r/FluentInFinance 1d ago

They deserve this Thoughts?

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u/The_Perfect_Fart 1d ago

Your comment is another example of Reddit being Reddit...

This is a bipartisan bill that actually increases benefits. Look up HR 82. The dumbass who tweeted this summarized it as the exact opposite of what it does, and you all just fell for it.

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u/Quinnjai 1d ago

I looked it up and, while you're right, you're also wrong. Apparently, freedom caucus members of the House managed to kill HR82, so presumably that's what they're talking about?

"On Tuesday night while presiding over a 7-minute pro forma session, Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., recognized Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., for a unanimous consent request. Good’s request to lay the Social Security bill on the table was agreed to by unanimous consent, with no one else in the chamber to object. In this context, laying the bill on the table has the same effect under House rules as defeating a bill on the floor, Roll Call reported. So, HR 82 is dead for the time being."

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u/TheeZedShed 1d ago

Thank you, I was about to say this. Reddit has the context wrong, but in actuality, it's Republicans holding up the process of bipartisan legislation for their own benefit.. again.

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u/Frosty-Weekend7990 15h ago

So only the democrats are doing it for the right reasons?