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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Top Democrat needles Republicans for not reading the ‘big, beautiful bill'
A top House Democrat is needling Republicans who helped pass President Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' through the lower chamber last month but have since voiced regrets upon learning of certain provisions they didn't know were included in the 1,037-page package. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, suggested the Republicans — who have long accused Democrats of ramming massive legislation through Congress before lawmakers can learn what they're voting for — are hypocrites for seemingly doing the same with Trump's domestic agenda. 'Now we see some Republican members who are opposed to it because — guess what? — they didn't read the bill,' Lieu said Wednesday during a press briefing in the Capitol. With a late push from Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) muscled the president's domestic wish list through the House in the early hours of May 22, following a marathon overnight debate. The vote was 215 to 214, with one conservative skeptic voting 'present.' Supporters have hailed the legislation as transformative, providing tax cuts for most Americans, cracking down on immigration and expanding domestic petroleum production. But in the weeks since the bill was passed, several Republicans have said they've come to regret their support after learning of specific language in the package. Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) turned heads last week during a town hall in his district, where he acknowledged that he was unaware of a provision in the legislation that would restrict the power of federal judges to hold government officials in contempt when they violate a court order. 'I am not going to hide the truth: This provision was unknown to me when I voted for that bill,' Flood told a jeering audience, adding that he would have opposed the package if he was aware of the language sooner. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), one of Trump's most vocal congressional allies, piled on this week, saying she also would have voted against the package if she had known it included a 10-year moratorium on states regulating the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. She noted that it violates the federalist philosophy that's been a central tenet of conservatism for decades. 'Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the [bill] that strips states of the right to make laws or regulate AI for 10 years,' Greene wrote Tuesday on the social platform X. 'I am adamantly OPPOSED to this and it is a violation of state rights and I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there.' Lieu, who has been a leader in Congress's bipartisan effort to examine the societal impacts of artificial intelligence, is no fan of Greene. But on this issue, he said he's behind her 100 percent. 'I agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene once every hundred years. This is that time,' Lieu said. 'I agree that this 10-year provision is extreme. It's going to cause unnecessary harm. And, look, I think the federal government is fine doing preemption when we preempt with something. You can't just preempt with nothing,' he added. 'This is a bad provision, and I hope the Senate will take out this 10-year moratorium.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
5 days ago
- Business
- The Hill
Top Democrat needles Republicans for not reading the ‘big, beautiful bill'
A top House Democrat is needling Republicans who helped pass President Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' through the lower chamber last month, but have since voiced regrets upon learning of certain provisions they didn't know were included in the 1,037-page package. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, suggested the Republicans — who have long accused Democrats of ramming massive legislation through Congress before lawmakers can learn what they're voting for — are hypocrites for seemingly doing the same with Trump's domestic agenda. 'Now we see some Republican members who are opposed to it because — guess what? — they didn't read the bill,' Lieu said Wednesday during a press briefing in the Capitol. With a late push from Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had muscled the president's domestic wish list through the House in the early hours of May 22, following a marathon overnight debate. The vote was 215 to 214, with one conservative skeptic voting 'present.' Supporters have hailed the legislation as transformative, providing tax cuts for most Americans, cracking down on immigration and expanding domestic petroleum production. But in the weeks since the bill was passed, several Republicans said they've come to regret their support after learning of specific language in the package. Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) turned heads last week during a town hall in his district, where he acknowledged that he was unaware of a provision in the legislation that would restrict the power of federal judges to hold government officials in contempt when they violate a court order. 'I am not going to hide the truth: This provision was unknown to me when I voted for that bill,' Flood told a jeering audience, adding that he would have opposed the package if he was aware of the language sooner. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), one of Trump's most vocal congressional allies, piled on this week, saying she also would have voted against the package if she had known it included a 10-year moratorium on states regulating the artificial intelligence industry. She noted that it violates the federalist philosophy that's been a central tenet of conservatism for decades. 'Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the OBBB that strips states of the right to make laws or regulate AI for 10 years,' Greene wrote Tuesday on X. 'I am adamantly OPPOSED to this and it is a violation of state rights and I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there.' Lieu, who has been a leader in Congress's bipartisan effort to examine the societal impacts of artificial intelligence, is no fan of Greene. But on this issue, he said he's behind her 100 percent. 'I agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene once every hundred years. This is that time,' Lieu said. 'I agree that this 10-year provision is extreme. It's going to cause unnecessary harm. And, look, I think the federal government is fine doing preemption when we preempt with something. You can't just preempt with nothing,' he added. 'This is a bad provision, and I hope the Senate will take out this 10-year moratorium.'
