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This Is How Long Thomas Massie's Challenge to the Wuhan Coronavirus Relief Bill Lasted
townhall.com ^ | 3/27/2020 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 03/28/2020 9:07:24 AM PDT by rktman

Well, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is probably the most hated man in Washington D.C. right now. He threatened to derail passage of the Wuhan coronavirus relief bill that sailed through the Senate on a 96-0 vote. It’s a $2 trillion package that admittedly has some bad stuff in it, but American businesses and workers need relief as the nation fights this Wuhan coronavirus outbreak that’s infected over 85,000 people and killed at least 1,200. States have adopted severe measures to stop the spread, instituting bans of mass gatherings of more than 10 people, closing non-essential businesses for a least a month or more, and shuttering the schools. The markets have tanked. It was imperative that the government compile this rescue package to help workers, stabilize the markets, and ensure that the flow of credit remains unrestricted.

Yet, Massie threatened to gum up the works unless there was a recorded vote, which would have put the entire House at risk of exposure to this disease. D.C., Virginia, and Maryland are virtually on lockdown, with the District recently shuttering non-essential businesses until the end of April. Massie’s antics forced scores of lawmakers to fly back in case he succeeded in his effort. This move had some calling for Massie to be expelled from the House.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 116th; bailout; massie; nevertrump; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; pointoforder; rollcallvotes; thomasmassie; trusttrump
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Lasted 43 seconds if you need to know that. So now, not a single one of them can be held responsible for the good, bad or ugly. "Yup. Sounded like more yays than nays so it's passed." Butt, do NOT interfere with their Easter break. Guess the covid-19 issue isn't THAT important.
1 posted on 03/28/2020 9:07:24 AM PDT by rktman
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Flimsey Grahamnesty has tried to abandon the rule of law and give our country to illegal aliens THREE times and this is the guy everybody wants thrown out of Congress?


2 posted on 03/28/2020 9:09:52 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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The guy who saw how much garbage was in this bill. And how much money was being wasted. I wish he would have followed through


3 posted on 03/28/2020 9:11:47 AM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists dont point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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Yet, Massie threatened to gum up the works unless there was a recorded vote, which would have put the entire House at risk of exposure to this disease. D.C., Virginia, and Maryland are virtually on lockdown

Why couldn't they just have sent their votes by e-mail, or Skype or Zoom? Then, we could have had a recorded vote.

It wasn't secret ballot or anything.

4 posted on 03/28/2020 9:13:06 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
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Yet, Massie threatened to gum up the works unless there was a recorded vote, which would have put the entire House at risk of exposure to this disease.

Meanwhile, in the real world, a kid showed up at Kroger today to run the register as did older folks to bag your groceries.

Doctors, nurses and orderlies continue to report to hospitals to care for the sick.

The Amazon worker is still in the warehouse filling your order while you stay safely (?) at home.

The fast food worker, who is thankful they still have a job, was fixing your order so you could carry it back home.

Cry me a river if Congress had to be called back to DO THEIR JOB!

5 posted on 03/28/2020 9:13:33 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Jess Kitting

Better....IF Continuity of Government is essential here, why aren’t they off at one of the secret bunkers??


6 posted on 03/28/2020 9:14:30 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: rktman

The more I hear about the process of creating, and especially passing this “coronavirus stimulus” the more I fear its a repeat of Iraq WMD, stimulus 2009 and Obamacare (you have to pass it to find out what’s in it).

Just another opportunity for the DC political class to bypass the Constitution and rob America blind.


7 posted on 03/28/2020 9:17:49 AM PDT by PGR88
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I expect the next time we hear from Massie will be when some azzhat suggests cuts in social security. He’ll be on the wrong side of that too.


8 posted on 03/28/2020 9:17:58 AM PDT by JonPreston
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Yup. See ads daily in our area for jobs at the many warehouse “fulfillment” centers. Minimum $15/hr to start and pretty sure yesterday I saw the Amazon ad indicate double time for any overtime. Big thanks to folks who are still working. Bigger thanks to the truckers and other long haul transportation folks. Trains, planes and trucks.


9 posted on 03/28/2020 9:18:13 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Th post brought to you by AOC, who is no longer the most hated person in Congress.


10 posted on 03/28/2020 9:18:20 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

they have the wrong person to hate. Pelosi is the one who defied the needs of the nation. She held it up much more than 43 seconds and added so much pork the bill could have sunk from the mere weight of it. Don’t criticize Massie. Pelosi is the evil swamp creature!!!


11 posted on 03/28/2020 9:19:42 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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Of course I thought spending bills were supposed to originate in the House... but why let the Constitution get in the way.


12 posted on 03/28/2020 9:19:43 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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Except we and the legislators knew what was in this latest POS bail out and passed it with an absence of negative comment. Few spoke against it.


13 posted on 03/28/2020 9:21:02 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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They inserted the bill inside the shell of a house bill to get around that technicality.


14 posted on 03/28/2020 9:23:18 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance. Nemo me impune lacessit!)
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To: rktman

I was rooting for Massie. Every constitutionalist on FR should be doing the same. If you live in his district, support him in the election, donate to him. Keep him in Congress. We need more like him!


15 posted on 03/28/2020 9:23:19 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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That 2 trillion amounts to $5,700k in debt for every living person in the USA. How much will be administrative costs wasted on ever more government employees?


16 posted on 03/28/2020 9:23:30 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Then why would Trump sign it?


17 posted on 03/28/2020 9:23:53 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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I wish he would have followed through

I think he did make the motion, but no one seconded it, so... there was nothing else he could do. You have to have someone second your motion.

18 posted on 03/28/2020 9:23:54 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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More fake news:

"He threatened to derail passage of the Wuhan coronavirus relief bill... "

Not true at all. Massie simply pointed out many faults in the bill, and wanted the House to do what the Constitution requires, and what every other person in a vital industry needs to do - show up at work.

Massie and everybody else, including President Trump, knew that there were enough congressmen in Washington to reach a quorum and pass the bill. But none of them, including President Trump, wanted to have a record of who voted for the stimulus.

Makes you wonder why. Probably because, as Massie noted there is ten times more money for banks, corporations, and other members of the political elite than for out of work Americans. At the same moment the Democrats are complaining about a shortage of masks for hospital workers they took 25 million dollars and allocated it to the Kennedy Center, instead of masks, or medicines, or ventilators.

Massie pointed out the dangerous behavior of swamp dwelling Democrats and Republicans. He and everybody else knew the bill would pass without delay. But nobody in the swamp wanted a recorded vote. If the bill was so great why didn't they want to proudly put their names on it?

19 posted on 03/28/2020 9:24:07 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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Orwell’s “Two Minutes Hate” is alive and well.


20 posted on 03/28/2020 9:26:19 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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