Posted on 08/06/2021 3:34:35 PM PDT by Signalman
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) effort to have the Senate vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure fell apart Thursday night after many lawmakers objected.
Schumer wanted to expedite the Senate floor proceedings that could have led to a quick passage of the bill on Saturday; however, Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said that he could not consent to the bill’s advancement because of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) dismal score of the mammoth, 2,702-page legislation.
“We very much want to finish this important bill, so we will reconvene Saturday at noon to vote [to overcome a filibuster], and then we will follow regular order to finish the bill,” Schumer said Thursday.
A spokesman for Hagerty said the senator “cannot in good conscience agree to expedite a process immediately after the CBO confirmed that the bill would add over a quarter of a trillion dollars to the deficit.”
The CBO found that the infrastructure bill would add $256 billion to the deficit, the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn-Wharton Budget Model found that the bill would have no “significant” impact on economic growth.
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GOOD!!!!
Good. Until they include re-stuccoing my house it should never be passed. 😂🙌
They found piles of fat on the pork—shocking!
They have plenty of Assistant Democrats ready to assist them.
I keep waiting for my million dollar payment so I can get my jab—but no, they have to debate about it...
;-)
I’m so sick of seeing this over and over again. In the end a bill will pass that hurts our way of life. Who remembers “Porkulis”? Same talk, same outrage but yet it became law. They are all scum and its our fault for allowing this behavior to continue.
Ditto.
💉💄🐖
get in line pal
I will need a new air conditioner and roof.
I’d like county water service too.
Gimmes: Oh, we have lead pipes!
Me: Why?
Gimmes: So we wouldn’t have to pay to replace the water supply pipes every few decades.
Me: So the long-lasting lead pipes saved you the cost of replacing them at least once?
Gimmes: Yes, but we still prefer the federal government pay for what we should pay for.
No bill in Congress should be over 20 pages. 2700 is ridiculous.
Agreed, and the budget needs to be balanced.
If that means an 80% government haircut across the board, so be it.
Shout it far and wide.
Uh, UpChuck is the Senate Majority leader.
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