On December 9, 2017, (click here) the outstanding debt subject to limit was at the statutory debt limit. The following business day, Secretary Steven Mnuchin notified Congress of his determination that a “debt issuance suspension period” (DISP) would begin on or after December 11, 2017, and last until January 31, 2018. On January 30, 2018, the Secretary determined the DISP would continue through February 28, 2018. On February 9, 2018, the President signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-123), temporarily suspending the statutory debt limit through March 1, 2019, rendering further use of extraordinary measures unnecessary....
Trump and his Republican Congress didn't want the debt ceiling to be an issue.
They suspended it.
Marsha Blackburn is no friend to women that have faced sexual assault (rape).
March 4, 2018
By Annie-Rose Strasser and Josh Isreal
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) (click here) on Monday openly admitted that she opposed the latest reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) because it included protections for LGBT, Native American, and undocumented victims of domestic violence....
She is in Big Pharma's back pocket. She is not only a Washington insider, she is the leader of the Washington insiders.
July 12, 2018
By Dudley Taylor
Anyone watching (click here) the U.S. House of Representatives over the last few weeks would be hard pressed not to notice the flurry of activity on bills related to the ongoing opioid crisis.
In total, House committees tossed out 90 bills that members of Congress – led by Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn — then touted in a stream of press releases as the silver-bullet remedies for American families ravaged by opioid addiction.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to politics in an election year.
The stark reality is that Blackburn has led a large group of our elected officials in Washington that are bought and paid for by the opioid industry....
Unintended consequences? This is the type of legislation she is writing? Why would anyone trust her?
September 2, 2018
By Waylon Cunningham
Senate candidate (click here) and Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee did not author the legislation that critics say has weakened the Drug Enforcement Agency’s ability to combat the opioid crisis, but she did co-sponsor and forcefully advocate for it on the House floor.
Her stance in recent months has been more demurred.
At a Nashville summit on the opioid crisis held last week and pressed on the matter, Blackburn said any negative impacts to the DEA caused by the bill were “unintended consequences.”...
Marsha Blackburn was against any involvement with the Opioid Crisis, probably made is worse, until Trump made an issue of it on the campaign trail.
Marsha Blackburn was against it before she was for it. She is untrustworthy. $he is untrustworthy no matter the issue.
March 15, 2018
Washington - Today Congressman Marsha Blackburn, (click here) as the lead sponsor, introduced the bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 2.0 with Representatives Tim Ryan (OH), Tom MacArthuer (NJ), and Ann Kuster (NH). This updated version of CARA will authorize approximately $1 billion in new funding to fight the opioid war and increases criminal penalties on manufacturers that don’t report suspicious orders or keep proper diversion protocols in place. In addition, it places a three day limit on initial prescriptions for acute pain, provides enhanced first responder training and funds the expansion of specialized courts to treat our nation’s ill-served Veterans. This bill will serve as the House companion to bipartisan legislation recently introduced by Senator Rob Portman (OH)....
