He added money for the FBi in one of the Porkulus bills, too
Posted on 07/18/2021 8:04:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested that Republican U.S. senators should “leave town” to deny a voting quorum on a Democrat-led reconciliation bill that could be voted on as early as next week, arguing that the GOP should draw from Texas state Democrats’ playbook.
Several days ago, Democrat state lawmakers left Texas to deny the Republican-led legislature a quorum in protest against a voting overhaul measure, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan to call for their arrests or detainment. Several dozen of the lawmakers arrived in Washington on July 12 after leaving on a private charter flight, while some later met with top Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris.
“If for some reason they pass reconciliation, a budget resolution to bring that bill to the floor of the United States Senate, the $3.5 trillion bill, you’ve got to have a quorum to pass a bill in the Senate; I would leave before I would let that happen,” Graham told Fox News on July 18. “So to my Republican colleagues, we may learn something from our Democratic friends in Texas when it comes to avoiding a $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend package. Leave town.”
When the Democrat House members left Texas, it meant the chamber wouldn’t have enough legislators in attendance to conduct business—known as a quorum—and meant they couldn’t vote on election bills or other legislation. Abbott called a special session after Democrats pulled a similar stunt during the waning hours of the previous legislative session on May 30, denying Republicans the ability to vote on the measure.
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Probably the cleverest thing Linda has ever said.
Seems to me that Little Linda Grahamnesty has reelection on his mind. And, once again the stupid party voters in SC will likely reelect Little Linda again. This is why the Republican Party is in perpetual defense mode. We mindlessly vote for turds like this guy. Con artists who play republican voters with preelection issues and then vote against our interests immediately after the elections are over. Rinse, lather, repeat!!!
Want to see this stopped not more talk.
Just stop the damn thing. They are trying to institute election fraud nationally based on their success with Election Theft 2020.
We have to stop them now.
RE: Probably the cleverest thing Linda has ever said.
But will Joe Biden order the Feds to arrest the GOP Senators if they leave town? Gov. Abbot did.
He’s up for re-election in 2026.
The Texas Legislature has a history of proxy voting. Where as other legislators go to the desk of absent members and hit the Yea/Nay button on their desk to vote for them.
There have been news vids of legislators racing for who is first to reach the desk of a absent member to vote for them no matter the party.
Heh.
These GOP clowns have learned absolutely nothing from Trump.
Portman, Murkowski, and Romney are already supporting the fake infrastructure bill which is a Trojan Horse to push through Reconciliation.
Texas has a law they can justify the arrests with. The USA does not, as far as I know. If I had to guess, his cabal would order the arrests in his name.
Not really. The US Senate has quorum at 50 members, and idiot Graham knows this,
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If you programmed a computer to count once a second 24 hrs a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
It would take 32,000 years to count to a Trillion.
This is debt we can’t remove from ourselves. It will crush future generations.
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They are attaching the reconciliation bill to the bipartisan infrastructure bill that Republicans will help pass.
Brave Sir Robin would be proud!
Linda talks a good game but rarely delivers.
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