According to recent media reports the $1.7 trillion omnibus budget and legislative bill was sent to the White House late Wednesday night. However, Joe Biden and his familial entourage had already departed DC for their holiday vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
However, the continuing resolution/omnibus spending bill needed to be signed by December 30th in order to fund government without technical interruption, so the White House sent the bill all the way to St. Croix for signature via Spirit Airlines.
(Via Daily Mail) – The White House flew the federal budget to St Croix for President Joe Biden to sign into law ahead of the December 30 deadline, so the government didn’t shut down over New Year’s Eve.
The 4,000-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus package to fund the government through September 2023 arrived at the White House on Wednesday evening, after it completed the legislative enrollment process. On Thursday, it was flown to St Croix, where Biden is spending the holiday week in a luxury villa owned by a billionaire Democratic donor.
The bill arrived in the US Virgin Islands via Spirit Airlines on Thursday evening around 5:30 pm Eastern time. A little over an hour later, Biden’s POTUS Instagram account posted a picture of the president signing the bill.
The caption of the Instagram post read: ‘Today, I signed the bipartisan omnibus bill, ending a year of historic progress. It’ll invest in medical research, safety, veteran health care, disaster recovery, VAWA funding – and gets crucial assistance to Ukraine. Looking forward to more in 2023.’
The only Spirit Airlines flight that landed in St Croix this evening emanated from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It landed on the islands at 5:40 pm.
A senior administration official confirmed DailyMail.com on Thursday that the White House had officially received the bill. (read more)
Everything this Biden administration does is a last minute, messed up, crisis managed, urgent fiasco, made worse by selfish stupidity and a lack of planning. This administration is in a perpetual state of critical chaos where everything is always urgent, except in the mind of the principle. I cannot fathom what staff burnout must be like in this mess. It must be exhausting.
WHAT absolute insanity.
Just demonstrates how stupid our govt is and yet, it’s the govt we are under.
IF anyone but Joey in the WH, every network, media outlet, reporter would have calculated by now, the cost/mi, cost/foot, carbon emission, carbon footprint, climate destruction and it would be 24/7 NON-STOP. EVERY segment would be how insane this move was, not to mention, vaca when USA snowed in and under, hundreds dead and airlines industry almost shut down completely..
But, as is, it’s a nice day and last work day of 2022 and life is great and Joey is getting warmth/sun on his face and the USA crumbles in MORE debt and MORE fraud and Ukraine/Z and the politicians on DC just received their 10%’s…….ALL the politicians on CH: not just the ‘big man’, hunter, Nanc and the dems….their fellow repubs as well.
I’m of the opinion perhaps I start voting Dem and try to weed out the far left dems. Perhaps there’s a better chance in destroying the dem party; cause NO USE in voting republican. Can’t get good candidates elected and the ones that are elected may as well be dems. Actually of the opinion, voting has ceased to matter. As if 2020 wasn’t a hoot, look at 2022 and how just this wk, Az has become the ‘new’ Ga, Mich, Pa, Wisc with their wacko system. Unbelievable, are we still sending teams out to monitor foreign, 3rd world country elections? God, I hope not…..perhaps we should import foreigners to watch our elections.
Just a rant..to end 2022.
Have no optimism for this country. DC gets more corrupt everyday, from top to bottom, every agency, every division, every politician….just one big corrupt system/cabal designed to make everyone there “RICH”….and us more poor. Can’t wait for the 80k NEW IRS agents to come looking for any and everyone that voted other than a dem…and don’think they don’t know and that they ain’t coming…
DC isn’t really a swamp – it is raw sewage
One simply cannot amass the corruption and fraud perpetrated on the avg American citizen daily.
Although DC is doing its best to amass even more!
Yes indeed. What the real swamp turned into. A vast untreated cesspool of unadulterated corruption.
I agree! I have thought about that occasionally, here lately. A Swamp is a much too pleasant description of our Federal Government.
Bingo, a swamp is natural. A sewer describes it to a “TEE”!
I’ve already decided that I will vote for PDJT and a few known pro-America candidates. If they stop PDJT from being president then I will vote for the democrats until the republican party is destroyed.
Not “just a rant” — just what every one of us is thinking, as we read that…
Don’t suggest importing foreigners to watch our elections…it’s already been suggested, seriously…by the dems.
They probably just sent the signature page.
Righto! Joe wasn’t going to read the bill anyway.
What does he care what’s in it?! Certainly the biggest ”I have no clue!” president in the history of the Republic. The US now has its own Chernenko. As for Dr Jill, she’s on the jolly of her life!
He doesnt even have to read the signature page. Dr. Jill will point out the line where he needs to scribble.
Then its back to soaking up the sun while the peasants back home freeze.
Nobody in Congress read it! Didn’t write it either! Just cobbled all the K-Street ideas together along with Zelenski’s wishlist!
And cash for the VI AG for the tarmac meeting…to lose the JP Morgan/Epstein court case she filed.
Just throwing this out there, a possible loophole, but first, a question. If signed outside CONUS, is it a valid law?
