for the border wall (2019). I tried to get them to reappropriate it, to redirect that money. They didn’t, they wouldn’t. And in the meantime, there’s nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for what it was appropriated. I can’t stop that,” Biden told reporters in the Oval Office. “I want to address today’s reporting relating to a border wall and be absolutely clear: There is no new administration policy with respect to the border wall,” Mayorkas said. “Allow me to repeat that: There is no new administration policy with respect to the border wall.” “We have repeatedly asked Congress to rescind this money, but it has not done so, and we are compelled to follow the law,” he said. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/politics/biden-administration-border-wall/index.html It is illegal for a President not to spend money appropriated by congress. If any president did so, then that would effectively give him a line item veto of congressional appropriations which would violate the separation of powers clause. headhunter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
begooode Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers added 336,000 jobs in September, an unexpectedly robust gain that suggests that many companies remain confident enough to keep hiring despite high interest rates and a hazy outlook for the economy. Hiring last month jumped from a 227,000 increase in August, which was revised sharply higher. July’s gain was also healthier than had been initially estimated. The economy has now added an average of 266,000 jobs a month in the past three months. The sustained strength of the labor market makes it likelier that the Federal Reserve will raise its key rate again before year’s end as it continues its drive to tame inflation. Friday’s report from the Labor Department showed that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.8%, not far above a half-century low. The job market has defied an array of threats this year, notably high inflation and the rapid series of Fed interest rate hikes that were intended to conquer it. Though the Fed’s hikes have made loans much costlier, steady job growth has helped fuel consumer spending and kept the economy growing, defying long-standing predictions of a forthcoming recession. https://apnews.com/article/jobs-inflation-rates-economy-federal-reserve-unemployment-8950494bcfcc717f7e6c18bc19ecaf6e MadMax 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans279 Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 5 hours ago, ctm said: ^^^This isn't close to the whole story. “I’ll answer one question on the border wall: The border wall – the money was appropriated for the border wall (2019). I tried to get them to reappropriate it, to redirect that money. They didn’t, they wouldn’t. And in the meantime, there’s nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for what it was appropriated. I can’t stop that,” Biden told reporters in the Oval Office. “I want to address today’s reporting relating to a border wall and be absolutely clear: There is no new administration policy with respect to the border wall,” Mayorkas said. “Allow me to repeat that: There is no new administration policy with respect to the border wall.” “We have repeatedly asked Congress to rescind this money, but it has not done so, and we are compelled to follow the law,” he said. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/politics/biden-administration-border-wall/index.html It is illegal for a President not to spend money appropriated by congress. If any president did so, then that would effectively give him a line item veto of congressional appropriations which would violate the separation of powers clause. You think that because congress appropriated money Biden had to waive laws to expedite construction? C'mon, man... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 40 minutes ago, Titans279 said: You think that because congress appropriated money Biden had to waive laws to expedite construction? C'mon, man... Sounds like the call to waive the laws was made by DHS Secretary Mayorkas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, nine said: Sounds like the call to waive the laws was made by DHS Secretary Mayorkas. He's gotta do something with a new speaker now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctm Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 47 minutes ago, Titans279 said: You think that because congress appropriated money Biden had to waive laws to expedite construction? C'mon, man... Spending the money for the wall is mandatory. It's law passed by Congress and they control the budget. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctm Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 13 minutes ago, nine said: Sounds like the call to waive the laws was made by DHS Secretary Mayorkas. Read the last sentence under the heading of supplemental information. Congress granted the Sec of DHS the authority to waive any laws in order to complete the wall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, ctm said: Spending the money for the wall is mandatory. It's law passed by Congress and they control the budget. Did it specify how the wall had to be designed? Because maybe they could have built a wall made out of abortion centers and low income housing… Edited October 6, 2023 by Starkiller Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 Year 3 in review: dumpster fire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titans279 Posted October 6, 2023 Report Share Posted October 6, 2023 42 minutes ago, ctm said: Spending the money for the wall is mandatory. It's law passed by Congress and they control the budget. You did not answer my question Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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