#116th Congress

[thenewdemocratus]

Big Education Ape: George McGovern For President (1972)

Source:Big Education Ape– Senator George McGovern, running for President in 1972. Actor Warren Beatty in the background. Source:The New Democrat “George McGovern – a love of one’s country deep enough to call her to a higher plain. Nixonland: An unpopular war, an economy in the dumps, a President with low approval ratings, his opponent revitalizing his base: How did the democrats lose in 1972, and…

[zvaigzdelasas]

"The first session of the 118th Congress was one of the least productive in the body’s history. Only 22 bills were signed into law this year by the president — by far the lowest total since at least 1993, the first year for which the National Archives have data. (For comparison, the next least productive year during this timespan was in 2013, when 72 bills became law.) Despite the slow year, members nonetheless found time to introduce an abundance of bills relating to the threat of China, which was the focus of hearings in committees ranging from Financial Services to the Judiciary committee, and of legislation concerning everything from fentanyl distribution to TikTok. In 2023, members introduced 616 pieces of legislation that contain a variation of the word “China” — more than 3.5 for every day that Congress was in session on average. That’s already more than any two-year congressional session, except for the 117th Congress (2021-2022; 860 bills) and the 116th (2019-2020; 620 bills), according to a search of the congressional record. One of the few “accomplishments” in Congress this year was the formation of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party — which was almost instantly dubbed the “tough on China committee” — in January."[...]

Members of Congress introduced at least nine bills aimed at restricting foreign ownership of agricultural land in the United States. As RS has explained, these efforts are not always logical, even if there are some legitimate national security concerns over China or other nations buying up farmland.[...]

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) and five co-sponsors introduced the “Defund China’s Allies Act” to “prohibit the availability of foreign assistance to certain countries that do not recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan,” aimed at 21 countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The bill argues that the “United States efforts to condemn these countries’ willing diplomatic shift toward a genocidal government is undermined by an incomprehensible adherence to the so-called ‘One China’ policy, on terms dictated by the Chinese Communist Party,” implicitly calling for an end to the policy that has maintained peace in the Taiwan Strait for decades.[...]

bills introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Reps. John Curtis (R-Utah), and Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) [...] would have renamed the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in Washington, D.C. to the Taiwan Representative Office, because it “better reflects its status as Taiwan’s de facto diplomatic mission to the United States.” That was only one of many bills that were purely symbolic and antagonizing, including one that demanded that Beijing “must be held financially liable for $16,000,000,000,000,” because of its responsibility in the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and a resolution that declared China to be the biggest threat to freedom in the world. “Whereas it is the opinion of Congress that the Chinese Communist Party is the greatest threat to freedom and to the free world,” reads the text, introduced by Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.). “Be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress agrees that the Chinese Communist Party is the greatest threat to freedom and to the free world.” That’s the entire resolution.

27 Dec 23

[usafphantom2]

IMAGES: E-8 JSTARS flies on its last operational mission before retirement in November

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 10/05/2023 - 10:00am Military

A crew of aviators at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, carried out the last operational operation of the E-8C JSTARS aircraft on September 21, paving the way for the last plane in the fleet to be retired early next month.

Members of the 116ª Air Control Wing of the Georgia National Air Guard carried out the last of more than 14,000 JSTARS missions, which is used for direction, battle management and command and control.

U.S. Airmen with the 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, sign an engine of an E-8C Joint STARS for its last mission at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, Sept. 21, 2023. The JSTARS have been in service since 2002. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Rice)

"It's bittersweet," said Colonel Christopher Dunlap, commander of the 116ª Air Control Wing, in a statement. "I have been flying on this mission on this aircraft since the spring of 2003. There have been many changes over the years."

A 116º ACW spokesman said that two JSTARS aircraft now remain at Robins Air Base, Georgia. The provisional plan is to send the last one to the "Boneyard" (aircraft cemetery) at Davis-Monthan Air Base, Arizona, in the first week of November.

Until then, “the aircraft can be used locally for crew proficiency training, as needed,” the spokesman added.

Still, the final operational missions mark one of the last phases of life for the E-8. Mainly used for the indication of moving targets on the ground, JSTARS also served as a battle management platform. Its most distinctive feature is the canoe-shaped radome of about 9 meters in length under the front fuselage that houses a phased antenna of 8 meters in length and lateral appearance.

