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Jon Ossoff
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And with Vice President @KamalaHarris casting the crucial tie-breaking vote, at 5:30am after 14 hours of debate, the Senate has passed a $1.9 trillion budget for COVID relief. Georgia voters made this possible.
malaise
(268,966 posts)RFN!
llmart
(15,536 posts)Joe and Kamala are not messin' around. They're cleaning house of trumpie's people, overturning his egregious executive orders, and now this.
Thank you Dems!
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)orangecrush
(19,546 posts)I'm going to have to get used to this again.
Karma13612
(4,552 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,112 posts)So proud of yall. Love having a senate that works for us instead of @LeaderMcConnell. People are suffering. Their businesses are suffering. The healthcare system is stretched and towns and cities need money. Schools need money. We all need PPE. These arent partisan issues.
onetexan
(13,037 posts)Dave in VA
(2,037 posts)Democratic Senators and our wonderful Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris!
NJCher
(35,661 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 5, 2021, 10:23 AM - Edit history (1)
If McConnell were in charge it would be -0-hours of debate.
Im so not used to this!
A Senate that works for us!
NCjack
(10,279 posts)mucifer
(23,537 posts)gab13by13
(21,321 posts)So there still weren't any QOP vote for the Bill.
mucifer
(23,537 posts)https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/04/senate-vote-a-rama-biden-economic-relief-stimulus/
LymphocyteLover
(5,644 posts)padah513
(2,502 posts)mucifer
(23,537 posts)Lonestarblue
(9,981 posts)It is enormously damaging, and it provides only temporary jobs to build it since its more for Canada than the US. Plus, extracting oil from tar sands in Canada is the most polluting of fossil fuel extraction. This really flies in the face of addressing climate change.
Edited to add: Maybe they can pass so many environmental regulations to make this pipeline unaffordable.
Happy Hoosier
(7,295 posts)Celerity
(43,333 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Suddenly concerned about lost jobs, they kept touting that Biden's move cost 50000+ jobs.
LymphocyteLover
(5,644 posts)efhmc
(14,725 posts)gademocrat7
(10,656 posts)Focusing on what the country needs now. The rethugs led by Mcturdle are being left behind.
Both GA senators are impressive individuals
gab13by13
(21,321 posts)Now what's next? Keep them coming. OK president Biden, you have been working hard, maybe a trip on AF1 to play golf? Do I need the sarcasm thingy?
LymphocyteLover
(5,644 posts)I'm not seeing headlines on this...
mobeau69
(11,143 posts)LymphocyteLover
(5,644 posts)crickets
(25,967 posts)Magoo48
(4,708 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Senator Ossoff and Senator Reverend Warnock are going to help restore our nation! 🗳 🍑 🇺🇸
calimary
(81,222 posts)Call his office and leave a message. Send a tweet or an email.
The bad guys will be trying to generate plenty of opposing heat.
Have your guys backs! Let em know they did the right thing.
Silent3
(15,206 posts)DFW
(54,369 posts)And they just reaped the reward.
I don't know why this has been such a difficult concept for voters to grasp. Maybe now they'll get it.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Cozmo
(1,402 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)2naSalit
(86,577 posts)UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Kick!
blue sky at night
(3,242 posts)that the folks of GA came through with all they had against them! Thanks so much you guys! Wow, it is such a great feeling knowing that Our Congress is actually doing something for a change! Now we need to build on this and get a real Majority going forward.
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)I wondered if the democrats would pull the trigger..
Eat a big 1 gop...
Sedona
(3,769 posts)My Pet Orangutan
(9,243 posts)Senators Ossoff and Warnock are bringing home the bacon. Elections have consequences; $1,400 of consequences to Georgians most in need.
I can't thank enough Stacey, the people on the ground, the local party, and the people of Georgia.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,013 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Peace prize!
Jon King
(1,910 posts)So some Republican wrote an amendment that said "no money for states that under reported Covid nursing home deaths" which was supposed to hamper NY.
Instead of focusing on their own constituents, they work to find ways to screw blue states. The amendment failed.
LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)deaths as well. And I'm sure NY and FL weren't the only ones.
Johnny2X2X
(19,060 posts)Without the great work Dems did in Georgia, nothing would be getting passed. So great for the American people! So great for Democrats that they can now point to what they've done for the American people going forward.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,601 posts)summer_in_TX
(2,735 posts)Bernie vows to keep working on it. The idea of such an increase during the pandemic was apparently a non-starter. Bernie said it would be phased in and he hadn't intended an immediate $15/hr hike.
Malmsy
(297 posts)Congress and President working to help people! Winning!
Marcuse
(7,479 posts)dchill
(38,474 posts)wryter2000
(46,039 posts)I just caught a bit of Jared Bernstein, Biden's economic advisor, at the press conference talking about how wrong "Larry" Summers is. I'm not sure my heart can take too much more winning.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)Blue ribbon day for DC's dealers.
DeminPennswoods
(15,285 posts)were offering amendments to use against Dems in future campaign ads.
crickets
(25,967 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,589 posts)Vivienne235729
(3,384 posts)And they can thank themselves for that.
badboy67
(460 posts)point to the DEMS and say Look how terrible they made everything.
Literally, thats their only goal between now and Election Night 2024.
Cha
(297,184 posts)bdamomma
(63,845 posts)it was a tie breaker??? Also were there any deals in that bill for Repigs?
The $15 minimum wage was not it correct??? Why not??