Hotspur comments on Bill Would Subject Lawmakers to Same Work Reporting Mandates GOP Just Imposed on Medicaid, SNAP Recipients

Bill Would Subject Lawmakers to Same Work Reporting Mandates GOP Just Imposed on Medicaid, SNAP Recipients (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi introduced the BURDEN Act to make federal lawmakers fill out the same paperwork that their new law forces on low-income Americans.

[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s likely not meant to pass. It’s to make them visibly reject the same requirements they casually sign off on for others, to highlight their hypocrisy. Same reason they did a house bill to release the Epstein files, when they vote no it looks bad, etc.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well yeah. And also a productive use of their time. Though since they aren’t doing anything else productive, I suppose they may as well do this.

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[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah for sure. It’s a cynical act, but like you say it’s not like congress is going to actually do something good or useful at this point hehe.

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago*

Considering what this GOP Congress has been doing when they do pass something, I'm all for tossing whatever monkeywrench into the works can slow them down. Even if it doesn't accomplish anything except create sound bites for the 2026 campaign ads.

Edit: apologies for terrible sentence structure

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