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[EarlG]

Senate passes Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill

The Senate passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan on Saturday, after an all-night “vote-a-rama” and a 12-hour struggle to get one Democrat to support the party's plan on a critical issue.

The vote was 50 to 49. The legislation is now expected to go back to the House for a final vote before Biden signs it into law.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/stimulus-update-us-relief-bill-03-06-21/h_d73d8185e479b3cd02834652d4caae66

Edited to add: For those wondering why it's 50-49, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) went back to Alaska for a family funeral, and did not vote. If he had been there, VP Harris would have broken the tie in the Democrats' favor.

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. Johnson yells..NOO...I guess he thinks if he yells it will change

the vote...russianron..you lose!!!!!

[SheilaAnn]

13. I'd give mostly anything to see a picture of him yelling that. n/t

[Grins]

32. What he meant to shout was "Nyet!"

Another QOP traitor.

[Mickju]

45. YES!

LOL!

[Alice Kramden]

59. LOL n/t

[DENVERPOPS]

42. Reminds me of

the asshole RepubliCON who yelled "LIAR" during Obama's State of The Union.

What pigs.................

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

69. I've always thought that outburst was planned,

Out of all the senators and congressmen in the chambers, a camera just happened to be trained on Walsh when he made his crude and racist comment. Can you imagine a Democrat yelling the same thing at a speech by T*****? Even though it would be demonstrably true, such an interjection would be entirely out of place and rightfully condemned.

[DENVERPOPS]

76. The dems have to give up

any and all civility when dealing with the despicable RepubliCONs..........

[dawg]

47. Nooooooooooooooo!

[malaise]

2. Kaboom! It was

Fate

[StarryNite]

70. And you know what they say about fate...

read my tag line.

[malaise]

71. Perfect

Fate did intervene although VP Harris would have brought it home

[mcar]

3. Hooray!

[Talitha]

4. Wahooooo!!!!!

[blogslut]

5. It felt good to hear Pat (Batman) Leahy declare the vote had passed

I just love him

[Hekate]

6. Great news to wake up to!

[malaise]

7. A major victory for Biden and Democrats

Oh Yes!

[Goodheart]

8. Which Repugnant skipped out of the voting?

[gratuitous]

16. Senator from Alaska had to go home

I don't know the details, but Dan Sullivan was called back home to attend to some personal difficulty.

[Nevilledog]

24. Father-in-law died

[machoneman]

35. Yeah, but they'll say Hillary poisoned him! Wait for it........................

[Nevilledog]

38. Cries for the long-form death certificate!

[Mr.Bill]

36. Fox News headline will be something like:

Dems take advantage of Senator's family emergency and ram through checks for illegal aliens in the middle of the night.

[DENVERPOPS]

46. No doubt.......

That is, if they can break away from the Dr. Seuss bullshit story and the difficulty Trump is having trying to get illegal aliens to employ at Mar a Lago...........

Some one in that city should hire away all his employees at Mar A Lago out from under him, all at the same time.
Wouldn't that be f**king hilarious to watch..............OR help them all unionize, and have it spread across all his clubs and buildings....

[Peacetrain]

9. I GIVE YOU AN EFFECTIVE PRESIDENT!!!!!

I am so proud of this man.. and the way he has approached this, inviting others to join him.. putting his hand out, but keeping his agenda.. has him getting a huge jump in the polls.. and that jump is coming from Independents.. that is who we need to move our programs forward.. the great unwashed middle, both left and right.. they are the final decision makers.. so woo hoo President Biden who knows how to talk to people in the center.. hats off to you

[onetexan]

28. +1 -K&R

hail to the Chief!!

[wryter2000]

44. Amen to that

He's doing everything right. He could turn out to be one of our best presidents ever.

[WA-03 Democrat]

56. Agree +1000

[nuxvomica]

10. And Democrats should be flooding the airwaves explaining it

Because Republicans will be doing the same to misrepresent it.

[dhill926]

25. yes, yes, yes.....

[demmiblue]

11. Woot!

[irisblue]

23. there is never a bad time to use a Soul Train GIF.

💃🕺

[demmiblue]

34. Indeed.

Jonathan Capehart is the master of Soul Train GIFs on Twitter!

[Generic Brad]

63. Funerals would be a bad time for the Soul Train GIF

I rest my case.

[LudwigPastorius]

65. I'm pretty sure a Soul Train GIF would have been appropriate for Rush Limbaugh's funeral.

[irisblue]

67. NOLA Jazz Funerals and Second Line Dancers?

https://aeon.co/amp/videos/the-reverence-and-revelry-of-a-new-orleans-jazz-funeral-procession


but I did spend several happy minutes searching, so thank you.


Also I put my Preservation Hall Jazz Band on

[Rebl2]

12. Now does

it go back to the house because changes were made?

[speak easy]

20. Yep.

Both the Senate and House have to pass identical bills.

[Wild blueberry]

14. That's called working FOR the American people!

Pretty great!

[JohnnyRingo]

15. That doesn't add up to 100.

Or 101 in case the VP voted, so who's missing? The article doesn't say.

