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Republicans, Democrats Who Voted Against Stimulus Bill Explain Why
Newsweek ^ | 12/22/20 | James Walker

Posted on 12/22/2020 10:30:21 AM PST by McGruff

Congress passed the second COVID-19 relief package on Monday night as the vast majority of lawmakers voted in favor of a second round of stimulus checks, tax deductions and federal aid for schools and small businesses.

But the House and Senate votes to whisk the 5,593-page bill through Congress were not unanimous. A few dissenters on both sides of the aisle took issue with elements of the $900 billion stimulus package, its overall size and the short amount of time that they had to sift through reams of proposals.

The House of Representatives voted 359-53 on the bill, with two Democratic lawmakers and 50 Republicans breaking with party leadership on the proposals. The Libertarian Rep. Justin Amash also voted against the bill.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covidstimulusbill
In the upper chamber, senators voted 92-6 in favor of passing the package. No Democrats broke ranks, but a handful of Republican senators opposed the bill including Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky.

Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii were the two House Democrats who voted against the package.

1 posted on 12/22/2020 10:30:21 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff
Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii were the two House Democrats who voted against the package.

Next year Nancy won't have as much of a advantage, won't be able to lose many votes.

2 posted on 12/22/2020 10:32:03 AM PST by 1Old Pro ( )
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Because it’s a porkulus omnibus spending bill, not a COVID relief bill.

More Senators and Representatives should be voting against it.


3 posted on 12/22/2020 10:40:53 AM PST by ConjunctionJunction (President-Elect Conjunction Junction)
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To: McGruff

I want to know why the other idiots voted yes.


4 posted on 12/22/2020 10:42:11 AM PST by Jonny7797
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To: McGruff

I’d like to hear both Republicans and Democrats who voted for this monstrosity to explain why they voted for a bill that has 20% dealing with Covid and 80% dealing with useless pork. Disgusting! We need to vote all of them out.


5 posted on 12/22/2020 10:42:26 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: you

6 posted on 12/22/2020 10:52:25 AM PST by McGruff
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Easy.

All the pork.

Make it ONLY stimulus money and don’t add ANYTHING else to it.


7 posted on 12/22/2020 10:53:38 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: McGruff
Here is a list of those senators up in 2022. There need to be many primaried. With the fraud validated in this election, Burr (NC) is gone, Johnson (WI) is gone, Toomey (PA) is retiring, so that's a D flip. The roster needs to be shored up through the primaries.
8 posted on 12/22/2020 10:55:16 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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Shoot, Loeffler (NC) - or whoever wins in January - is up again.


9 posted on 12/22/2020 10:56:56 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: McGruff; All

Free ! Free! Free just means let the kids pay for it
Where’s the commercial or video showing a toddler happily playing suddenly being demanded to pay its thousands of dollars share of the national debt ? When the toddler breaks into screaming” HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO ME ???” in tears ? posted this in my website
http://www.theusmat.com/index.htm

If this fraudulent election wasn’t going on Trump should vetoed this. NOW I HOPE HE EXPLAINS AND BLAMES THAT SHAKEDOWN FORCING ITS PASSAGE.

That democrat controlled house 5000 or more page budget blaster hasn’t been examined but I bet there is Bailouts for sanctuary states and cities along with a mountain of other appropriations going for give-a-way projects


10 posted on 12/22/2020 10:57:16 AM PST by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
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“we got ours...you’ll get yours”


11 posted on 12/22/2020 11:06:57 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: metmom

Exactly!


12 posted on 12/22/2020 11:16:18 AM PST by DoughtyOne (foreign collusions did happen, it just wasn't 2016 when it happened)
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To: McGruff

President Trump should call a press conference (about this bill, the left WILL cover it LIVE!)

He should VETO this bill, right there on live TV if he wants to.

As to why he is vetoing it, he should point out all the PORK, BILLIONS going to foreign countries, illegals, etc., and that Congress could only come up with a lousy 600 bucks for YOU!

Even IF Congress has the votes to override my veto, I want to stand up for you, the American people, who deserve much better than this porkulus spending bill.

Now, before taking questions, I just want to make a couple of things perfectly clear, I AM NOT GOING TO CONCEDE THIS ELECTION, EVER! The reason is that I WON! If you only count all the LEGAL votes, it is clear that I won even a BIGGER victory in 2020 than I did in 2016. We have the evidence and the PROOF.

Now I will take questions.....


13 posted on 12/22/2020 11:23:24 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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Mr. President, (or advisors) make sure you use the phrase exactly as written...

“Congress could only come up with a lousy 600 bucks for YOU!”


14 posted on 12/22/2020 11:25:49 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: Jonny7797

“I want to know why the other idiots voted yes.”

Others have sons like Hunter?


15 posted on 12/22/2020 11:44:36 AM PST by Does so (Biden's wife is a Doctor, and his son a pharmacist--Dahlberg-Acton)
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To: Jonny7797

Voting for Covid relief would be ok but this almost 6000 page bill had a lot of “other” elements that should have been excluded. JMHO.


16 posted on 12/22/2020 11:53:45 AM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: faucetman

President Trump should call a press conference (about this bill, the left WILL cover it LIVE!)

He should VETO this bill, right there on live TV if he wants to.

As to why he is vetoing it, he should point out all the PORK, BILLIONS going to foreign countries, illegals, etc., and that Congress could only come up with a lousy 600 bucks for YOU!

Even IF Congress has the votes to override my veto, I want to stand up for you, the American people, who deserve much better than this porkulus spending bill.

Now, before taking questions, I just want to make a couple of things perfectly clear, I AM NOT GOING TO CONCEDE THIS ELECTION, EVER! The reason is that I WON! If you only count all the LEGAL votes, it is clear that I won even a BIGGER victory in 2020 than I did in 2016. We have the evidence and the PROOF.

Now I will take questions.....

That’s BEAUTIFUL!!!! OH I hope he does..........;)


17 posted on 12/22/2020 1:10:59 PM PST by Dawgreg
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To: McGruff

YOU forgot the illegals in the USA who are getting $1800 each Adult PLUS $600 for each kid.

2 adults x $1800 = $3600
5 kids x $600== $3000

Total== $6600.

THEY ARE HERE ILLEGALLY !!!!!


18 posted on 12/22/2020 1:18:14 PM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: McGruff

They don’t have to explain. The reason is obvious!


19 posted on 12/22/2020 2:40:00 PM PST by maxwellsmart_agent (EQ)
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To: ridesthemiles

These are undocumented immigrants living with documented immigrants...and they get $600...not $1800. $1800 is for two adults and 1 kid.


20 posted on 12/22/2020 2:45:33 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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