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'Mr. No': Meet the U.S. congressman who might delay the coronavirus bill
Reuters ^ | March 27, 2020 | Staff

Posted on 03/27/2020 9:13:40 AM PDT by C19fan

Update: Massie said on Twitter Friday that he will seek a roll call vote on the stimulus package. Earlier: WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Thomas Massie enraged President Donald Trump on Friday as he has leaders of Congress worried he will delay a planned Friday voice vote on a $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic rescue plan, drawing calls from the White House to throw him out of the Republican Party.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: congress; coronavirus; kentucky; thomasmassie; virus
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To: TTFX
Massie’s statement reads in full:

That's perfecting reasonable and should be supported by Conservatives.

61 posted on 03/27/2020 9:46:20 AM PDT by Arones (When Leftists are in a minority, then they look for other ways to win.)
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To: angmo
Go on YouTube and check out his interrogation of Michael Cohen for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

I thought he acquitted himself well.

One line of questioning stood out to me. It went straight to Cohen's legal and ethical obligations as an attorney -- and it made Cohen look like a lying dope.

62 posted on 03/27/2020 9:46:26 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And somewhere in the darkness ... the gambler, he broke even.")
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To: angmo

You’ve never heard of this guy before but completely trash him? You’ve got the instincts of a major TV news anchor. Check the guy’s record and conservative rating out, so you’ll know what you’re talking about.


63 posted on 03/27/2020 9:46:42 AM PDT by hardspunned
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To: isthisnickcool
It’s a dumb shit bill. I applaud him.

Amen! Again & aging these lazy, worthless so-called conservative puke republicans lead from behind - allow the commies to set the agenda & get their ways. Disgusting. Also I am not pleased with Trump to call this a "good deal". Leading would have been Trump & with the Senate aligned & gone to the public with wanting & insisting a clean bill that just contained money to the businesses & workers. Take the inititive & force it back on peloisi but no. playing the Bob - make a deal - Dole game that seemes to never go away.

64 posted on 03/27/2020 9:47:05 AM PDT by Digger
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To: Cboldt
I agree that roll call is not necessary.

I think that NO bill should be passed without a roll call vote. NONE.

If a bill is bad enough that a congresscritter is ashamed to have his/her/its name on the list of people known to have voted for it, it is too evil to inflict on the American people!

65 posted on 03/27/2020 9:47:59 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: dfwgator
It’s the call to throw him out of the party that bothers me the most about Trump’s statement.

The Republicans used to at least claim to be the party of fiscal responsibility. Now there is no room in the part for people who still believe that.

66 posted on 03/27/2020 9:48:02 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: dfwgator
It’s the call to throw him out of the party that bothers me the most about Trump’s statement.

Exactly.
We are much better than that. This is not the Soviet Communist Party.

67 posted on 03/27/2020 9:48:13 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: af_vet_1981

We already are on the precipice of a depression and have been since 2008. All the spending is making it worse. Real leadership means telling the truth. This panic bill is a disaster. The whole coronavirus response is a disaster.


68 posted on 03/27/2020 9:48:17 AM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: nwrep; C19fan
Massie has been described as a libertarian Republican[3] and is associated with the House Liberty Caucus of Tea Party Republicans. In 2020, in order to get into the spotlight, Mass(hole)ie blocked the Coronavirus Relief Bill.

THIS is what made it into Massie’s wikipedia entry today. This is what statists in both the Democrat and GOP will do to principled, small-government conservatives when money is on the line.

Coronavirus stimulus is a historic, golden, once-in-a-lifetime, for politicians, their DC cronies and ideologues to ROB AMERICA BLIND.

69 posted on 03/27/2020 9:48:30 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: TTFX

good job posting massie’s statement.
good post. ty.


70 posted on 03/27/2020 9:53:48 AM PDT by conservativeimage (A gun that is hidden is one that will endure oppression rather resist it.)
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To: hardspunned
We love the guy here in the 4th district

That’s good to hear. DC is full of “conservatives” who will issue small-government, consitutional platitudes for TV soundbites when it doesn’t matter at all. A truly principled person will stay with their convictions in perilous times and when pressure on them is overwhelming.

71 posted on 03/27/2020 9:54:21 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: C19fan

Everyone here on FR needs to go back and read the Cloward/ Priven plan. We’ve just walked right into it. He may not be able to stop this 2.2 TRILLION, That’s trillion with a T, bill but at very least he brings attention to the deception Pelosy is pulling. I applaud him, he’s in the minority but he’s still swinging.


72 posted on 03/27/2020 9:54:26 AM PDT by mistfree (Virginia Freeper)
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To: hardspunned

Grandstanding at this time is douchebaggery. I don’t see others doing it. Go soak your head creep.


73 posted on 03/27/2020 9:54:32 AM PDT by angmo (America invented the Moon, so we could go there.)
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To: C19fan

Enshrining vote harvesting into law will be the end of fair elections. If that is in the bill, the GOP should have not agreed. It’s not the pork per se that galls me, but the legalizing of vote fraud. I don’t care if she asked for pork to fight AIDS in Africa or needles for junkies or lubricants for homos; but the vote harvesting provision should be a dealbreaker.


74 posted on 03/27/2020 9:54:34 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Thanks. Will do. Just don’t agree with grandstanding.


75 posted on 03/27/2020 9:56:38 AM PDT by angmo (America invented the Moon, so we could go there.)
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To: C19fan

Perhaps spending $2 trillion deserves more than a voice vote. And why the hell did Pelosi allow Congress to go home before this was voted on?


76 posted on 03/27/2020 9:57:03 AM PDT by The Pack Knight
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To: Alberta's Child

Well the Dow is tanking. ...they say because of the voting uncertainty.


77 posted on 03/27/2020 9:57:51 AM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: ifinnegan

Massie says there should be a recorded vote on “the biggest spending bill in history”.

He doesn’t think that the US Constitution is toilet paper.

But I guess the Inside the Beltway folks think it is since you can’t find it on the store shelf.....sarc.


78 posted on 03/27/2020 9:58:39 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Arones

Absolutely but I guess we are supposed to jackboot to what the RINO’s say and pretend its “conservative” when it plainly isn’t.


79 posted on 03/27/2020 10:00:38 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: af_vet_1981
Nanking Nancy was the one who delayed the bill by putting in the poison pills.

Now she wants a voice vote. No, sir. All the critters need to be on record as to how they voted.

If the kid at Kroger can get to work so can the elected reps.

80 posted on 03/27/2020 10:02:27 AM PDT by ealgeone
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