The Senate has voted to proceed on the American Rescue Plan, 51-50.

[mcar]

Link to tweet

?s=20

Breaking: The Senate has voted to proceed on the American Rescue Plan, 51-50. VP Harris cast the tie-breaking vote.

[Colgate 64]

1. Now THAT'S how it's done!

[Kaleva]

2. Yes!

[JohnSJ]

3. I am glad we have the majority

[Cha]

6. No kidding, John!

Georgia!

[malaise]

11. Thank you Georgia

[Cha]

13. Such Peaches!

[PatSeg]

27. Just imagine if we hadn't won Georgia

What a nightmare that would have been. I was on pins and needles waiting for the results and I was scared to hope for a Democratic victory as I might jinx it.

[malaise]

28. Still celebrating that one

[PatSeg]

39. I can't help but imagine if McConnell

was still Senate Majority Leader. I don't know how much more of that kind of leadership our country could survive.

[onetexan]

69. in deed, i celebrate our 2 newly minted, most excellent Dems GA senators everyday!!

[rurallib]

37. You ain't the only one

[PatSeg]

43. I really didn't think we'd win those seats

We didn't do nearly as well as I had expected in both the house and the senate races. I figured Georgia of all places was probably a lost cause. They are so good at voter suppression.

[leftieNanner]

60. Oh. The Georgia Republicans are working very hard

To make sure that never happens again. Can't have all those nasty Democrats voting all over the place!

[PatSeg]

64. Thank god for Stacy Abrams!

The republicans cheated the wrong candidate with her and I'm sure she has made them regret it.

[leftieNanner]

65. ABSOLUTELY!

And Marc Elias has been pretty spectacular too. Taking a lot of stuff to court - AND WINNING!

I hope Stacey beats Kemp next time around.

[PatSeg]

66. She deserves it!

She is a real star.

[questionseverything]

71. Stacey, mark elias,greg palast,marilyn marks

So many great leaders and volunteers too numerous to count


We can’t stop now, wherever you are keep registering like minded people

We can make the repubs a bad memory and nothing more

[smirkymonkey]

76. That woman is a godsend!

[PatSeg]

80. Yes she is!

Absolutely a national treasure. I really don't think we would have won those senate seats without her.

[Hortensis]

38. Horrible thought. I'm so grateful for that. And the house majority

that's kept us from the abyss.

[PatSeg]

44. I may have gotten used to it,

but I'll never take it for granted.

[Hortensis]

57. Same here! Little breather before have to worry about 2022.

[PatSeg]

59. Politics has gotten so exhausting

and it feels like there is never a break.

[diverdownjt]

90. We've never been this close to the edge before.....

Your exhaustion is warranted...and well earned.

[PatSeg]

91. Yes, that's true

So many issues that we face are truly urgent and require constant vigilance.

[mcar]

9. I think that's happening now.

Then they go to the amendment stuff.

I'm reading that the final bill could be voted on this weekend, but probably next week.

Still, we are getting things done!

[WA-03 Democrat]

5. Let's GO!

Thank you Democratic Congress!

[Sogo]

7. Does that mean they've stopped reading the bill into the record, and

now they vote on amendments to it?

[CaptainTruth]

23. No, just started reading.

[malaise]

29. He's still reading

about nine hours to go

[efhmc]

48. That bum is not the person doing the reading.

[malaise]

50. True - the clerk is reading

ReTHUGs think they own the entire government

[HUAJIAO]

61. I think one of the clerks said they could read very fast and finish in 4-5 hours. LOL

[malaise]

8. K & R

The Great News

[Iliyah]

10. Not one republican voted for it . ..

But take the credit for the success.

[Midnight Writer]

12. Things got in gear when Trump was restored to the throne.

[mobeau69]

18. LOL

[Kaleva]

32. Now that's funny!

[DFW]

14. Thank you, GEORGIA!!

Without Ossoff AND Warnock this would never have had a chance.

Manchin and Sinema stuck with us, it must be noted. Even shaky Democrats have to vote with the Democrats SOME of the time!

