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Rep. Louie Gohmert delays House coronavirus relief bill from moving to Senate
NBC "News" ^ | March 16, 2020 | By Rebecca Shabad and Alex Moe

Posted on 03/16/2020 12:03:36 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON - Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, is holding up the House-passed coronavirus relief bill and preventing it from being delivered to the Senate for a vote.

The House was expected to make technical corrections Monday to the bipartisan measure, passed by the House early Saturday, but Gohmert is insisting on reading them, a Democratic leadership aide confirmed to NBC News on Monday.

The technical corrections package has not yet been finalized and the House wants to pass it by unanimous consent because the House is on recess this week.

If one member stands in opposition, the House can’t send the bill to the Senate without bringing the entire House back from their districts to Washington for a vote. The Senate is in session this week, but schedules have been fluid because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: budget; china; coronavirus; gohmert; spending; virus
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To: SkyDancer

” It’s already been read by the people who wrote it.”

*Please* say you were being sarcastic. You cannot possibly mean that seriously, that he should vote on it without reading it because the people who wrote it already read it.


21 posted on 03/16/2020 12:14:19 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Dacula

I say good. the last time they “passed a bill to find out what is in it was a disaster”.

how much pork and poison pills are in the bill as currently stands.

I assume this is an “everything plus the kitchen sink” of Pelosi’s wish list. With the intention of having it be so bad that it will gets to the senate they will kill it. So that rthe house can blame the sanate for not passing “crucial” legislation.


22 posted on 03/16/2020 12:14:50 PM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: datura
I guess it’s wrong to do the best things for the US if you don’t agree to them personally.

Shutting down the entire economy is the best thing for US? Never been done to the US in history, ever! And to my recollection, any country that it has been done in it was the end of that country.
23 posted on 03/16/2020 12:15:32 PM PDT by JoSixChip (I'm an American Nationalist)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

GOOD.

I’m sure the Dems have snuck something into the bill.


24 posted on 03/16/2020 12:17:05 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: DesertRhino
The fact that the democrats are 100% in support of the bill should tell you that it is something bad for the country. Good for Louie.



25 posted on 03/16/2020 12:17:06 PM PDT by Company Man (Forget biased Reddit -- THEDONALD.WIN is the new home page for all GEOTUS supporters!)
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To: datura
Here's your sign/tag.


PUSH HARDER!! Wham-Bam Wuhan Scam!


26 posted on 03/16/2020 12:17:08 PM PDT by SanchoP (DC is the deep state.)
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To: JoSixChip

But haven’t you heard? There is a cold going around that can kill people over 70. If that’s not a reason to paralyze the strongest economy in US history, I don’t know what is. /s

PS.. all the Democrat governors have put their states on lockdown. I bet you even think they don’t want what is best for America! /s


27 posted on 03/16/2020 12:18:39 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: DesertRhino
all the Democrat governors have put their states on lockdown. I bet you even think they don’t want what is best for America!

That is not sarcasm, it's a fact.
28 posted on 03/16/2020 12:20:09 PM PDT by JoSixChip (I'm an American Nationalist)
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To: livius

Exactly! I wouldn’t put it past them to try to sneak something in, for example, to give $500 Million to Planned Parenthood.


29 posted on 03/16/2020 12:22:37 PM PDT by scouter (As for me and my household... We will serve the LORD.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

thank you Louie!


30 posted on 03/16/2020 12:22:53 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: dadfly

thank you Louie!

Thank you Jody Hice.


31 posted on 03/16/2020 12:23:31 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: DesertRhino

Yes, I was being sarcastic in part. How many people are in the House and he’s the only one who wants to have it read when Pelosi wanted 0bamacare passed so people would know what’s in it. One guy holds up this corona virus thing from being passed on to the Senate.


32 posted on 03/16/2020 12:24:05 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: FreeReign

Yes, I was being sarcastic in part. How many people are in the House and he’s the only one who wants to have it read when Pelosi wanted 0bamacare passed so people would know what’s in it. One guy holds up this corona virus thing from being passed on to the Senate.


33 posted on 03/16/2020 12:24:22 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: DesertRhino

Yes, I was being sarcastic in part. How many people are in the House and he’s the only one who wants to have it read when Pelosi wanted 0bamacare passed so people would know what’s in it. One guy holds up this corona virus thing from being passed on to the Senate.


34 posted on 03/16/2020 12:24:41 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: DesertRhino

One cool head halts it from being sent on to the Senate out of all of them. Got it.


35 posted on 03/16/2020 12:26:54 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good for you Louie. We got your back.


36 posted on 03/16/2020 12:28:24 PM PDT by upchuck (Democrats are always the problem, never the answer.)
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To: JoSixChip
I guess you don't remember what happened after 9-11.

Wall street closed. Airlines shut down.

37 posted on 03/16/2020 12:31:20 PM PDT by onona
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To: SkyDancer

Trump already released $50 Billion, I’m not sure why we even need this money.


38 posted on 03/16/2020 12:37:20 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: SkyDancer

I actually think EVERY Piece of Legislation should be Required to be Read Aloud, without Pause, on the Floor of the House or Senate by it’s principal Sponsor or the Speaker.

This alone would eliminate the 1000-5000 page LAWS they pass.


39 posted on 03/16/2020 12:41:14 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: onona

Yeah, but t least I could go to a bar and get besotted while cursing the damned muzzies!


40 posted on 03/16/2020 12:45:42 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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