Collins: Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus package won't get any GOP votes in Senate

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill


BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 02/23/21 02:01 PM EST

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) says that President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-relief package likely won’t get any Republican votes on the Senate floor.

And she pointed to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and White House chief of staff Ron Klain as a major reason why bipartisan talks on the relief bill fell apart.

Collins said Tuesday that Biden’s senior advisers have refused to come down from their $1.9 trillion proposal, which GOP moderates say is far too expensive given their preference for what they call “targeted” relief.

As a result, Biden’s relief proposal, which is expected to pass the House this week and come to the Senate floor before March 14, will likely wind up passing by a straight party-line vote.


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/news/540102-collins-bidens-19-trillion-package-wont-get-any-gop-votes-in-senate

[jpak]

1. Fuck you Sue

POS

[dem4decades]

8. I was going to say Fuck You Maine, She is what she is.

[appmanga]

51. Her big disappointment...

...is she can't stage a holdup like she did when President Obama needed votes to pass his stimulus. I've seldom been as disappointed as I was when Sara Gideon immediately conceded to this fake.

[Trueblue1968]

53. i wish Biden would appoint her to a dumb job, that she'd take it & GET THE HECK OUTTA THE SENATE

I WANT MAINE TO GET A NEW DEMOCRATIC SENATOR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[louis-t]

2. Of course. It doesn't have giveaways to billionaires.

Even if it did, repugs would hate it because it came from Dems.

[Dawson Leery]

3. The organization of whores (the GOP) for the they wealthy does NOT give anything

to average people unless there is something for their donors.

[Ollie Garkie]

4. Uh oh

That makes it even more important to get Sinema and Manchin in line can that be done?

[Auggie]

5. "Republicans to America: Drop Dead."

[elleng]

34. Yes, thought of that recently.

Just listening to Senators and Fed. Chair; they're so 'into' inflation.

[shelshaw]

6. Yawn 🥱

[sarcasmo]

7. No airline industry handouts, No GQP votes.

[yaesu]

9. which is why we should just pretend the idiot repukes don't exist, do away with the filibuster NOW!

[pnwmom]

47. That can't be done without Manchin, or one of the R's. n/t

[DENVERPOPS]

66. Maybe

if the bill contained a 19 Million dollar gift to his daughter, he would vote for it......NOT LOL

[Bleacher Creature]

10. Good.

When the legislation pulls us out of an economic nightmare and saves thousands of people from medical and economic calamity Republicans won't be able to claim even an iota of credit.

[FSogol]

11. That just shows the GOP's overall shittiness, you included Collins.

The voters will notice.

[Justice matters.]

17. Will they?

They don't seem to notice when they re-elect her time and time again.

I wish they'd suffer from their own ignorance and stupidity. (Not really, but what will it take?)

[PSPS]

12. Doesn't matter. It has very high bipartisan support where it counts -- with the voters.

The QOP party is irrelevant, especially in the minority-rule senate.

[DeminPennswoods]

13. Nor did we expect any, but I'll bet the bills gets a few

anyway because Americans like what's in it - something for them for a change, not the Republican trickle-down nonsense tax cuts for the rich.

[machoneman]

14. Who gives a fuck? Joe can state he did everything he could. Screw the GOP, I say!

When they had the votes, they ran roughshod over us. Payback, it's a bitch!!!

[OldBaldy1701E]

56. Ancient Klingon Proverb

bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay! "Revenge is a dish that is best served cold" (Okay it was actually in 'Memoirs of Matila' by Eugene Sue back in 1846, but hey... Star Trek II is how I first heard of it.)

[piddyprints]

15. Every day,

Every single day of every year, the republicans prove they don't give a flying fuck about Americans. Yet they still get elected. This just makes me want to scream.

[moose65]

16. Guess what, Sue?

I don't give a shit. You and your Republican allies can sit your asses on the sidelines and watch as the Democrats save this country yet again!

[Polybius]

18. The entire bill rests in Joe Manchin's hands

Let that sink in.

[unblock]

20. On an issue like this. I expect manchin to play ball

West Virginia needs this money more than most states. He'll do some posturing for appearance and negotiation, then fall in line in exchange for steering more of the money to his constituents.

