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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: novemberslady

I don’t understand his concern. I mean, it’s not as if some critter would not try padding it with all kind of non-virus related funding, is it?


61 posted on 03/16/2020 4:44:42 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

We don’t. They do. Elections.


62 posted on 03/16/2020 4:47:01 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Dacula

The Senators haven’t even seen the bill yet.

Rudy is trying to make sure the usual pork for Dem dreams are not included, and that the bill only includes items relative to the C Virus.


63 posted on 03/16/2020 6:34:04 PM PDT by octex
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To: octex

Correction... LOUIE, not Rudy. No idea why I typed Rudy...


64 posted on 03/16/2020 6:44:08 PM PDT by octex
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