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
California Democrats bash Trump's foreign-film tariffs: ‘Nonsensical'
California Democrats are hammering President Trump's recent proposal to slap new tariffs on foreign-made films. The lawmakers are warning that, if it's imposed, Trump's 100 percent levy would simply result in higher costs for movie consumers in the United States. 'This is just nonsensical,' Rep. Pete Aguilar (Calif.), chair of the House Democratic Caucus, told reporters Tuesday in the Capitol. 'There are things that we can do to increase production [and encourage] the film industry to film in the United States,' he continued. 'We should be looking at those ideas and strategies, not reckless tariffs that will cost people jobs and raise costs for Americans.' Trump announced his new tariff proposal Sunday night on Truth Social, saying the incentives other countries provide to attract filmmakers pose a national security threat. The policy change, he said, would revive a domestic movie industry that's dying 'a very fast death.' 'Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat,' he wrote in the post. 'It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!' he added. 'Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands. WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!' Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), who represents parts of Los Angeles, joined Aguilar in bashing the proposal as short-sighted, saying it would damage the industry it purports to save. Lieu said the more effective strategy would be tax incentives designed to entice filmmakers to do their work in the United States — a concept he had championed when he was a member of California's state Legislature. 'Donald Trump didn't appear to have talked to anyone about the 100 percent tariff on foreign movies — it just seems like another random idea that he put out there with no thought about how it would actually be implemented. Because if it was implemented, it would increase consumer costs on movies,' Lieu said. 'Also, it would just make some movies really far less interesting,' Lieu added. 'If 'All Quiet on the Western Front' had to be renamed 'All Quiet on the U.S. Side of the Canadian Border' — [that's a] much less interesting movie. So there's just no thought behind what Donald Trump is doing with his indiscriminate tariffs.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill.
The Hill
06-05-2025
- Business
- The Hill
California Democrats bash Trump's foreign-film tariffs: ‘Nonsensical'
California Democrats are hammering President Trump's recent proposal to slap new tariffs on foreign-made films. The lawmakers are warning that, if it's imposed, Trump's 100-percent levy would simply result in higher costs for movie consumers in the United States. 'This is just nonsensical,' Rep. Pete Aguilar (Calif.), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, told reporters Tuesday in the Capitol. 'There are things that we can do to increase production [and encourage] the film industry to film in the United States,' he continued. 'We should be looking at those ideas and strategies, not reckless tariffs that will cost people jobs and raise costs for Americans.' Trump announced his new tariff proposal on Sunday night on Truth Social, the social media company he owns, saying the incentives other countries provide to attract filmmakers pose a national security threat. The policy change, he said, would revive a domestic movie industry that's dying 'a very fast death.' 'Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat,' he wrote. 'It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!' he added. 'Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands. WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!' Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), who represents parts of Los Angeles, joined Aguilar in bashing the proposal as short-sighted, saying it would damage the industry it purports to save. Lieu said the more effective strategy would be tax incentives designed to entice filmmakers to do their work in the United States — a concept he had championed when he was a member of California's state legislature. 'Donald Trump didn't appear to have talked to anyone about the 100 percent tariff on foreign movies — it just seems like another random idea that he put out there with no thought about how it would actually be implemented. Because if it was implemented, it would increase consumer costs on movies,' Lieu said. 'Also, it would just make some movies really far less interesting,' Lieu added. 'If 'All Quiet on the Western Front' had to be renamed 'All Quiet on the U.S. Side of the Canadian Border' — [that's a] much less interesting movie. So there's just no thought behind what Donald Trump is doing with his indiscriminate tariffs.'
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Scientist claims Big Bang theory is wrong and shares new theory about how universe was made
Typically, the whole debate over how the universe was created takes place between religion and science. Most scientists tend to support the Big Bang Theory while Christians of course believe that God created Earth. However, there's plenty of other ideas and conspiracy theories out there. And one scientist has come up with a somewhat controversial theory as they say the thought that the Big Bang was the cause of it all is wrong. Although, it's not some kind of idea that aliens were involved or that we're all part of some Marvel-like 'multiverse'. Instead, Richard Lieu of The University of Alabama in Huntsville, US, reckons it was a whole series rather than the one individual, mega explosion. He published his alternative theory that the cosmos came about through a number of rapid-fire bursts. 'The new model can account for both structure formation and stability, and the key observational properties of the expansion of the universe at large,' he explains. Lieu argues these bursts, or 'temporal singularities', blasted out new matter and energy into space. He reckons they replace the need for the invisible stuff that cosmologists have long said fills the cosmos. This model builds on the physics professor's earlier work from 2024. And his theory, described as 'groundbreaking', could reportedly help to resolve questions over cosmic expansion and galaxy formation without having to rely on ideas like dark energy and dark matter. 'This new paper proposes an improved version of the earlier model, which is also radically different,' he stated. 'The new model can account for both structure formation and stability, and the key observational properties of the expansion of the universe at large, by enlisting density singularities in time that uniformly affect all space to replace conventional dark matter and dark energy.' These mysterious bursts described by Lieu remain undetected by astrophysicists because of their speed and infrequency. 'These singularities are unobservable because they occur rarely in time and are unresolvedly fast, and that could be the reason why dark matter and dark energy have not been found,' he explained. Lieu believes his theory overcomes the model of the Big Bang and offers a framework that doesn't need those dark matter and dark energy concepts that are yet to be proven. According to the Big Bang theory, it's dark matter that holds the structures of the cosmos in place and that dark energy is the force pushing the universe to expand.
