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The COVID-19 relief and

artappraiser — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 05:36:47 +0000

The COVID-19 relief and spending deal is Congress' "most significant action on climate and energy in over a decade," a research group says. https://t.co/ODtwIiNJ2j
— Axios (@axios) December 22, 2020

Rand Paul doing the John Paul

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:34:32 +0000

In reply to AND-not really news-Rand Paul

Rand Paul doing the John Paul Jones role play today, has not even begun to fight:

Rand Paul voted for a tax cut for the rich that added $1,000,000,000,000 to the deficit. https://t.co/cagvOx9uGV
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) December 22, 2020

At 1:43am, Mitch McConnell

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 06:45:16 +0000

In reply to AND-not really news-Rand Paul

At 1:43am, Mitch McConnell set up the process for the vote to override Trump’s expected veto of the defense authorization bill.

The Senate will return Dec. 29 to begin processing the veto override. This would only occur if the House succeeds in overriding the veto on Dec. 28.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 22, 2020

Zaid added more to his

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 06:43:14 +0000

In reply to Hawley and Sanders both vote

Zaid added more to his comment

Hawley and Sanders asked for something that wasn't in the bill at all, it ended up being the second largest item (direct financing to workers). It's means-tested, progressive, and good stimulus (Chetty's paper on CARES showed this about the last round).
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) December 22, 2020

If they didn't vote for the bill, it would kind of expose them as paper tigers. Instead they had to take yes for an answer after they made an impact. It's more on other lawmakers who didn't do anything to make the bill more favorable to workers.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) December 22, 2020

People can ask why the other 98 Senators were asking for giveaways to industries that didn't need them, their pet projects, etc.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) December 22, 2020

grassroots activism already

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 05:58:45 +0000

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grassroots activism already on a no vote:

Ron Johnson just voted against COVID relief for Wisconsin families, claiming to be concerned about the national debt despite voting for Trump’s $2.3 trillion tax cut for the wealthy in 2017.

Let’s make sure that someone who will stand up for those families wins his seat in 2022.
— Biden | Harris VICTORY Room (@BidenWarRoom) December 22, 2020

AND-not really news-Rand Paul

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 05:53:47 +0000

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AND-not really news-Rand Paul is being a prima donna:

The Senate still has not closed its doors for night because, in large part, Rand Paul is not agreeing to set up pro forma sessions next week that leaders are trying to set up to make it easier to process Trump’s veto override vote over the holidays. Paul opposes the bill
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 22, 2020

edit to add, to be clear, that's about the Defense Bill:

From the pool. Thune: At the moment at least, it doesn't seem like there's a clear path forward on how to process the President's expected veto of the defense bill. So I think right now that's kind of what's up in the air
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) December 22, 2020

Looking like there's not

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 05:46:07 +0000

In reply to Stimulus deal done

Looking like there's not going to be any trouble with the lame duck, they just sent email to all the reporters that he just signed the temporary extension:

Trump has signed the weeklong stopgap to keep the government open til Dec. 28. Congress needs get the requisite paperwork to Trump by then so he can sign the year-long funding bill with the covid relief package, which both chambers approved tonight
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 22, 2020

Bernie Sanders' statement

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 05:39:27 +0000

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Bernie Sanders' statement tweeted 1 hr. ago:

Over the last few weeks, I have worked very hard to provide direct payments to working families across America.

While we did not get as much as we wanted, the average family of four will receive a direct payment of $2400.

In this horrific crisis, we must fight for more relief. pic.twitter.com/lwjl5AfaTo
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 22, 2020

Joe Biden just tweeted on it

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 05:29:15 +0000

In reply to Stimulus deal done

Joe Biden just tweeted on it a few minutes ago:

I applaud this relief package, but our work is far from over. Starting in the new year, Congress will need to immediately get to work on support for our COVID-19 plan.

My message to everyone out there struggling right now: help is on the way. https://t.co/ktET5loEnm
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) December 22, 2020

Andrew Yang tweeted this

artappraiser — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 05:26:48 +0000

In reply to Stimulus deal done

Andrew Yang tweeted this Politico article on topic:

https://t.co/XAMZE2nBNc
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) December 22, 2020

followed by retweeting this long thread of tweets by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester of DE explaining her vote

So here's where we are - I just voted to pass our next #COVID relief bill along with an end of year spending bill.

The package isn't perfect - no bill of this size and scope is- & while the direct payments are less than @RepMcKinley & I proposed, I voted yes. Here's why
— Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (@RepLBR) December 22, 2020

and replying to her at the end of it because she mentioned him

We will be here Lisa!
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) December 22, 2020