https://twitter.com/PoliticalShort/status/1422522624165531648
Buried on page 508 of the 2,702 page infrastructure bill is a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee (MBUF) which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car. https://lidblog.com/mbuf/
6:39 AM · Aug 3, 2021·
oh no…..cuomo…..and not fredo…
poor cuomo…..just a throw back kind of guy
>One hell of a party Manchin threw.
Sen. Joe Manchin showed up with a bandage on his forehead Monday, an injury he said he got on his boat, according to Politico Playbook
pretty close to the eye, eh?
>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9856189/Manchin-bandage-head-boat-party.html
'We're just trying to keep people together and do things in a bipartisan way. That's what we do,' Manchin told The Huffington Post.
Later, as Manchin walked outside the Capitol, he was asked how many people attended the event. The West Virginia senator replied 'maybe, not quite,' when asked if the number of attendees was a dozen.
He confirmed it was all senators on board.
'If they want you to know who they are, they'll tell you,' Manchin said.
'We were outside, OK? And everybody's been vaccinated,' the West Virginia Democrat added.
He also said the event lasted for 'whatever it takes to eat a hamburger or two.'
Manchin lives on 'Almost Heaven' when he's in Washington.
The boat was purchased for $220,000 in 2014, but the vessel is insured for $700,000 - something Republicans have attacked him for in the past claiming he owns a '$700,000 D.C. luxury yacht.' Politifact rated that claim only half-true.
Manchin's office wasn't commenting on the boat party initially, instead saying, 'Senate Manchin is fully vaccinated and following the CDC guidelines for those exposed to a COVID positive individual.'
Then Sen. Mark Kelly's spokesperson confirmed to CNN that the Arizona Democrat had come into contact with Graham at Manchin's fete.
'Sen. Kelly came into contact with Sen. Graham during a bipartisan gathering this weekend hosted by Sen. Manchin,' spokesman Jacob Peters told CNN.
Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Nevada Democrat, was also in attendance, CNN said.
Punchbowl News reported that Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, was there too.
As were Sens. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, and John Thune, a South Dakota Republican.
Thune's and Coons' offices said Monday night that the senators tested negative.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that vaccinated individuals who have been in contact with COVID-positive individuals get tested three to five days after exposure.
They're also advised to wear a mask in public for 14 days following a potential exposure - or until a negative test comes back.
Vaccinated individuals who test positive are supposed to quarantine for 10 days.
>The boat was purchased for $220,000 in 2014, but the vessel is insured for $700,000 -
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9856189/Manchin-bandage-head-boat-party.html
>>The boat was purchased for $220,000 in 2014, but the vessel is insured for $700,000 -
who did Manchin buy his boat from?
>who did Manchin buy his boat from?
Manchin’s campaign instead offered a different document with a lower dollar figure. That document, a memorandum of sale from 2014, said the purchase price for the vessel was $220,000.The document says that Manchin purchased the boat from M&T Bank, with National Liquidators as the broker of the sale.
PolitiFact | Does Joe Manchin have a $700,000 luxury yacht?
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/28/national-republican-senatorial-committee/does-joe-manchin-have-700000-luxury-yacht/
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/28/national-republican-senatorial-com…
> M&T Bank
>who did Manchin buy his boat from?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M&T_Bank
some NY state troopers did not kill themselves