Posted on 08/10/2021 4:00:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin
“They told us it was a real infrastructure bill. It’s not; only 23 percent of the bill is real infrastructure, the rest is Green New Deal and welfare. They told us the bill was paid for; it isn’t, we’re gonna have to borrow maybe up to $400 billion to pay for it. They told us there were no tax increases. There are; my state’s gonna have to pay $1.3 billion in new taxes..."
“They told us … the Democrats were really wary of this bill and that if we passed this bill, it would make it harder for them to pass their $5 trillion tax and spending binge, reconciliation bill,” Kennedy added. “Well, if that’s true, how come every Democrat voted for this infrastructure bill? And finally, they told us that it’s not going to add to inflation, but it will.”
Despite the complaints of Kennedy and other Republican senators, the upper chamber is on track to pass the bill Tuesday morning and send it to the House, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has vowed to hold it until Senate Democrats pass a larger $3.5 trillion budget resolution on their own, with no GOP support.
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