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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 4212484" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>I’m super frustrated right now because everything being said about the Lankford negotiated $118B Senate “Border Bill”, is a complete lie, right down to the fact that it’s not even a Bill at all. </p><p></p><p>That’s right, the “Border Bill” is actually Senate Amendment 1371 to H.R.815, which already passed the House on March 7th, 2023, but was never taken up in the Senate. </p><p></p><p>H.R.815 is actually a Veterans Bill to fund veterans healthcare, called the RELIEVE Act. </p><p>Ostensibly it is supposed to help pay for veterans healthcare:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/815" target="_blank">https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/815</a></p><p></p><p>“Removing Extraneous Loopholes Insuring Every Veteran Emergency Act or the RELIEVE Act</p><p>This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimbursement of emergency treatment for veterans who are treated in a non-VA facility. Specifically, the bill waives the requirement that a veteran must have received VA care within the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of emergency treatment if the veteran receives such emergency treatment within the 60-day period following their enrollment in the VA health care system.</p><p></p><p>Additionally, the bill extends through December 28, 2031, higher rates for certain loan fees under the VA home loan program.”</p><p></p><p>So here comes Senator Patty Murray, (D)WA with Senate Amendment 1371:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.congress.gov/amendment/118th-congress/senate-amendment/1371/text?s=1&r=2&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Hr815%22%7D" target="_blank">https://www.congress.gov/amendment/118th-congress/senate-amendment/1371/text?s=1&r=2&q={"search":"Hr815"}</a></p><p></p><p>Senate Amendment 1371 is her Amendment and is cosponsored by Chuck Schumer, not Lankford. Lankford, Synema (I)AZ and Chris Murphy (D)CT negotiated the Amendment. It does NOT appreciably increase border security or reduce illegal immigration (I’ve read it). Here’s how the money flows:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.reuters.com/graphics/MIGRATION-USA/CONGRESS/lbvgbbxdopq/chart.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Notice that Gaza gets almost 50% of what the border gets. Not Israel, Gaza. If that weren’t enough, Ukraine gets three times as much as the Border. The border only gets 17% of the funding in this Amendment, yet they’re all pretending it’s a “Border Bill”. It’s not.</p><p></p><p>Worse yet, the border section is riddled with loopholes, exemptions, implementation deferrals and circumvention authorities that absolutely ensure that the border will never be “closed”, even of they had 100,000 migrant encounters in a week (not all of which would even count). </p><p></p><p>Seriously, read the damned Amendment and see for yourself! Lankford is lying his ass off by way of obfuscation. None of what he claims would actually happen, but it would really fatten a lot of people’s wallets at the expense of the taxpayers! </p><p></p><p>Call and write all your Senators and Representatives to let them know they need to oppose this Amendment to a House Bill they would never pass if it was actually about helping veterans. Don’t let them pretend you oppose veterans healthcare and border security because that’s not what this is about at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 4212484, member: 1132"] I’m super frustrated right now because everything being said about the Lankford negotiated $118B Senate “Border Bill”, is a complete lie, right down to the fact that it’s not even a Bill at all. That’s right, the “Border Bill” is actually Senate Amendment 1371 to H.R.815, which already passed the House on March 7th, 2023, but was never taken up in the Senate. H.R.815 is actually a Veterans Bill to fund veterans healthcare, called the RELIEVE Act. Ostensibly it is supposed to help pay for veterans healthcare: [URL]https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/815[/URL] “Removing Extraneous Loopholes Insuring Every Veteran Emergency Act or the RELIEVE Act This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimbursement of emergency treatment for veterans who are treated in a non-VA facility. Specifically, the bill waives the requirement that a veteran must have received VA care within the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of emergency treatment if the veteran receives such emergency treatment within the 60-day period following their enrollment in the VA health care system. Additionally, the bill extends through December 28, 2031, higher rates for certain loan fees under the VA home loan program.” So here comes Senator Patty Murray, (D)WA with Senate Amendment 1371: [URL]https://www.congress.gov/amendment/118th-congress/senate-amendment/1371/text?s=1&r=2&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Hr815%22%7D[/URL] Senate Amendment 1371 is her Amendment and is cosponsored by Chuck Schumer, not Lankford. Lankford, Synema (I)AZ and Chris Murphy (D)CT negotiated the Amendment. It does NOT appreciably increase border security or reduce illegal immigration (I’ve read it). Here’s how the money flows: [IMG]https://www.reuters.com/graphics/MIGRATION-USA/CONGRESS/lbvgbbxdopq/chart.png[/IMG] Notice that Gaza gets almost 50% of what the border gets. Not Israel, Gaza. If that weren’t enough, Ukraine gets three times as much as the Border. The border only gets 17% of the funding in this Amendment, yet they’re all pretending it’s a “Border Bill”. It’s not. Worse yet, the border section is riddled with loopholes, exemptions, implementation deferrals and circumvention authorities that absolutely ensure that the border will never be “closed”, even of they had 100,000 migrant encounters in a week (not all of which would even count). Seriously, read the damned Amendment and see for yourself! Lankford is lying his ass off by way of obfuscation. None of what he claims would actually happen, but it would really fatten a lot of people’s wallets at the expense of the taxpayers! Call and write all your Senators and Representatives to let them know they need to oppose this Amendment to a House Bill they would never pass if it was actually about helping veterans. Don’t let them pretend you oppose veterans healthcare and border security because that’s not what this is about at all. [/QUOTE]
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