The House has passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September. But with only a day to review its text, do they even know what they passed? Glenn reviews some of the insane spending in this bill, including money for JORDAN’S border, transgender underwear for kids, and a whole bunch of earmarks and public private partnerships. So, will the Senate Republicans stand strong?
TranscriptBelow is a rush transcript that may contain errors
GLENN: Article one, section eight, again? It's --
STU: First of all, I want to say that Lear Capital, a good sponsor for this particular segment. Yes, section eight, powers of Congress.
Congress shall have powers to delay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense, general welfare of the United States. And all duties, imposts and excises should be uniform throughout the United States.
GLENN: Okay. So can you find the grooming, binding, and tucking clause? In --
STU: Grooming, binding, and tucking. I'm searching for those words, Glenn. I'm not seeing them in Section 8.
Is it possible, it was in another --
GLENN: What would the Founders, probably old-timey speak. What would the founders put in the Constitution. If our teenagers would want to bind their breasts and tuck their wiener. What would that be under?
STU: That's the one that was in invisible ink on the back.
GLENN: Oh, where you need the special Ben Franklin glasses!
STU: Exactly, yes. You nailed it.
GLENN: Right. Okay.
Well, you know, I -- I have to tell you, you know, when we have -- what is it, 400,000?
Let me just go through what we have. We have $500 million, appropriated for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
I don't even -- I don't even know what that is. Oh, okay. Wait. Wait.
For operation maintenance, defense-wide for the government of Jordan, to support the armed forces of Jordan and to enhance security around its borders. You know, it bothers me that they say there's no real spending for borders. Because there's lots.
There's $500 million, for Jordan to protect its borders. Of the amounts appropriated of this act. Under the operation of defense. Defense Secretary, cooperation agency.
$380 million, on top of the 500, will be available -- oh, boy. We're being tough.
Only until September 30th. This offer expires. It will be available to reimburse Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, and HEP Ehemen for the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year of 2016 for enhanced border security. Which, not less than 150 million will be for Jordan.
So they get -- Jordan gets the -- let's see. They get the 500 million. To protect their borders.
Then they can dip back in, and get another 150 million. To protect their borders.
So I think this is good. You know, I don't -- I don't -- I don't have a problem with it. Now, there is a -- there is a couple of things.
There are a couple of things, that are a little odd in this. For instance, the money for the -- for the brooming, binding, and tucking.
They're going to give an awful lot of money, for new underpants for kids. That get their underpants from LGBTQ organizations.
Which, I know my kids have often gotten their underpants from LGBTQ organizations. Because there's a lot of LGBTQ kids out there, without underpants.
Because, you know, that's -- well, that's just the way America is right now. Underpantless. And so, you have a problem? You greedy capitalist pig. Spending -- spending this money, for underpants. For kids that don't have underpants. And I don't mean just regular underpants. These are special underpants. They make the weenie go away. They make the breasts go away.
What's next?
You people. You just want to see kids without underpants. Oh, no. Wait. Sorry.
Those have lately just been the teachers. In the schools, that are dreaming about little kids without underpants. So that's good.
I don't know. I think this -- I think this is really going to do -- this is going to do well.
I'm -- I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure. Anybody have a problem with it, Stu? Got a problem?
STU: I have a minor problem with it, Glenn. It did go far enough. Why are we stopping at $1.2 trillion?
That's basically couchcution money, you know, where is the real spending?
GLENN: Wait. Wait. Wait. Don't forget. This is the second bill. The other bill, that goes with this. The companion piece.
They broke it down. They broke it down.
STU: Okay. Well, there were 12 funding bills total.
And this one, they're getting to the nitty-gritty here.
We've seen a drastic change in the Congress, since they changed leadership. Wow. It's been massive. I've seen. The spending is just -- totally changing. They're really doing a great job.
And look, there are limitations on this.
I get it. They're the minority party overall, in the government. What can Republicans do? Eh. You know, not all that much. Unless they want to force the government to shut down, which they do not want to do. So they will keep doing this, and spending at levels that Democrats are comfortable with.
And they think they only need about 100 Republicans to vote for this. About ten to 15 Democrats will probably vote against it.
Which leaves about -- you need about 100. And they shouldn't have no problem getting over that 100 barrier in the House. Again, things go on as normal. No problems here.
Whatever problems you think there are, with spending. You're wrong.
