House Democrats strip COVID-19 aid from spending bill amid intraparty disputes

[1srelluc]

Democratic leaders are stripping $15.6 billion in funding from an omnibus spending bill that they hoped to pass on Wednesday after Democratic concerns about promised aid no longer being available for states delayed consideration of the bill for hours.

House Democrats strip COVID-19 aid from spending bill amid intraparty disputes

Looks like another dead of night "you have to pass it to see what's in it Bill".......At least Putin cured the covid.

 

[daveman]

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Democratic leaders are stripping $15.6 billion in funding from an omnibus spending bill that they hoped to pass on Wednesday after Democratic concerns about promised aid no longer being available for states delayed consideration of the bill for hours.

House Democrats strip COVID-19 aid from spending bill amid intraparty disputes

Looks like another dead of night "you have to pass it to see what's in it Bill".......At least Putin cured the covid.

Cool...huh? A party that is not in lockstep rises up to defend that what was promised...which is more than i can say for the opposite goose-steppers....nice.

 

[1srelluc]

Cool...huh? A party that is not in lockstep rises up to defend that what was promised...which is more than i can say for the opposite goose-steppers....nice.

Only because someone's kick-back ox was being gored.

 

[daveman]

Cool...huh? A party that is not in lockstep rises up to defend that what was promised...which is more than i can say for the opposite goose-steppers....nice.

It says the exact opposite in the second paragraph.

“It is heartbreaking to remove the COVID funding, and we must continue to fight for urgently needed COVID assistance, but unfortunately that will not be included in this bill,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a letter to colleagues.

Democrats promised assistance. They've taken that assistance out of the bill.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

It says the exact opposite in the second paragraph.


Democrats promised assistance. They've taken that assistance out of the bill.

And what do you deduce from this...shooter??
Maybe that the moderate leadership made political calculations that
the rest of caucus wasn't on board with?....

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Only because someone's kick-back ox was being gored.

Sure..like that whole "kick-back" thing is only on one party..LOL...NOT!!

 

[daveman]

And what do you deduce from this...shooter??
Maybe that the moderate leadership made political calculations that
the rest of caucus wasn't on board with?....

I deduce that Democrats lied to you, and you won't dare criticize them for it.

Looks like I was right.