[lagomorph777]

20. Amazing that even the SemiDems voted for it.

What a relief. Pun intended.

[getagrip_already]

84. Why? They are always there when it cpunts.....

Manchin for example has NEVER been the vote that killed a piece of dem legislation. Sure, he will vote against us if it doesn't matter, but who cares.

He is always there when it counts.

That isn't semi dem in any way.

[aeromanKC]

22. I think Biden deserves a lot of that credit. (regarding your 2nd sentence)

[DFW]

25. Some, for sure

Stacy Abrams, too, for her tireless work in getting out the minority vote for this crucial election.

[OMGWTF]

33. I understand that Stacey Abrams now has her sights on turning Texassistan blue.

[KS Toronado]

53. Need to put Stacey Abrams in charge of turning........

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, & Alabama blue, then we'll send her to the east coast.

[blueinredohio]

63. Could she please come to Ohio?

We need lots of help!

[yellowdogintexas]

68. yes! this is already in the works

State Democratic Party announced it maybe 2 months ago

[DFW]

83. As do over 5 million of us Texans

She's not alone in wanting that.

[bluestarone]

15. The QTHUG senators that voted to impeach QRUMP continue

To support QRUMP! How fucking DUMB can they be?

[sheshe2]

16. Love that tiebreaker!

[Orangepeel]

17. note to readers: this was a motion to procede, not to pass

whole lot of bullshit to get through still

[Donkees]

19. This would normally start the 20 hours of debate time...But the reading of the bill delays timeline

This would normally start the 20 hours of debate time, which would be followed by vote-a-rama. But Sen. Johnson requiring the reading of the bill will delay that timeline.

Link to tweet

[mcar]

21. The Senate staffers doing the reading

say they will get that done much faster than 10 hours.

[groundloop]

26. Hell, if I was the one reading that bill I'd skip at least every other page.....

nobody will be paying attention anyway.

[TNNurse]

55. Except it will go in the record.

Chuck Schumer said it will be easier to tell voters what their Senators voted against.

[IronLionZion]

24. Senator Johnson is a real POS nt

[OMGWTF]

36. Especially when Wisconsin could have had Russ Feingold.

[moose65]

41. That was the biggest tragedy of 2016

Even worse than Trump winning. Feingold should be in the Senate right now instead of that no-good POS.

[IronLionZion]

86. 2010 and 2016

Russ faced bad luck in both elections that favored the GOP. 2022 could be a chance for Dems to take that seat back.

[bdamomma]

51. so is Tom Cotton

stopping Merrick Garland, Jerk.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

30. Every single Republican who voted against it

needs to be held accountable in the next election. Their erstwhile supporters need to understand Republicans don't give a flying fuck about them.

[BannonsLiver]

40. That's unlikely

Your garden variety GQP voter would rather lose out on the $1400 than see “the libs” happy that they got something passed that benefits 90 percent of the population directly.

Your garden variety GQP pol will make the calculation their voters will never punish them at the ballot box for this (or anything else). That’s why the thought of resigning never entered Cruz’ mind after the Cancun fiasco. He knows Texas Republicans won’t punish him for that even if some of them were annoyed with him while they were sitting in their freezing homes.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

78. I disagree. I think a lot of Republicans, if it's made crystal clear to them

that their party doesn't really give a flying fuck about them. Yes, there are those who want to "own the libs" but I don't think there are as many of them as those who are simply ignorant of what their own party is willing to do to them.

[Ferrets are Cool]

79. I respectfully disagree.

It has been made plain as day time and time again that repuq's "representatives" do not care one iota about their constituents. They still vote them into office.
That is not gonna change over $1400.

[Elessar Zappa]

85. Texas is moving in our direction politically.

It’s already a purplish state, imo. It gets more purple every year. I think there is a decent chance Cruz gets tossed out in the next election, especially if Texas Dems get as organized as their compatriots in Georgia.

[UCmeNdc]

31. Boy do I dislike the GOP!

All of them!

