GOP Sen. Ron Johnson to force Senate clerks to read text of $1.9 trillion covid-relief bill

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post




Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) will force Senate clerks to read aloud the entire $1.9 trillion covid-relief bill, delaying debate on it by about 10 hours. “I will make them read their 600-700 page bill,” Johnson said, detailing his plan during an interview on a Milwaukee conservative talk radio show.

He also said he plans to force votes on a huge number of amendments to prolong the debate by several days.“We need to keep this process going, so we can highlight how this is not covid relief, how this is a boondoggle for Democrats,” he said. “It’s a Democrat wish list setting things up for an even more socialist society, and it needs to be resisted and I’m going to lead the effort to resist it.”

Johnson said he’s forcing the drawn-out process in hopes of slicing hundreds of billions of dollars from the final bill. He’ll need at least a dozen GOP senators on the floor with him to keep the amendments going, he said. By forcing the reading of the bill and then unlimited amendments, Johnson said it could be Sunday before the Senate votes on final passage.

The bill is publicly popular, even among Republicans, but Johnson argued that was because the Democrats tout the $1,400 relief checks in the bill, and not that it was “mortgaging our kids’ future.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/03/joe-biden-live-updates/#link-FEJ2FZJHRZBSZDUZCOX2XAQYOE

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Full headline: GOP Sen. Ron Johnson to force Senate clerks to read text of $1.9 trillion covid-relief bill, a process that could last 10 hours

[Rebl2]

1. Democrats

Should force HIM to read it!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. Who's going to help him with the big words?

[Hotler]

28. He'll just have to sound them out like the twelve year old. nt

[Dakota Flint]

30. This moron couldn't even read a Dick and Jane story.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. so, how many trailer and rider bills did the rs do?

you read the entire text sir.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. They can't put any riders on that

Just Amendments that need to be voted on.

[Sneederbunk]

4. A Russian tool of disruption.

[Mickju]

5. He wants EVERYONE to hate him.

[BlueIdaho]

23. Mission Accomplished!

He’s nothing but a Russian tool.

[BlueTsunami2018]

7. Where the micro machines guy when you need him?

[BadgerKid]

38. John Moschitta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moschitta_Jr.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

8. Put it through Google text to speech.

And set it at 2X.

[bdamomma]

9. Johnson

was he at the Jan 5th meeting???? I didn't hear the GQP offering to help Americans when they are dying 500,000+. What the hell is a "boondoggle".


Hey Johnson what do you offer Americans???? I thought so a BIG nothing.

[JohnnyRingo]

10. Govern by obstruction, not legislation.

Republicans may have lost their spines, but solid unyielding partisan cartilage has grown in it's place. That's how they're still able to stand up to progress when a Democrat is in office.

How many of their constituents get up at town halls and say: "don't you be bringing none of that pork around here!"?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Johnson is an asshole

[yaesu]

12. I figure Wisconsin's had more smarts than to elect a fascist pig to office. nt

[FirstLight]

13. ...so they just have to let him do it...?

I guess Im a dufus when it comes to procedure so forgive me. (Ironically my daughter is majoring in political science!)


so there's literally nothing that can be done to stop these obstruction tactics? WTAF people are STARVING and in NEED... why cant they just be fucking human for once? (I know, big ask... not possible...etc )

[KPN]

43. Good question. Another: would they let us do this same thing to them?

[yaesu]

14. I've got an idea, since the fascists' want to draw it out, play games with peoples lives Dems should

add another Trillion to the package, say $5k checks instead of the tRump change $1400

[KPN]

44. You know, that does make sense. Take our offer now as is, or we'll up the ante. Pay now or

pay more later. Your choice GOP. They're "business people". They understand and use that argument all the time.

[oasis]

15. RoJo better have his sorry ass in the chamber to hear the entire text. nt

[world wide wally]

16. Get that guy that reads the disclaimers after radio ads.

[turbinetree]

17. Okay I can put in a live version or vinyl, put both in there, the same

I wish I could put head phones on this Johnson jerk for 10 hours to really drive him fucking nuts............

[MFM008]

18. this guy is a major asshat

....................

[bluevoter4life]

19. Right on cue

The GQP cares about the deficit once again. They are so predictable.

[Warpy]

20. Sure thing, Ron, assemble clerks, interns, pages

You should be able to round up 100 of them easily. Give each one 6-7 pages to read, and have them stand and read in unison.

Then tell old Ron to sit down and shut up, he's done.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. He needs to do his best Carnival Cruz "Green Eggs and Ham" style reading of it

himself.

Maybe he'll be surprised what is in there for his own constituents.

[Warpy]

22. I was going to say he should do his own marathon ralking but

that jerk can say more words and use them to say less than anyone else in the Senate. He's equal to the task.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. Agree

He joins a whole crew of gasbags that could have generated enough hot air to heat the entire state of Texas during that blue norther!

[meow2u3]

25. Can't Democrats file a motion to table Russian Ron's scheme?

[BumRushDaShow]

27. That was my thought

but I am not sure if there are special Rules regarding that given that there are already special Rules for how the Senate handles Reconciliation.

I was trying to comb through this - https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44058.pdf (PDF) and this - https://www.rules.senate.gov/rules-of-the-senate to see if there were any special motion vote thresholds dealing with reading something into the record with Reconciliation bills (vs their usual unanimously consenting that it was "read into the record" without actually doing so).

[FBaggins]

32. No

Bills have to be read twice unless the senate gives unanimous consent to waive the reading.

[Keth]

26. the wicked witch of Wisconsin

Auntie Em: Ron Johnson, just because you own the voting machines in Wisconsin doesn't mean you have the power to run the rest of us. For ten years, I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you. And now, well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!

[NellieStarbuck]

29. What a worthless, insufferable asshole.

[bucolic_frolic]

31. The opposition stands to lose this vote

Marathon sessions that stretch out for days to put stress on Democrats? Are they hoping for an illness or change in the Senate balance?

Nothing to lose if you're losing, right?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

33. Why doesn't he put his money where his mouth is and read it out loud himself?

[LogicFirst]

34. He can't read, so he wants it read to him like a bedtime story.

Anybody got a pacifier?

[Ellipsis]

35. As a Wisconsinite this is totally embarrassing.

I have a friend who's connected to the family most of them are good people. But this asshole... somebody has something on him; I can't think of any other reason he would be such a cocksucker.

Pardon my language... but it so fits.

[BumRushDaShow]

36. I agree

A few years ago, he was actually "moderating" his positions and doing more fuzzy center-right stuff, following along with people like Lamar Alexander and some of the other soon-to-be-retiring GOP members. But then suddenly this past year, it was like a light switch was flipped and he went full-on loon.

[Maeve]

37. He should only be able to do that if he sits there and listens to EVERY WORD

[notinkansas]

40. He should only be able to do it if EVERY senator

sits there and listens to every word. Not even bathroom breaks. No lunches, dinners, phone calls. Just listen.

[The Roux Comes First]

39. His Constituency Needs to Know About This, Full Time Every Day

Is this what they elected him for? How do they feel about this bill?

[Martin68]

41. Asshole.

[Cheezoholic]

42. Nazi