The aircraft first supported combat operations during the Desert Storm and played a key role in the contributions of the U.S. Air Force during the Global War on Terror. More recently, the E-8 carried out missions over Eastern Europe in preparation and immediately after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022.

USAF has been planning to retire JSTARS for some time. In June 2021, service leaders announced their intention to cut Robins' aircraft, which has hosted them since 1996.

In its place, Robins is receiving a battle management control squad, an E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communication Node (BACN) squad, a Spectrum Warfare group and support units focused on the service's Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS).

The first E-8 left Robins in February 2022. A month later, the USAF announced its intention to divest 12 of the 16 aircraft in fiscal years 2023 and 2024, and Congress accelerated the change by repealing a previous law that required the U.S. Air Force to maintain at least six E-8s.

Last March, the USAF budget request revealed a plan to accelerate the divestment plan, with the entire fleet retiring by the end of the fiscal year 2024, which began on October 1º.

The leaders of the Armed Forces said that the U.S. Air Force needs to retire JSTARS because it would not survive in future combat with an advanced opponent like China. Instead, they want to invest in various information and guidance technologies, including space-based platforms.

In recent months, Robins has ended JSTARS operations, deactivating squads and conducting final flights. In June, the 461ª Air Control Wing in Active Service completed its last operational mission in Ramstein.

The 116º ACW spokesman said that before the final aircraft is officially retired, there will be “a private farewell celebration for the former students of the JSTARS program”.

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Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Daytona Airshow and FIDAE. He has work published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work throughout the world of aviation.

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[lboogie1906]

The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion that occurred on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California. Munitions detonated while being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring 390 others. Most of the dead and injured were enlisted African American sailors.

Unsafe conditions inspired hundreds of servicemen to refuse to load munitions, an act known as the Port Chicago Mutiny. Fifty men‍, called the “Port Chicago 50”‍, were convicted of mutiny and sentenced to 15 years of prison and hard labor, as well as a dishonorable discharge. Forty-seven of the 50 were released in January 1946; the remaining three served additional months in prison.

During and after the trial, questions were raised about the fairness and legality of the court-martial proceedings. Owing to public pressure, the Navy reconvened the courts-martial board in 1945; the court affirmed the guilt of the convicted men. Widespread publicity surrounding the case turned it into a cause célèbre among certain Americans; it and other race-related Navy protests of 1944–45 led the Navy to change its practices and initiate the desegregation of its forces beginning in February 1946. In 1994, the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial was dedicated to the lives lost in the disaster.

On June 11, 2019, a concurrent resolution was agreed upon by the 116th Congress. The resolution recognized the victims of the explosion and officially exonerated the 50 men court-martialed by the Navy. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[berberanews]

Ilhan Omar was appointed to a more important position.

Washington-(Berberanews)-Ilhan Omar has been chosen to serve as the Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives’ Budget Committee’s deputy leader.The overall government spending levels are determined by this body. During the 116th Congress, Ilhan, who was chosen from Minnesota, had previously joined this committee. Rep. Omar stated in a statement, “I am very thrilled that my…

[intothewildsstuff]

Kevin McCarthy Ended Proxy Voting. It Could Cost the GOP.

[galaxies-lit-up-blue]

To say that Biden is blameless is both misguided and idiotic. For one if he wanted a ceasefire he’d cut off their weapons supply and make Israel stop. He’s given nothing but political cover for the genocide and has never enforced a single red line. He said that invading Rafa was a red line, and when they did that he went back and said no it wasn’t. He sent them billions of dollars in weapons in an aid package. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/4/24/biden-signs-law-securing-billions-in-us-aid-for-ukraine-israel Don’t act like he’s not blameless and I’m not saying trump is better I’m only saying your reasoning is idiotic for why he’s better when it’s demonstrably false. He could’ve nominated more supreme court justices, which he did successfully nominate one, but he allowed for it to become a super majority after trump packed it with republicans.

