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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSchumer Thanks Senate Staff After Marathon Reading
March 5, 2021 at 9:32 am EST By Taegan Goddard
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer thanked Senate clerks after they were forced to spend more than 10 hours reading the pandemic relief bill.
He called out Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who forced the procedure: And as for our friend from Wisconsin, I hope he enjoyed his Thursday evening.
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Schumer Thanks Senate Staff After Marathon Reading (Original Post)
DonViejo
Mar 2021
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Hotler
(11,400 posts)1. The repugs should have been forced to be in attendance for the whole reading.
Yes, a big thank you to the staff.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)4. Actually, they now regret that they skipped it.
Dems voted, in their absence, to limit debate to 3 hours instead of 20 hours.
RainCaster
(10,842 posts)2. Ron Johnson should have done the reading himself
He wanted it, so show some leadership and do it yourself. The moron would have been educated in the details he was so "concerned" about.
dalton99a
(81,410 posts)3. That was fucking cruel.
The Putin whore is a sadistic sociopath