[TheRickles]

19. See Comment #16 - Sullivan from Alaska.

[onetexan]

21. Was wondering the same, but WHOOOOPPPPP!! Dems got it done!!

Yuge 1st 100 days accomplishment

[AnotherMother4Peace]

17. I was #50 (to recommend this post).

[kozar]

18. Alaska Senator

Had to return home due to family emergency



Koz

[onetexan]

22. Wasnt murkowsky was it?

[leftieNanner]

26. No. Sullivan. Nt

[brewens]

27. Did they want to deny V.P. Harris breaking the tie? I bet that was a big part of it. They told that

senator from Alaska to get out of here and go home.

[leftieNanner]

29. I believe he went home

For a family funeral.

[brewens]

30. I know that. He didn't have to go right then probably. Given that it would have passed

with the V.P. breaking the tie, they were probably glad to have him go.

[TwilightZone]

53. You're going to criticize him for leaving for a death in the family?

And insinuating that it's a political stunt intended to keep Harris from voting?

Seriously?

After the past couple days, I think this place needs a sense of perspective.

[brewens]

64. Do you think he would have went home if he was the vote that could defeat the bill?

I think they would have waited for him to bury the guy. He'd be there by now anyway.

[momta]

31. Thanks for the note at the end.

I read three news stories about this and none of them said who didn't vote.

[Gore1FL]

33. Because this was party line. We need to own this bill.

And more importantly, the GOP needs to own not supporting it.

[multigraincracker]

37. Joe a Biden 21st Century

FDR man.
Make a nice song.

[moondust]

39. Good job.

CNN reporter says GQP thinks this will work against Democrats in 2022 the way relief bill worked against Democrats in 2010 allowing GQP to take the House.

I kinda think 2010 was more about racism than anything else. That won't work this time.

[Tree Lady]

49. Times are different now we have lived through a year

Of fear of death and watching people die. That is a world of difference than a bad economic time.

While republicans may squawk at the money and other items in bill their people will gladly take the help given and hopefully next election enough of them will silently vote D because of it.

[OMGWTF]

40. Why do people vote for Republicans when they never vote for the people?

[Tree Lady]

50. Abortion, guns and other issues

They blow up, lie about and scare them into voting R for. I think they are scared minorities may take their jobs if we let more immigration. Its all about fear.

I am glad I belong to a party based on hope not fear. Only fear is republicans winning again.

[taxi]

57. Perspective

A recalcitrant republican is popular outside his district to those whose vision is on only themselves. It could be seen as -he stands up for the people- the people of course being people just like himself. This emotion is everywhere, so what the stance was for or against doesn't matter.
We on the other hand think of the people of this country and others. At least that's my take on it.

[bluestarone]

68. Ask them and they will tell you that

GOD TOLD ME HE WILL BE PRESIDENT!!! Fucking idiots!

[AKwannabe]

41. ALL the R bastards voted against it?

Really? Really?

That is so fucking WRONG!

They will rot in hell. (I command it!). 😂

[Wounded Bear]

60. Yep! nt

[gulliver]

43. Sweet!

[cilla4progress]

48. Do you think Sullivan's absence

Was politically motivated?

Anyway: GREAT DAY FOR AMERICANS! Lotta things we should work to make permanent.

Now on to HR 1.

KUDOS DEMS!!!

[jcgoldie]

51. I just think they let him go because with VP tiebreaker...

... there's really no difference between 50-50 and 50-49.

[ismnotwasm]

52. Nice!

[Aerator]

54. It's going to nice to see Major and Champs paw prints on the checks.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

55. With Sullivan out of town, is there a way to hold a quick vote on filibuster?

It would be a cheap dirty political trick, true, but ...

[liberalmuse]

58. I've stopped myself from calling up the offices of certain Senators.

Because I wouldn't be able to stop myself from telling some poor clerk that the person they are working for is a "fucking disgrace". They don't get paid enough to hear an angry woman venting like that. I can't trust myself to be civil right now because I'm so disgusted with the lot of Putin boot-lickers.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

61. K&R

[SayItLoud]

62. Someone PLEASE put Democrats/Republicans

over that image and let's have every GQP er up for re-election have it thrown in their face.

[KarenS]

66. The anti-Republican campaign ads just write themselves!! n/t

[BigmanPigman]

72. I stayed up all night and finally went to bed at 7 AM.

I really wanted to see it passed and tried to hang in there.

[Cha]

73. Thank YOU DEMS! Looking at you too,

Georgia!

[oasis]

74. ReTrumplicans, who needs ya?

[Blue Owl]

77. *cough*Manchin*cough*

[BobTheSubgenius]

75. I know that there has been some disappointment and even some consternation at this.

Having to cede a couple of relatively minor items can look like caving in, and I also know that it's not "the Republican way," but it's the way that adults politic.

Digging in one's heels at "100% or nothing" will often yield you the "nothing."

[pecosbob]

78. Had to keep one vote open for twelve hours because of everyone's favorite blue dog

Link to tweet

[Aussie105]

79. What is wrong with Republican politicians?

Is it the old 'It is a Democrat idea, se we is against it!' thing again?

How to make you a fool and your party hugely unpopular.