Ius let them spend as much money, on what they want. On whatever they want. I was reading the list of winners on this bill, Glenn.
And they're -- they're just great. You know, listen to some of this.
This is -- this is -- and this is from punch bowl. Earmarks are back in a big way. Senator Jerry Moran HEP got 17.5 million for the Eisenhower Library.
Senator Lindsey Graham got 11.2 million for health. Retiring senator Joe Manchin was a winner. He and Shelly Moore Capito locked in 15 million for the Charleston Area Medical Center, and 15 million for Marshal University. Senator John HEP Boosman procured 15 million for Lion College and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Tammy Baldwin was a quiet earmark champ. Inserting dozens of earmarks, across numerous bills.
This is great!
Look at all the winners we have from our government.
GLENN: This is great. Look at the winners. And, yeah. I want to talk about some of the private/public partnerships. The Garden State, I'm sorry, equality, education fund inc. from New Jersey.
They get the underpants. $400,000 of underpants. $850,000 is allocated for the LGBTQ senior housing in Massachusetts for services for older LGBTQ.
It might be a different kind of underpants for them, and the senior housing. I'm not really sure. Up to $500 million appropriated for the -- the defense security.
Let's see. Then you -- then you have all kinds of money. Did you see the -- did you see the Twitter, or the guy on X, yesterday?
I just tweeted this. Who was giving the actual breakdown. Put it through ChatGPT. And said, break this down.
Tell me what we're, actually, spending here. What's -- where is all of this money going?
Well, he -- it did -- it did really -- it did pretty well. Quite honestly.
If you look at the -- if you look at the bill, you can figure out, who is making what.
And I have to tell you, there are agencies, that I don't even know. I didn't even know existed.
That are getting billions of dollars. Billions of dollars.
If you look at what USA ID is getting. Do you know what USAIK is?
USAID is an arm of the CIA. That's all it is. And it's giving money all over the world.
And not for anything that you actually think is right. But for what the CIA thinks is right.
Anybody who votes for this bill, first of all, it came out, what? At 215 last night. 2:15 a.m. they're supposed to vote on it, today or tomorrow.
You can't do this. They've known about this forever. And they've gone out, in advance, and said to all of the senators and the House members. Look, what do you want?
What is it going to take for you to pass this bill?
They must know what was in the bill. What is it going to take for you?
Well, I need $15 million, for Lindsey Graham library.
Okay. But but you'll support it then. Sure. Sure, I will.
You have to call your senator and your House rep and say, absolutely not. We're going to go through the bill with Thomas Massie here in just a second.
But everybody I trust in Congress and the Senate, has written me in the last, you know, six hours that said, Glenn. Can't. Can't. Can't do it. Can't do it.
This is -- let me give you the quote from one of them.
He said, he was really mad. You could tell who this was. This was him super, super mad. He was going off the rails.
Glenn, we're going to hell in a handbag. Yeah. Can you imagine?
I think you can tell, which senator that might be. Because he was very upset last night.
Going to hell in a handbag. It is -- it is really, we're at the last chance, to save our -- our country.
If you look at all the things that are happening. If we don't turn this thing around, by fall, sorry, bang. Sorry. I hate to say it. But you're just not going to come back from all of this. The attorney general in New York now just made their first move to take Trump's assets. Looks like they're going after his golf course in Westchester.
So they are taking property away from people now. Congratulations. Confratlations on that.
By the way, speaking of the CIA, the FBI, you know, is going to get another -- a brand-new. What is it, a $200 million building in this bill? That's what I'm thinking. You know what. Maybe it's a building. Maybe that's a toxic building. Maybe we need to get him a new 200 million-dollar palace, for them to operate their -- their operations against the citizens of the United States.
The CIA now has been confronted by -- by the weaponization of the government committee. As they're looking into Hunter Biden. The CIA is -- is refusing to verify. But you can trust these guys.
Two witnesses have come out, from their -- they're federal investigators. So they've believe out from the Justice Department. And they've said, yeah. We were stopped for looking into the Hunter Biden thing by the CIA. They told us, we couldn't talk to this person, this person, or this person.
So they were thwarting our investigation. Oh, the CIA was. Oh, okay.
You were looking into a crime, uh-huh. And it was of Joe Biden's kids. Okay.
And you were thwarted and told, no. You can't look at these things. All right.
I don't know about you. Maybe, you know what, maybe the CIA just needs a bigger building. Maybe that's what we should do.