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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Feb 4, 2021, 06:17 PM Feb 2021

McConnell and the GOP are preparing a barrage of budget amendments to water down Biden's COVID-19 [View all]

stimulus package.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is preparing a welter of amendments to a budget resolution - essential to passing President Joe Biden's COVID-19 stimulus package - for a grueling "vote-a-rama" on Thursday.

Democrats have signaled that they will press ahead to pass the $1.9 trillion package without GOP support using budget reconciliation, a process that prevents filibustering and would allow the bill to pass with a simple majority of 51 votes.

However, the price for using this measure is receiving a barrage of amendments from the GOP to the budget resolution needed to pass the stimulus package. That's likely to keep the Senate debating for hours.

Republicans had filed at least 400 amendments by Wednesday night, Roll Call reported.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mcconnell-gop-preparing-barrage-budget-115230405.html

And none of them will vote for it. Just like the ACA.
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