He also could’ve introduced legislation to make it a law where you can’t ban gender affirming care for minors, even if it would’ve died it would’ve done something. In fact people tried to push him to make laws to take a stand on those issues. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/health/transgender-minors-surgeries.html The White House also recently came out with a statement saying they didn’t support gender affirming surgery for trans youth. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/health/transgender-surgery-biden.html

Also the fact you do not care about his border policies shows me just what kind of a person you are. He used republican arguments to support it calling immigrants criminals and rapist just like trump. https://apnews.com/article/biden-immigration-executive-order-asylum-border-7cd0b0f28e298036ad1fc6b0c78961e1

He also supported funding the police’s more and he started new drilling operations. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/03/14/politics/willow-project-oil-alaska-explained-climate So much for that climate stuff, I guess.

You can say don’t vote for trump while not trying to run cover for genocide Joe.

Look.

I have made you a chart. A very simple chart.

People say "You have to draw the line somewhere, and Biden has crossed it-" and my response is "Trump has crossed way more lines than Biden".

These categories are based off of actual policy enacted by both of these men while they were in office.

If the ONLY LINE YOU CARE ABOUT is line 12, you have an incredible amount of privilege, AND YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT PALESTINIANS. You obviously have nothing to fear from a Trump presidency, and you do not give a fuck if a ceasefire actually occurs. You are obviously fine if your queer, disabled, and marginalized loved ones are hurt. You clearly don't care about the status of American democracy, which Trump has openly stated he plans to destroy on day 1 he is in office.

[peterchiublack]

《2022年芯片與科學法》 立法過程

2020年5月27日 美國參議院民主黨領袖 Chuck Schumer 提出《無盡前沿法案》 ( Endless Frontier Act)S.3832 - Endless Frontier Act 116th Congress (2019-2020)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3832/text

2021年4月21日 美國參議院外交關系委員會通��《2021年 戰略競爭法案》S.1169 - Strategic Competition Act of 2021 117th Congress (2021-2022)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1169

2021年5月18日 Chuck Shumer提議撥款520億美元用於研發和生產半導體以與中國抗衡

2021年6月8日 美國參議院通過了針對中國的《2021年美國創新與競爭法案》The United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/USICA%20Summary%205.18.21.pdf

2022年1月25日 美國眾議院對法案進行更新并命名為“2022 年美國競爭法案”

The American Competition Act of 2022。2022年3月28日 美國參議院通過了《2022年美國競爭法案》H.R.4521 - United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 117th Congress (2021-2022)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4521

H.R. 4521 - Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2021 [America COMPETES Act of 2022]

https://rules.house.gov/bill/117/hr-4521

2022年7月28日《2022年美國競爭法案》其中的《2022年芯片與科學法》已經通過參、眾議院表決

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/27/china-competitiveness-computer-chip-bill-passes-senate-goes-to-house.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/28/china-competitiveness-and-chip-bill-passes-house-goes-to-biden.html

2022年8月26日 拜登總統簽署一項旨在實施《2022年芯片與科學法》的行政命令

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/08/25/executive-order-on-the-implementation-of-the-chips-act-of-2022/

2022年8月9日 美國總統拜登簽署《2022年芯片與科學法》,使其成為正式生效的法律

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4346

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4346/text

https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ167/PLAW-117publ167.pdf

FACT SHEET: CHIPS and Science Act Will Lower Costs, Create Jobs, Strengthen Supply Chains, and Counter China

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/09/fact-sheet-chips-and-science-act-will-lower-costs-create-jobs-strengthen-supply-chains-and-counter-china/

[supermarveldragon]

There's been an uptick in tourism here because of the movie so please understand that we are still dealing with the environmental and social repercussions of the Manhattan project. This is not a past problem, this is current and still killing lots of people. If you can, go support the RECA bill that was recently introduced that will hopefully give some compensation to families who have been afflicted with generational radiation poisoning.

Full story here

[lboogie1906]

Mayor Congresswoman Karen Ruth Bass (October 3, 1953) is a politician, social worker, and the Mayor of Los Angeles. She served as the Representative for California’s 37th congressional district since 2011. The district, numbered as the 33rd district for her first term, covers several areas south and west of downtown Los Angeles. A member of the Democratic Party, she served for six years in the California State Assembly, the last two as Speaker, becoming the first African American Woman to serve as head of a state legislative body. She ran and won in the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election.

On November 28, 2018, she was elected chair of the Congressional Black Caucus for the 116th Congress (2019-21). She chaired the United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, and the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

She was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Wilhelmina and DeWitt Talmadge Bass. Her father was a postal letter carrier and her mother was a homemaker.