I may be wrong, but I think he'll be much more of a problem on other issues where he can't just be bought with pork.

[The Mouth]

30. Yep

The payoff for the massive amount of crap he gets from both the Republicans and the Democrats.

My opinion is that he cares more for the people of WV than he does about Democrats or Republicans. Not everyone gives a crap about ideology.

[unblock]

31. Yes. We can all pine for a senate supermajority and do what we want,

But as it is we're very lucky to have someone representing a deeply red state who we can actually work with and maybe even can keep the seat on democratic hands long term. In that state, he's the best we could hope for by far.

[DFW]

68. So do I

A couple of hundred thousand West Virginians getting by or not, depending on whether or not the bill passes, will not forget who wanted to take care of them and who didn‘t.

[Evolve Dammit]

19. Just pass it. She can choke on her "being troubled" schtick.

[bdamomma]

21. Of course

That is their middle finger salute to the American people. They just do not care anymore, they should just resign.

[TomDaisy]

22. Eat shit Susan! Eat. Shit.

[dweller]

23. the usual

Fuckers
🤬

✌🏻

[ananda]

24. I wish I understood how she ever got reelected.

But I don't.

[johnnyfins]

42. I wish I understood how a lot of them got re-elected...

[ananda]

61. Yep

!!!

[mvd]

25. She was fine with passing the Repuke tax cut with no Dem suppprt

So who cares, Susan. Your $600 billion proposal wasn’t close to adequate.

[BlueIdaho]

26. Then suffer the consequences of denying Americans a future.

Seems like a great reason to vote republicans out in droves.

[Joinfortmill]

27. Pass the bill. Help Americans and fuck the GOP.

[turbinetree]

28. And now a word from Ms Concern..........let them eat cake

and as for Klain and Biden being the problem...... ....

Hey Mainers, do you think you eat enough cake seriously, apparently your senator thinks that you eat to much cake and she is just about as close to a dingbat as your former governor, she voted to give a 1.5 trillion tax cut to her buddies, do you not understand that, she gave your tax dollars to corporations that don't give a shit about you or the country, she doesn't like you or the entire country, because a democrat's wants to help you and the entire in the throes a crises ...............JFC

[SWBTATTReg]

29. So unlimited tax cuts passed in 2017 had no problem but now there's a problem. Where's the

initial fervor of supporting the new president in their first days of their admin. by giving them their choices of cabinet picks (been hemming and hawing on some), as well supporting their first legislative efforts? Need to throw this back into their faces...That first tax cut, the 2017 one, if I'm not mistaken, cost over $4 trillion dollars and still counting...

[JT45242]

32. Betting on short memories of voters... or extreme voter suppression

On an issue that is supported by 2/3 of all voters, there should be broad bipartisan support as doing what the voters want should be the norm.

But, they are gambling that voters will not remember that they voted pro-insurrection and against what people wanted -- a covid relief package.

It is a gamble that American voters , either do not care or will not remember. In many states, they are correct. Anyone with an (R) will win so as long as they aren't primaried by an ultra-Trumplican they know that they can win. (Think Kansas, Oklahoma, etc) For others this is a big risk. They may face the wrath of voters in 2022 or 2024. But they think people will have long forgotten that they voted against money for vaccine distribution, unemployment benefits, and stimulus checks.

The (R) either needs the most voter suppression ever or voters who forgot everything.

Not sure which they are really counting on. I fear with a 6-3 court that it is voter suppression over short memories.

[Jon King]

33. Bribe Manchin, pass the bill...

Just do whatever it takes to get Manchin on board and pass the damn thing. If voters want to go back to Trumpism in 2022 and 2024, we are doomed anyway. Just govern as progressives as much as possible and let the cards fall where they may.

[ZonkerHarris]

35. Note to Senate Republicans: Go Fuck Yourselves. If it were 2 Trillion in tax cuts for the rich

they would be first in line to vote yes.
Fuck em all

[pnwmom]

36. Good. Then they won't be able to take credit for it. n/t

[Mr.Bill]

37. If that's the case,

we should add another two or three trillion dollars to it.

[sakabatou]

38. But over a trillion in tax cuts which favor the rich is a-ok?

Tch, what a piece of trash.

