313 Wayz
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Yeah its all political theater.....dont expect anything significant to come out that we already dont know
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Yeah its all political theater.....dont expect anything significant to come out that we already dont know
This is exactly the perfect way to describe it
DOS_patos
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Playmaker88
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that really doesnt matter he flatly and coldly beat back Trumps assertions from Nadlers questioning and he cut the legs out of the republicans sure fire inquiries... Nadler served the cake... the dems knew this but they want a consenus from the "American people" that will never come
Playmaker88
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Republican are looking sad and pathetic as expected
DOS_patos
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ok......respectfully
what are you talking about?
i am out of the loop.
talk to me like im 5..
i am trying to understand and i am completely lost but from what i am seeing ...mueller looking funny in the light
Playmaker88
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Too much to type. @DOS_patos
The dems are highlighting everything Mueller cant answer with references the report
anything the republicans try to do cant erase the open at Nadler
The dems are highlighting everything Mueller cant answer with references the report
anything the republicans try to do cant erase the open at Nadler
TheNightKing
J.A.P.A.N.
Mueller looking at these Republicans attacking him like "I'd whip your ass if it was just me and you in an interrogation room."
TheNightKing
J.A.P.A.N.
So the Republican strategy is to frame Mueller in a bad light because he indicted people with Trump and didn't indict people against Trump.
So basically admitting wrong doing but mad that others didn't go down as well.
So basically admitting wrong doing but mad that others didn't go down as well.
TheNightKing
J.A.P.A.N.
These Republicans are crazy. None of them are providing support that Trump didn't do wrong. Just trying to discredit the report itself.
Playmaker88
G Money is Cash
Mueller not standing up for himself is weak as fuck
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Playmaker88
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He just called Mueller unAmerican and
Mueller was like
Mueller was like
313 Wayz
Active Member
These clowns will still vote for him
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U.S. coal miners discouraged by black lung meeting with McConnell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of coal miners afflicted with black lung disease met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday as part of an effort to convince lawmakers to restore a higher excise tax on coal companies to help fund their medical care, but several said the meeting left them discouraged.
McConnell, the Republican leader who represents Kentucky - one of the states that has seen a rebound in the progressive respiratory illness - told them their benefits would be safe but gave no assurances about the excise tax and left without answering questions or offering details, several of the miners who attended the meeting said.
"We rode up here for 10 hours by bus to get some answers from him because he represents our state," said George Massey, a miner from Harlan County, Kentucky who spent two decades in the mines and is on disability. "For him to come in for just two minutes was a low-down shame."
David Mullins, who worked in coal mines for 34 years and is currently battling an advanced stage of black lung disease, said he was also frustrated. "It's time to act," he said, while wearing a “Black Lung Kills” T-shirt and using an oxygen tank.
Coal companies had been required to pay a $1.10 per ton tax on underground coal to finance the federal Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, which supports disabled miners whose employers go bankrupt and can no longer pay out medical benefits. But the amount reverted to the 1977 level of 55 cents this year after Congress declined to take action to maintain the rate.
The coal industry had lobbied hard to allow the tax to drop as scheduled, despite a government report saying the fund was in dire financial straits, arguing the companies were already facing economic pain and that benefits for afflicted miners would not be affected.
McConnell spokeswoman Stephanie Penn said the senator "was glad to welcome his constituents to the Capitol" but did not comment on miners' complaints. She said he is "working closely with interested parties regarding future funding for the program and will continue to ensure these important benefits are maintained."
Massey and Mullins were among 120 miners and their families who traveled to Washington to call on Congress to restore the higher tax. The group also met with Democratic senators Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and Democratic Virginia Congressman Bobby Scott - all of whom have supported different bills that would protect and strengthen their black lung benefits.
The Government Accountability Office has said without an extension of previous tax levels the fund’s debt will rise from $5 billion to $15 billion by 2050 – a burden that would likely have to be met by U.S. taxpayers instead of coal companies. Coal company bankruptcies and a resurgence of the disease are accelerating the risk of insolvency for the fund, according to the accountability office.
U.S. coal miners discouraged by black lung meeting with McConnell
A group of coal miners afflicted with black lung disease met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday as part of an effort to convince lawmakers to restore a higher excise tax on coal companies to help fund their medical care, but several said the meeting left them discouraged...
U.S. coal miners discouraged by black lung meeting with McConnell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of coal miners afflicted with black lung disease met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday as part of an effort to convince lawmakers to restore a higher excise tax on coal companies to help fund their medical care, but several said the meeting left them discouraged.
McConnell, the Republican leader who represents Kentucky - one of the states that has seen a rebound in the progressive respiratory illness - told them their benefits would be safe but gave no assurances about the excise tax and left without answering questions or offering details, several of the miners who attended the meeting said.
"We rode up here for 10 hours by bus to get some answers from him because he represents our state," said George Massey, a miner from Harlan County, Kentucky who spent two decades in the mines and is on disability. "For him to come in for just two minutes was a low-down shame."
David Mullins, who worked in coal mines for 34 years and is currently battling an advanced stage of black lung disease, said he was also frustrated. "It's time to act," he said, while wearing a “Black Lung Kills” T-shirt and using an oxygen tank.
Coal companies had been required to pay a $1.10 per ton tax on underground coal to finance the federal Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, which supports disabled miners whose employers go bankrupt and can no longer pay out medical benefits. But the amount reverted to the 1977 level of 55 cents this year after Congress declined to take action to maintain the rate.
The coal industry had lobbied hard to allow the tax to drop as scheduled, despite a government report saying the fund was in dire financial straits, arguing the companies were already facing economic pain and that benefits for afflicted miners would not be affected.
McConnell spokeswoman Stephanie Penn said the senator "was glad to welcome his constituents to the Capitol" but did not comment on miners' complaints. She said he is "working closely with interested parties regarding future funding for the program and will continue to ensure these important benefits are maintained."
Massey and Mullins were among 120 miners and their families who traveled to Washington to call on Congress to restore the higher tax. The group also met with Democratic senators Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and Democratic Virginia Congressman Bobby Scott - all of whom have supported different bills that would protect and strengthen their black lung benefits.
The Government Accountability Office has said without an extension of previous tax levels the fund’s debt will rise from $5 billion to $15 billion by 2050 – a burden that would likely have to be met by U.S. taxpayers instead of coal companies. Coal company bankruptcies and a resurgence of the disease are accelerating the risk of insolvency for the fund, according to the accountability office.
TheNightKing
J.A.P.A.N.
I think Mueller is doing a good job by not defending himself. Defending himself would require he speak outside of the report itself, which he's clearly stated he won't do. It lends to his credibility which is more important than defending himself against stupid Republicans.
DOS_patos
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its in the report