Witnessing the civil rights movement on television with her father as a child sparked her interest in community activism. While in middle school, she began volunteering for Bobby Kennedy’s presidential campaign. In the mid-1970s she was an organizer for the Venceremos Brigade, a pro-Cuban group that organized trips by Americans to Cuba. She visited Cuba eight times in the 1970s.

She went on to study philosophy at San Diego State University and graduated from the USC Keck School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program. She earned an MA in Health Sciences from California State University, Dominguez Hills. She received her MSW in Social Work from USC.

She married to Jesus Lechuga (1980-86). Following their divorce, they jointly raised their daughter and her siblings. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[rebelrhoads]

TR Reid: The Healing of America:  M4A flashcard - Only Medicare for All can bring manufacturing (and jobs in general) back to the USA, and good paying and useful jobs, with real value creation for all in all dimensions of human life, it is the human centered solution we have to embrace, and it was done successfully in other nations, and if the USA joins it will be the paradigm change of the century for the civilized world. There is no looking back on the path to follow! (There are two bills H.R. 1384 and S. 1129 one from the House other from the Senate... the ACA was a smart thing to do, a compromise solution though, but now is time to ditch it in the best possible way). This is more or less what is or will be on the table, we have already passed the ACA, the ACA was a mandate, a private mandate, a sign of the Democrats trying to cling to the past while trying to fix it. Not long ago, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explained to all the difference in the coverage she had when she was a bar tender and the coverage she has now as a Representative of the House, and humiliated Paul Ryan on his somewhat delusional assumptions. It is public. Expanding Medicare or Medicaid is not The Boogie Man, nor is a Single Payer System the End of the World. Insurance companies never lose money, they take the money from the health lines premiums and invest in the health care sector stocks, that will see an increased demand for medical devices and instruments, and so more jobs are created with more doctors, nurses, and auxiliaries, and real value is so created in the health care sector, adding real value to more people, and a better price to all in the economy. What we have these days is value creation in the health lines insurance and premium sectors, that do not create real value for the patient at an affordable price, and is so stifling not only the entire healthcare market, but also delivery. The ACA tried to do something within the legacy system, new screws in old wood might not work so well. Single payer is not even a guaranteed socialized medicine, it can be the creation of a market in which companies bid in a competitive tender offer to supply products and services in a more or less regulated market at a competitive price and scale. Nobody is taking away insurance from anyone (or destroying a service and its people's livelihoods), employer or otherwise, they will only be less relevant, because the Government will mandate it, and enforce it gradually. IMO, the problem is not so much inaction of the citizens, I really do not believe so much in rioting, competent politicians do not let things get to that point. Trump which is a kick in the ass of us all only happened because the political class fell asleep, both Republicans and Democrats, and people did not have any choice, I have faith that things will get better in the future. There is no looking back on the path to follow! (there are two bills H.R. 1384 and S. 1129 one from the House other from the Senate... the ACA was a smart thing to do, a compromise solution though, but now is time to ditch it in the best possible way). T.R. Reid, The Healing of America https://youtu.be/nfqBNNAgopYhttps://www.singlepayeraction.org/.../kip-sullivan-on.../https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/171720https://www.congress.gov/.../116th.../senate-bill/1129/text https://www.congress.gov/.../116th.../house-bill/1384/textNotes:(1) no bill in the Senate at the moment(2) new bill in the House, 117th Congress, https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1976(3) T.R. Reid, Sick Around the World https://youtu.be/h4rg-DJBd34

[fadingsunsjvj]

H.R.3355 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Reward Work Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

The main bill currently in Congress promoting worker representation on corporate boards https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3355

[90363462]

Reposting this as a reminder that had Dean Phillips had his way, Nancy Pelosi would have been ousted as Speaker in 2019.

Recall what she was able to derail in Trump's 116th Congress, and the landmark legislation she guided through in Biden's 117th Congress.

Fuck you Dean.

The only dean I acknowledge is Winchester

Anyone who watches supernatural will understand the reference

[elyaqim]

The Confederate Memorial (1912–14) in Arlington National Cemetery, with its striking imagery, was designed by Jewish‐American sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844–1917) and was one of his last works.

[tearsinthemist]

Here is the pin Mike Johnson wears.

This is the enamel member pin worn by representatives of the current 116th Congressional Session. Each session, new pins are designed and given to members elected to congress.