Posted on 02/10/2024 5:16:19 PM PST by RandFan
@BasedMikeLee
I just finished speaking for four hours on the Senate floor, offering amendment after amendment to the Ukraine bill. After promising a “fair and open” amendment process, Democrats objected to every one of my half-dozen attempts to make my common-sense amendments pending.
From real border-security protections to measures to prevent non-citizens from voting in federal elections to a measure preventing U.S. funds from flowing to Hamas to restrictions on paying the salaries of Ukrainian bureaucrats (among other amendments), Democrats refused to let the Senate consider my proposed changes.
Their reasoning in essence: “Republicans had their chance, but lost their chance to have a say on the contents of this bill when they rejected the border deal announced Sunday night,” even though only four Republicans supported that measure.
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Hopefully.
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