Patriot Publishings

Here we are, 9 days from the closing of the 118th Congress and Senate. This means we are closing out the Congressional/Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs.

Yesterday, on Truth Social, I posted 8 individual postings into a thread, updating ALL of the actions that occurred in JUST the Congressional VA Committee, which occurred since the Monday (12/16/2024) prior. 8 postings.

Many of those postings of Congressional veteran bills were ‘updates’ that were not actual updates. What does that mean? It means that the bill received a re-publishing, which sends alerts to anyone that is tracking the specific bill(s). The main thing is that there were no changes to a bulk of those bills. So why re-publish? Is it to make it appear as if these politicians are working hard before their Christmas leave? It is to make the sponsors of those bills look better? So many questions without answers.

The other bills, and there were many, received cosponsors. Some bills passed the House and got sent up to the Senate. Odd. Why? Some of those bills were from early 2023 and no one touched them for almost 2 years, then suddenly the end of the Congress/Senate approaches and they gain attention? Nope. Not buying it.

Certain politicians suddenly realized they have nothing to show for their time in Congress/Senate, so they suddenly vomit their name as cosponsors onto a multitude of bills, knowing that those bills are about to die in Committee in a few weeks.

Why would they do such a thing?

Well, do you track these bills? Do you follow up on your political representative to see what they are doing? Do you understand what cosponsoring a bill is?

All serious questions, none of which are to insult your intelligence, I promise you. I ask because the average person DOES NOT understand that cosponsorship ONLY means that politician got their name on a bill. It does not mean they did anything to fight for the bill. It does not mean they did any effort to form the bill, to edit the bill and/or to advance the bill. They only put their name onto the bill.

Consponsorship does not come without cost, though. If these politicians have a large veteran community as their constituents, the politicians need to SHOW they did something in those 2 years in D.C. When, at the close of the congress/senate, they suddenly realize they did not ‘put up good numbers’ by proposing bills, they suddenly pepper the other bills with their name. This is how favors are gained.

Example (not saying this is fact, just an example):

Let us say that Politician A proposed a bill in the beginning of the congress/senate. Politician B doesn’t propose a single bill the entire time, then suddenly realizes they need to get their name onto some veterans bills, to boast about it when running for re-election. Politician A barters with Politician B by saying “I’ll get you onto my veteran bill, but you need to vote a certain way on my other bill: HR 0000!” and if Politician B wants to not have zero proof of ‘working for vets’ during the entire congress/senate, Politician B will agree to the deal.

Seem outrageous?

Certain politicians recently proposed bills, in both the House of Representatives AND the Senate Committees on Veterans Affairs. Knowing these bills will die off in less than 2 weeks because there were 500 other bills ahead of theirs, yet they proposed them anyway. Why?

Now they can boast about their numbers:

“I proposed (x) bills this Congress”
“I cosponsored (xx) bills this Congress for veterans”

Now, if anyone were to fact-check them, they would see the number of cosponsored bills and sponsored bills by their politician. However, just by looking at the numbers, it doesn’t paint the whole picture. If one were to do a little research, they look for the dates of actions. If their politician is boasting about all of their work and the voters find out that their ‘work’ consists of randomly throwing their name onto bills that were going to die very soon, AND did so at the END of the term, is that the same?

Politicians use this trick to convince the people they are the better choice. This means these politicians scheme because they know most will not pursue the actual numbers and look at the data on them. They believe what they are told, what they hear on the MSM and social media, but they do not check into their representative. This allows the representatives to continually gain re-election.

I wonder if politicians still get lifetime paychecks, free healthcare and ‘other’ benefits, for just serving 2 terms in office? Not a bad deal, right? 4 years in office and then they can get a lifetime of a 6-figure paycheck, along with whatever ‘gifts’ they received from voting a specific way? Anyone ever wonder how these politicians go from a worth of 6 figures to in the multi-millions? After a couple terms? Hmmmmm

It is time to empower the people to actually do some research on those they entrust with making decisions on their behalf. The facts are staggering and disgusting. One politician particularly, from Colorado, machine-gunned his name onto dying bills like it was his last stand. These were bills that were dying and not even on the docket to be considered.

Let that sink in. I am sure that politician is not going to volunteer that was his action. My point: do you want a politician who DID NOT know those bills were dying, when it is his job to know? Do you want a politician who DID know and still proceeded to put his name onto those dying bills?

Either way, do your research and make some calls. Let your representatives know that you are watching and then, maybe, perhaps, possibly, the politicians would actually do the ethical thing while in office. Maybe.
Possibly.
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Sad that these politicians deliberately set fire to our chances at legitimate veteran bills being advanced into laws. Ask your political representatives what they have actually accomplished for your veteran community and if you really want to have fun, ask them to specifically state which bills they cosponsored and what each bill was for. See what their answer is.