Trump Signs Bill That Bars Federal Govt From Paying For Oil Paintings

[BeyondGeography]

Thanks to the passion of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), President Donald Trump has signed a bill to nip wanton government spending in the bud—by eliminating oil paintings.

Trump signed the Eliminating Government-Funded Oil-Painting (EGO) Act on Wednesday, the law now banning taxpayer funds from being used for portraits of the President, vice president and members of Congress, along with other agency and office heads according to CNN.

Though Cassidy is touting his accomplishment, tweeting that he joined Congress to “cut wasteful spending,” the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the measure will save less than $500,000 a year due to the limited number of commissioned portraits.

As the CNN report points out, the law would not have prevented the recently unveiled portraits of the Obamas from being painted, since they were funded by private contributions. And despite Cassidy’s conviction that “few people ever see or care about” the oil paintings of government officials, administrators at the National Portrait Gallery had to move Michelle Obama’s portrait to a bigger space in early March, as the throngs flocking to see it have created so much congestion in the museum’s halls.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bill-cassidy-law-against-oil-painting

[BigmanPigman]

1. What about other mediums?

Water colors, acrylics, ink, charcoal, gouache etc. How about busts or sculptures of marble, clay, wood, metal...and collages, tiles, glass,.... ? The dumbest thing I have heard today!

[BeyondGeography]

2. What about solar? Wind?

[ProudLib72]

8. Exactly what I was thinking when I read it

What did oil paintings ever do to him...except the paintings of the Obamas, yeah that's right.

[BigmanPigman]

9. You would think that of all the mediums the GOP

would love oil the most, after all it is what makes them and Russia richer.

[ProudLib72]

13. It's really too bad. This one captures his likeness perfectly

I bet there is an exception in the bill for anything painted on velvet because it's so classy!

[BigmanPigman]

14. Is that the fake cover of Time Mag

that was hanging in one of his golf country clubs that had to be removed for being an imposter cover?

[Tanuki]

15. Or is it the one that was on the cover of the magazine that Stormy Daniels

spanked him with?

[ProudLib72]

16. I think that one is titled "Mr Presidential"

Did you see the portrait made from menstrual blood? Oh, you'd think that would be the number one medium he would hate!

[BoneyardDem]

3. the work around.....

watercolors, acrylic, pastels, enhanced photos, etc etc etc. Portraits will not be stopped, believe me

[Xipe Totec]

4. Trump's portrait will be a finger painting nt

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Trump's signing statement included the ability to purchase Nude Paintings on Black Velvet.

[JDC]

6. Is this some misguided lash out at the Obama Portraits?

It's how this guy thinks. He now has a vendetta against the medium. Yes, he is that small and petty.

On edit: the article does bring this into question. In a inferred way.

[BeyondGeography]

7. Doubtless

Hence the last graph. Of course, in wingnut world those portraits cost taxpayers gazillions.

[JDC]

10. Yeah, I posted then read on...ridiculous. Comically so

Is this what the Trumpanzees mean when they say he's a counter puncher? Wait til he gets a sunburn golfing this summer. A ban on solar energy.

[spanone]

11. good, then maybe we won't have a trump painting in the white house

[FSogol]

17. There isn't enough oil: Peak Oil!

[TomSlick]

12. Wait, wait, wait....

With all the problems the country faces, Congress has time to consider and pass this bill?

Did they run out of post offices to name?