Posted on 05/16/2020 3:33:42 PM PDT by Libloather
The latest economic stimulus package narrowly passed by the House on Friday was a tiptoeing act for Democratic leadership, not because they tried to craft a $3 trillion piece of bipartisan legislation - neither Republicans nor the White House were consulted - but because they struggled to get members of their own party on board.
As a result of the inability to appease the entire caucus, some moderate and liberal Democrats crossed the aisle to join Republicans to vote against the proposal that includes another round of stimulus checks, state and local aid, an expansion of unemployed benefits and rent and mortgage relief.
Fourteen Democrats ultimately voted no: Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Kendra Horn (Okla.), Abigail Spanberger (Va.), Conor Lamb (Penn.), Elaine Luria (Va.), Cindy Axne (Iowa), Abby Finkenauer (Iowa), Ben McAdams (Utah), Joe Cunningham (S.C.), Jared Golden (Maine), Susan Wild (Penn.), Kim Schrier (Wash.), Sharice Davids (Kan.) and Xochitl Torres Small (N.M.). The final vote was 208-199.
For moderates, which includes them all minus Jayapal, the vote was a particularly difficult one. They characterized the $3 trillion bill as "bloated" with "extraneous," non-related pandemic items tucked into its 1,800 pages. These members' concerns reverberated the loudest, given they are part of a larger group of mostly first-term lawmakers who flipped districts won by President Donald Trump and are considered the most vulnerable this November.
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DEMOCRATS!!!...are calling this monster “bloated” THAT is truly terrifying!
They don’t want to lose in November.
It’s our job to make sure they do.
She is my rep and she is full of sh-t.
She’s for all of it, she just can’t vote for it and get elected again.
They voted against the bill because Captain-May-I Pelosi gave them permission to vote against the bill.
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Exactly
They really, really, REALLY want to get reelected.
Especially Ms. Spanberger.
She needs to go. She is a deep state fraud.
No there’s not
DOA in the Senate!
She’s CIA.
Literally.
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