I think the real question is: Was Congress in session when he signed the bill? If they weren’t then his signature is null and void. A pocket veto.
According to this doc they haven’t been in session since the 21st, BUT it was last updated on 15 Dec 2021.
https://www.nab.org/documents/advocacy/2022CongressionalCalendar.pdf
This one shows neither the House or the Senate in session since the 27th.
https://www.congress.gov/days-in-session
If it arrived in St. Croix on Thursday evening as the article says then he signed it on the 29th.
BOOM!
U.S. Senate adjourned on the 27th at 6:01 or 6:31 PM.
U.S. House adjourned on the 27th at 12:04 PM.
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-168/issue-202/daily-digest
The doc I was reading was misleading. This doc says it differently, so my supposition is wrong.
E. The President
https://votesmart.org/education/how-a-bill-becomes-law
I may be reading events incorrectly, but it sounded to me like this omnibus bill started in the Senate, then moved to the House. I thought, according to the Constitution, that all spending bills must originate in the House, because the House has the power of the purse. If this is correct, can the bill be held as unconstitutional, or somehow otherwise be revoked for reasons of process?
Are you supposing that the Constitution is still a valid document? That ship has long sailed. We are a completely lawless Nation, except of course, for you and me….
The constitution uses the phrase “All bills for raising revenue”. That’s not spending, it’s taxing.
Most of what they do now is unconstitutional. They don’t care.
If only one of those mysterious “Bermuda Triangle” disappearances would materialize.
Not just for the document.
And wait for it – Mitch McConnell and his cabal of ‘establishment Republicans’ are the key enablers of this ‘last minute, messed up, crisis managed, urgent fiasco, made worse by selfish stupidity and a lack of planning.’
Also, since this bill funds government operations through September, Mitch just torpedoed any chance for the GOP to defund those 87,000 new IRS agents. Way to go, Mitch!
Actions speak much, much louder than words – I am convinced Biden AND McConnell are CCP assets.
TRUST IS GONE.
IIRC they used 2022 money to fund the 87k agents
There’s no business like show business.
Gotta keep the money flowing – it’s what greases the wheels (establishment politicians) and to them it’s the only thing that’s important. As long as it’s “our” money they are recklessly spending, the cost doesn’t matter because it comes right back into their pockets.
Hey, I think the Brunson Brothers are brilliant! Do you think we could sue all the establishment politicians for failure to uphold their oath of office?
Fake fictional fiat money.
That’s coming out of our paychecks.
Boy, it sure feels real when the IRS rapes me every year….
And that’s going to turn into a cartel-style gang rape with all the new agents.
Interesting two stories in one day on CTH with the Virgin Island’s included.
Jeffery Epstein? Hmmm…
Yes, wasn’t it?
What are the odds?
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/12/29/u-s-virgin-islands-following-the-money-sues-jpmorgan-chase-for-facilitating-epstein-sex-trafficking/comment-page-2/#comment-9454243
Follow the money…..
And now Biden has a vacation in…. the Virgin Islands?? I hope this AG has let every one know that she is NOT suicidal. Did Joey show up to coerce, to intimidate….to bribe?? Why there of all places? And the timing of it???
Free vacation stay at a billionaire donor’s villa.
Does Joe have to claim this free use, or would that only apply to PDJT?
There is no way on Gods green earth this is true because the auto pen is used by the communist because Biden can’t write let alone spell his name
Anyone see the @GOP Tweet yesterday????
Republicans stand for small government….
And today’s tweet:
Republicans are committed to enacting policies that lift all Americans from every background.
Really? With the BILL Joey is signing??
WHat frauds they are and how stupid they think we are.
You are not supposed to be that astute.
‘Historic progress’—right. Progress in the downhill direction at a breathtaking pace. Fool/tool.
These are not serious people.
Where’s hunter?
I guess there is no real climate change crisis if we can flu a paper bill 3,300 miles round trip. What did that cost the taxpayers?
No legitimate budget process since 2007.
Are we ever going to have a budget proposed ,negotiated and passed again?
Doing so enables the electorate to hold the politicians accountable for their votes.
We can’t have that anymore.
The destruction of our
country is almost complete.
As soon as the old guard swamp creatures retire and all second and third tier woke appointees rise well above their level of incompetence and fill all the puppet positions it will be over for this once great country.
Interesting that the AG of the Virgin Islands is suing JP Morgan for association with Jeffrey Epstein . Now the Biden’s are vacationing there? Hmmmm
He probably brought a suitcase of money to spread around to their corrupt judiciary. Maybe, Ol’ Joe is working on getting this VI prosecutor fired just like he did in Ukraine.
Everything about this bill is disgusting. Hopefully it will spell the downfall of Mitch McConnell.
Hmmm… now that’s really interesting.
Sundance, you were just talking about this news coming out of the Virgin Islands.
U.S. Virgin Islands, Following the Money, Sues JPMorgan Chase for Facilitating Epstein Sex Trafficking
December 29, 2022
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Clue #16,821 that global warming is hoax: The supposed true believers are flying documents to avoid vacation interruptions in St. Croix.
What, you mean to say no one had a rubber stamp handy?
