Posted on 08/08/2021 8:56:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill has stalled Saturday as Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) leads the Republican opposition.
“I wasn’t elected by the people of Tennessee to be the most popular person in the Senate. I was elected to stand up for their interests,” Hagerty told the Washington Times’ Haris Alic. “I can’t in good conscience vote to accelerate a flawed bill that puts us another quarter of a trillion-plus in debt, especially when we haven’t had an opportunity to dig in and understand its substance or economic ramifications.”
Most of the Senate has wanted to advance the $1.2 trillion, 2,702-page mammoth legislation; however, Hagerty has not consented.
Hagerty continued:
There are a lot of amendments that people want to get past. I’m not objecting to those amendments whatsoever. A lot of them are good amendments that would make the legislation better, were they to pass… I’m also not trying to get any of my amendments included.
Hagerty also cited the national debt as another reason to oppose the bipartisan bill. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that the bill would add $256 billion to the debt, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn-Wharton Budget Model found that the bill would create no “significant” economic growth.
“That debt is going to be parked on the backs of our children and grandchildren. And I haven’t heard anybody propose how to fix it. They just want to accelerate the passage of the whole thing,” Hagerty said.
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“Citizens of Tennessee should be proud of him.’
No. We stopped behind proud of him on January 6. He and Blackburn can go to hell.
You bet!
Wish we had someone like him.
Oh, wow, I just now read your two posts.
What a disappointment. I never remember hearing his name.
If his name came up apres the election, after Nov 3, I did not go near or go on a computer for six months. I was really bummed.
No. We stopped behind proud of him on January 6. He and Blackburn can go to hell.
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Fill me in, I’m not aware of the details.
“Fill me in, I’m not aware of the details.”
Hagerty and Blackburn promised they would not vote to certify the fraudulent election when it came up for the vote on Jan. 6. Then, a couple hours after the incident at the Capitol, they both voted to certify, helping put Biden in the White House.
And, to make it worse, Blackburn gets in front of camera sometimes and expounds on how terrible Biden is. She helped put in there.
I guess that Romney’s “Quisling Caucus” wants their secret “donations” from China ASAP!
Hagerty and Blackburn promised . . .
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