"YOU DON'T WASTE A CRISIS - UNLESS YOU'RE WASTIG MONEY" - Tony Perkins, Washington Watch, May 15, 2020; https://www.frcaction.org/updatearticle/20200515/waste-crisis [AS I SEE IT: Many bemoan our "divided government." Praise God that we have the Senate and the Presidency to keep the House from imposing its radical agenda on the American people. What others only see as "division" I see as a thankful provision of checks and balances. - Stan]
Some things never change. That's why the left is using the coronavirus relief bill as a way to fund its political agenda. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday that Washington Democrats are "kicking the coronavirus to the curb" and instead inserting funds for all kinds of pet projects. For example, Majority Leader McConnell noted that liberals want "taxpayer funded studies to measure diversity and inclusion among the people who profit off of marijuana. The word cannabis appears in the bill 68 times -- more times than the word job and four times as many as the word hire."
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), said yesterday on my "Washington Watch" program that the Democrats' relief bill is little more than "a run on the bank, three trillion dollars, more in one bill than we spent in all the other packages combined." Rep. Perry said that their measure also makes sure that people here illegally will get stimulus checks without fear of deportation.
The bill also provides bailouts for mismanaged union pensions and provides massive funds for states that have mismanaged their monies. In a letter sent this week by some of Congress's top conservatives to House and Senate leaders, it was noted that the corona relief bill "reward(s) states that have mismanaged their budgets, incentivize future bailouts and reliance on federal funding." In a word, the bill "feed(s) the Left's ultimate goal of consolidating power in the federal government rather than empowering states."
And as reported in the Washington Times, the bill seeks to play fast-and-loose with something that goes to the heart of the Constitution: free and fair elections. The bill creates "a loophole in states' voter ID requirements, allowing people to cast ballots without having to prove who they are." And as Rep. Perry said yesterday, the so-called relief bill "requires 15 days of early voting for federal elections." To put it bluntly, he said, much of the coronavirus relief bill is "about stealing elections."
And just when you thought you'd heard everything, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi piped-up and said that the corona relief bill is a "momentous opportunity" for Congress to save the lives and livelihoods of the American people and even save "our democracy." If she hadn't said this, I don't think anyone could have thought it up: How can our system of representative self-government (it's called a republic, Madame Speaker) be saved by a gigantic federal spending bill that makes the states little more than clients of Uncle Sam?
Majority Leader McConnell has rightly called the House Democrats' coronavirus relief package a "a catalog of left-wing oddities." The House is debating this bill as I write, and they are expected to pass it along party lines. But thankfully, Majority Leader McConnell will usher it to the legislative graveyard in the Senate.
Even though the measure will not become law it will do two things. First, it reveals the priorities of the new and more radicalized Democratic Party: Spend money we don't have, squeeze the private sector, rig elections, and use every opportunity to advance an agenda that socializes the economy and expands Washington's power. Secondly, it will be used as a negotiating gambit by Speaker Pelosi as House Democrats try to hijack any reasonable bill advanced by the Senate.
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PRAYER MATTERS:
"To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against
the disorder of the world. - Karl Barth
the disorder of the world. - Karl Barth
"Prayer is inviting God into a seemingly impossible situation and trusting/resting in His love and grace to accomplish His perfect will in His perfect time and for His greatest glory. Intercession is one of the great privileges AND responsibilities for EVERY believer."- Stan
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One year later: Sri Lanka - Sunil is an Open Doors partner in Sri Lanka. When three churches and three hotels were bombed on Easter Sunday 2019, Sunil risked his life by going to Batticaloa, where Zion Church was attacked. Ever since that day, he has stood by Sri Lankan Christians on your behalf. “From previous crises, we know that victims get all the attention and support they need in the first days and weeks, but after a month, the visits grow less and less, until they are left by themselves,” Sunil shares. “But our message is: We are here and we are here to stay … On behalf of Open Doors and its supporters, I’ve visited Batticaloa several times to stand with our Christian brothers and sisters who were struck by this tragedy.”
May 19 - Pray for healing as Open Doors supports believers with trauma care and counseling through local partners.
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