[roamer65]

39. Time to pass a repeal of the Repuke tax cuts as well.

Leave the rates the same for middle class, but bring back the SALT deduction and increase the top marginal rate to 50 percent.

That’s what it was in 1982.

[COL Mustard]

48. That Reminds Me...I Haven't Started My Taxes Yet

When I became a Republican in the mid-1970s you could have spirited discussions and debate about policies, and you could disagree on the solutions to problems. But the Republicans raised my taxes in 2018, and by a lot. I'm personally impacted by the SALT limitation and would love to see that limit repealed. It was so obviously targeted toward blue states and blue voters that it needs to go.

On edit: I became a Republican in the mid-1970s. I became an ex-Republican in 2008 and despise what they stand for today.

[tishaLA]

40. McConnell told repubs to stick together WRT Neera too

It's like the early days of the Obama administration....obstruct obstruct, obstruct

[Traildogbob]

41. But.....Unity

What about unity? Working together?
And we will still get the daily questions at pressers, Joe said he wanted unity, why won’t the DEMOCRAT party unify to get things done? Fuck GQP. Every damn one of them.

[SunSeeker]

43. What would you have cut out Susan???

[still_one]

44. After January 6th, I wasn't expecting anything less from them. One thing good is that we are

finding out early, so we don't have to play any games of trying to work with a group who has no intention of working with us.

We need to focus on winning the Senate by more than two seats, and increasing our seats in the Senate in 2022

Making Washington DC a state would go a long way to achieving this before 2022

[ancianita]

45. Do their constituents who know this not care?

Will trumpcult lie and say Dems won't help them? that they're not better off?

Will trumpcult leaders lie and try to take credit by 2022? 24?

I think yes. Will their voters change by 2022? No.

[COL Mustard]

46. Susie, Being Bipartisan Doesn't Mean Caving To You And Your Lot

It means you got included in the discussions. If you want to vote against the package, do so. But own that, and explain it to your constituents. I know you don't face them again until 2026, but maybe you can learn a lesson from this.

[aggiesal]

49. Pass it anyway. We've all seen what the (R)'s do when they get the (D)'s ...

to waste time and compromise like they did with the Affordable Care Act, then never received a (R) vote.
All they accomplished is getting rid of what the (R)'s didn't want.

Pass the $1.9T on our own. (D)'s will look better for it.

[rpannier]

50. Oh well... All that matters is that it passes

[quakerboy]

52. Nothing meaningfull will

Can we be done with the filibuster yet, or shall we just declare defeat and take our lumps and losses in the next election?

[truthisfreedom]

54. What's new?

[aintitfunny]

55. There's a shocker.

[LiberalArkie]

57. easy... just toss in a 10 trillion cash package for the top 1%

Non taxable of course. See how quick they change their mind

[iluvtennis]

58. Nothing new here - Collins/other rethugs never vote for anything that benefits everyday people. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

59. Because they're all assholes

It's what they do.

[IbogaProject]

60. good

Don't vote in unison. Hopefully we pick up some seats along with two states real soon. Of course Puerto Rico will still be some tough senate races, as they've had a hedge fund tax break and there may be a whole industry catering to tax avoiders. I'm in favor having more tax money in the islands but I don't like when it is lower tax levels overall paid by these tax dodges.

[BarbD]

62. The Repubs are the party of no.

They know no other way.

[James48]

63. Here is an idea

Instead of the full $1.9 trillion, let’s divide it up by Congressional district.

If you live in a RED held district, you get ...nothing.

If you live in a BLUE held district, you get the full benefit of the plan, the $1,400 check, and your small businesses get PPP loans.

Sounds fair, doesn’t it?

[bpositive]

64. I'm good with this.

At the end of the day, Only the Democrats helped the people in need! What a story that can be told.

The next thing on the docket is to do away with the Trillin dollar tax cut for the rich to pay for it.

[Skittles]

65. repukes "targeted relief" usually targets the already-wealthy

FUCK HER, FUCK THE ENTIRE GOP

[eppur_se_muova]

67. So when people get their checks, will they include a letter from the WH ?

Uglicans couldn't pass up that opportunity; Dems would never think of it.