a fun british doomerism datapoint: the HS2 trains that are going to be slower than planned, causing much "we can't build stuff" dismay, are going to be as fast as the fastest current shinkansen line

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Republican|Oklahoma District 1
Kevin Hern
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Voting Record — 535
Yes77%
No20%
Present0%
Not Voting3%
Party align97%
Cross-party1%
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Kevin Hern
U.S. RepresentativeRepublicanOklahoma District 1
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hey hey hey be fair: they also let drug dealers turn crypto into cash without needing to make an account anywhere
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Good threat >>> we gotta do some fiscal devo. Gotta give local government some control over what they do.
It's like the one bit of the 2024 "things will get worse before they get better" pitch that is actually being attempted.
The reevesonomics plan is:
a) load costs on employment (min wage, NI, WRA)
b) businesses decide to invest in capital rather than labour
c) productivity up
d) growth up
e) more and better paid jobs
This is Reevesonomics! She's been very clear about this being the explicit plan! What did you think capital deepening meant? Vibes? Essays?
This is a slow-burn story that deserves more prominence. UK unemployment has risen steadily from about 3.6% in 2022 to 5% now.
Youth unemployment is particularly high.
Vacancies are falling, as are real wages.
Unsurprising that there's a political backlash.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
yes, and the point I'm making here is that the sums that count as "a financial millstone for local authorities" are minuscule in the context of national budgets, even if you aggregate them together.
local government.
no, it's very much both for any reasonable definition of "cheap"
So funny the way it flips once they finally start school
Wouldn’t have done that personally but then I’m not the political giant that is Eric Pickles
Thing about Britain’s public realm is it’s cheap to fix, but unfortunately for legal reasons the money to fix it comes out of a budget that it’s illegal to grow, and illegal to spend on fixing the public realm
You know the answer
Who would win, 867 homes or a single storey shopping centre and car park
Fucking hell, I would
And the strike hasn’t even started
Yeah, it’s not impossible, but it’s a heck of a lot weightier chat in our house given my daughter’s Down syndrome
Yeah. Unfortunately the teenager is the hero and the person scolding him for language on the next page is played for laughs
Wondering if there’s any time at all between “old enough that I’d feel comfortable giving my kids this” and “so old my kids would roll their eyes at a t-for-teen graphic novel”
Man it does take the shine off a reread of Runaways to immediately hit this on page one
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Voting History535 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
535 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-07 | H.R. 26 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-07 | H.R. 26 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-02-06 | H.R. 27 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-06 | H.R. 27 (119th) | Approve amendment | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Failed |
| 2025-02-05 | H. Res. 93 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-05 | H. Res. 93 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-05 | H.R. 776 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-02-04 | H.R. 43 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-23 | H.R. 21 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-23 | H.R. 21 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-23 | H.R. 471 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-23 | H.R. 375 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2025-01-22 | S. 5 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-22 | H.R. 165 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-22 | H. Res. 53 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-22 | H. Res. 53 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-22 | H.R. 187 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-21 | H.R. 186 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-16 | H.R. 30 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-16 | H.R. 30 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 33 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 144 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-15 | H.R. 164 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 28 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 28 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 153 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-14 | H.R. 152 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-13 | H.R. 192 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-09 | H.R. 23 (119th) | Final passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2025-01-07 | H.R. 29 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | Motion to Commit with Instructions | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-01-03 | H. Res. 5 (119th) | End debate now | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Election of the Speaker | NOT_VOTING | — | — | Johnson (LA) |
| 2025-01-03 | — | Call by States | PRESENT | — | — | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.
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