[Progressive Jones]

82. More than I do??? LOL nt

[Mr.Bill]

34. Please tell me he can't ask for the entire thing to be reread

every time they attach an amendment to it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

35. Why does the GOP hate America?

[calimary]

45. Republicans DON'T WANT TO HELP PEOPLE.

That’s the simple unvarnished truth, at its very most bedrock-basic.

Republicans DON’T WANT TO HELP YOU.

Repeat, repeat, and repeat SOME MORE. Needs to be a never-ending talking point. As LBJ once said, “make ‘em deny it.”

[bdamomma]

73. Repigs have

proved it, they care about their own power and donors. That's it. And stealing from the people (us).

They can kiss off.

[calimary]

42. GOOD! Let's get ON with it.

Millions of Americans just simply NEED the help! And rather urgently, too!

[Hortensis]

46. Yes. The jobless benefits all expire in 10 days, so it needs to

be signed into law by then.

[patphil]

47. 51 to 50! That's a terrible indictment of the Republican Party.

A party line vote; none of them felt it was worth while voting for!

[lpbk2713]

49. We need to shout it from the roof tops come election time.

I never could figure out why people vote against their own interests.

[moondust]

52. GQP only "rescues" billionaires.

Who are, of course, the very last people on Earth who need to be "rescued."

[George II]

54. I watched the end of that vote. It makes me SO proud to see VP Harris sitting in that chair!

[LiberalFighter]

56. So Romney, Murkowski, and Collins are being partisan.

[TlalocW]

58. Harris is going to be one of the most important and consequential Veeps ever

There's going to be a lot of 51-50s I bet.

TlalocW

[Aussie105]

62. More of this 51-50 vote please!

When needed, of course.

Let the GQP people know who is in charge and watch their overgrown 'we have the power' scrotums shrink with every instance where they no longer have that past power.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

67. Given how slowly the legislative wheels grind...

If President Biden and the congressional Dems get this $1.9 trillion plan out the door in the next few weeks, it has to be considered a big victory. Not just for them, but for the American public, too.

I know most of us wanted a few more things in it (the minimum wage increase in particular), but after the many months of obstructionism and foot-dragging last year by the GOP, this is, as Biden himself might put it, a big (deleted) deal.

[BumRushDaShow]

74. "congressional Dems get this $1.9 trillion plan out the door in the next few weeks"

Not "weeks". It needs to be signed, sealed, and delivered by March 14, when the current extended UE benefits expire.

I expect they are going to try to aim to get it through both chambers by next Friday or Saturday (12th/13th, although it could potentially be earlier if the House agrees to accept this Senate version and vote on it without any amendments).

Otherwise like what happened the last time, states will have to again shut down the extended UE and then try to start it back up again once they get the info from the feds on the new funding sources for accounting purposes, with big delays for reprogramming their systems to restart it.

Here in PA, with an antiquated UE system, I understand it was a bit of a nightmare for people due to the Dec. 26th lapse and then later CARES Act extension that finally got signed into law on Dec. 30th (with the check amount being retroactive but still delayed due to the lapse).

[SunSeeker]

70. Pitiful that something 70% of Americans want barely passes the Senate, with 0 GOP votes.

We must pass HR1, even if it means ditching the filibuster. Fuck those nihilist GOP assholes.

[BlueIdaho]

72. Moving right along...

No one remembers the vote totals - if it’s 51-50 so be it. Pass it and move on to the next Biden agenda item.

[gay texan]

75. Which promptly afterward Kamala broke out into this awesome guitar solo

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Beacuse it was 5150!!!!

Hahahaha ha ha. Ha....

I mean, get it? You know EVH? 5150? Heh, heh hehhhhhh


Um yeah, I'll be leaving now......

[whopis01]

77. Lol. That was good. n/t

[BobTheSubgenius]

81. Because half of the Senate doesn't want to rescue America?

F me. I hope that is the political suicide it ought to be.

[malthaussen]

87. More like this, please.

Although it is still infuriating that Republican scumbags gonna scum.

-- Mal

[Grins]

88. "The SENATE" did NOT vote to do this...

DEMOCRATS DID!
REPUBLICANS, ALL of them, voted “No!”

[milestogo]

89. Fuck the 50 assholes who voted against it.