Trump would look more presidential signing a bill 0n his golf cart on hole 7 or any of the 18 holes.
a guy like Mark Elias would find a way to nullify the validity of signing a sovereign document on foreign land.
St. Croix is a territory of the US! Not foreign land!
The White House should have used Southwest instead…..
So they are flying cut down trees on separate flights because some old guy cant wait for his vacation to start?
That’s just greta!
It’s every man for himself time.
No fixing this mess.
All is lost.
Good luck.
It’s survival time. But a survival to what ? Is serfdom really living ?
Divided we fall
They’re counting on that.
Secession is the only answer.
For those who think Secession = war, it doesn’t.
Done the right way it puts the Uniparty on a defense that they can’t justify except with “we are your betters”.
FEDGOV and everything about it has become ridiculous: plain and simply ridiculous. How long do the FEDGOVers suppose their ridiculous charade will obtain? I am laughing out loud (guffaw, guffaw) as I write these words.
There is no sense or use in allowing the shenanigans of these louts to cause anger or frustrations. They are not worthy of anyone’s concern beyond how best to rid ourselves of them at the earliest possible moment.
The FEDGOVers are useless, cruel, painfully wasteful parasites, like ticks on a dog’s body.
“Everything this Biden administration does is a last minute, messed up, crisis managed, urgent fiasco, made worse by selfish stupidity and a lack of planning.” That might be the most succinct summary of this dumpster fire I’ve read so far.
How manmy people on this site, voted for the “Republicans” that moved this bill forward? If you can look in the mirror, and say, yep, I did. It is your fault for putting these schmucks in office.
I know, the election was rigged. Mitch, did you vote for him?? Graham, & all of these other Mitchy wannabes.
disgusted with the “Republican party”
$2.5 million included in the bill for home security for all the traitors up on the hill….
They’ll need that enhanced security.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-security-omnibus-spending-bill-capitol/
It’s interesting to me that the USVI was also in the news yesterday regarding jp Morgan chase
https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/breaking-u-s-virgin-islands-accuses-jp-morgan-of-helping-jeffrey-epstein-sex-traffic-minors/
https://nypost.com/2022/12/29/jpmorgan-chase-profited-from-jeffrey-epsteins-sex-trafficking-lawsuit/
We should have made Joseph Robinette read the bill before he could sign it.
After working for the Department of Defense I quickly learned how few people actually read what they sign.
If he was alive we should have had Shoeless Joe Jackson read it before it passed
I just read or scanned all the posts in this thread.
Puppies squealing in a basket.
No I don’t have the answer either.
One gigantic spit in your face, boot on your neck troll. The pervert lies on the beach showing the kids his leg hair, while others freeze, and shows others that the “climate change crisis” is just for the peons.
Photo opportunity for Biden doing his job.
“pretending to…”
Everything in Biden’s administration may be in a perpetual state of critical chaos, but, they are succeeding at destroying America as if right on schedule.
Stating how far the bill flew to be signed, and how many pages, just obscures the depth of evil produced by all of Washington. I don’t care how far the turd flew. The Turd flew… and it’s obvious by what ‘spirit’ it did fly.
not only right on schedule, but speeding up on an almost daily basis….
The USA doesn’t have any nice vacay spots for y’all, Joe?
Has anyone checked the extradition policy between the BVI and the USA?
I am so glad it had a civil aviation ticket or postage, imagine the cost if they gave it to a Navy jet.
As much as I despise the Biden’s administration corruption and their sell-out of the American people, I despise more Mitch McConnell and those REP Senators that voted for this monstrosity. I’m so tired of electing individuals who show up in D.C. and refuse to support their constituents wishes.
“…Biden is spending the holiday week in a luxury villa owned by a billionaire Democratic donor.” How much do you want to bet the “billionaire Democratic donor” has been to Epstein’s island?
These stupid FEDGUPPIES are a genuine waste of time. Do not, do not, do not buy into their scam-narrative plan to produce these ridiculous events and headlines just to push people’s buttons as hard and often as they can.
FEDguppies ain’t worth the time of day or the powder it would take to blow them away. They are useless corrupt parasites. They command the high narrative ground at the moment. They make a lot of stupid, useless noise
Effin FEDguppies and their minions cannot affect your life unless you come up on their screens. Just say “NO!” to everything about the stupid Federal Government. They need your anger and angst to keep everything stirred up and divided. Don’t do it. Break the evil habit of giving these loons anything but the bare minimum to keep them off your back. Beyond that, your participation with them, even in protest or frustration, increases their stature an power. Give no advantage to these stupid loons, not even a small particle. Starve the f+cking beast.
Yeah, it seems as though that’s good advice for a 2023 resolution: They need your anger and angst to keep everything stirred up and divided. Don’t do it. Break the evil habit of giving these loons anything but the bare minimum to keep them off your back.
I hope there is video. This needs to be set to music…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/watch-joe-biden-spotted-golfing-st-croix-golf-swing-terrible/
wait a minute, the Virgin Islands files an Epstein associated lawsuit and Joe Biden goes on vacation there where this monstrosity of a bill is signed into law?