Talk about knowing who and where the enemies are..


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BY ZACHARY STIEBER July 29, 2021


A bipartisan Senate vote late Wednesday means senators will begin debate on an infrastructure package endorsed by members of both parties.

The Senate voted 67–32 to break the filibuster and trigger debate on the package, which is listed as a House bill as Senate negotiators hammer out the package’s language.

Republicans backing the package were: Sens. Roy Blunt (Mo.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), Bill Cassidy (La.), Susan Collins (Maine), Kevin Cramer (N.D.), Mike Crapo (Idaho), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), John Hoeven (N.D.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rob Portman (Ohio), Jim Risch (Idaho), Mitt Romney (Utah), Thom Tillis (N.C.), and Todd Young (Ind.), along with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

“At a time when Washington seems broken, this group of members behind me came together, along with others, and decided we were going to do something great for our country,” Portman, who is retiring after his current term is up, told a press conference after the vote.

President Joe Biden endorsed the agreement, which comes in around $1.2 trillion and includes $550 billion in new spending.

“This deal signals to the world that our democracy can function, deliver, and do big things. As we did with the transcontinental railroad and the interstate highway, we will once again transform America and propel us into the future,” he said in a statement.

Democrats are also angling to ram through a $3.5 trillion bill through budget reconciliation, which saves them from needing any Republican votes in the upper chamber.

However, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) said the price tag is too high, indicating Democrats will continue to have trouble getting enough votes.

Democrats control the upper chamber, which is split 50–50, through Vice President Kamala Harris, who can cast tiebreaking votes in her role as president of the Senate.

Sinema cheered the bipartisan vote, telling reporters that “we had a strong and broad bipartisan showing to move forward on this historic legislation, which would be the greatest investment in infrastructure in all of our lifetimes.”

She said she expects to garner more support as legislators work through the amendment process.

Questions remain on the package’s particulars, and critics said funding for infrastructure should only come from repurposing unspent money from previous COVID-19 relief bills.

“Congress can’t keep spending trillions of dollars we don’t have. The infrastructure package announced today continues the trend in Congress of insane deficit spending. Let’s not forget, this is just the first step in the Democrats’ plan to pass their $5.5 trillion tax and spend liberal wish list. Our nation is facing a nearly $30 TRILLION federal debt crisis. There are real infrastructure needs across the country. But, with growing inflation and many families struggling to financially recover from the events of the last year, it is not wise to throw fuel on the fire that is the raging inflation crisis and labor shortage we are seeing across America,” Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said in a joint statement.

“Congress can’t keep spending trillions of dollars we don’t have,” they added.

Portman said there were no taxes in the package and that the investments would be made across five or ten years into infrastructure that would be used for 50 or 70 years.

“That’s the efficiency of the economy, makes us more productive. Therefore, there will actually be revenue coming back into the coffers,” he said.

i keep hearing the "no tax increase" stuff with this bill. where is the money coming from? printing presses?

Another money laundering scheme between unions and the Dem Party just like under Obama.

And the Reps don’t want the media to say mean things about them so they’ll go along.

Worthless.

It ain't the fault of TX. Neither Cruz or Cornyn are on that list. Some of Y'all need to be calling your senators.

damn flimsey lindsey strikes again

I see the great fox conservative Lady G voted for it. Im sure he'll be on Sean Hannity talking about the importance of Israel or Cuba and Sean will call him a great American

After reconciliation, it will be $5 or $6 trillion with everything then Dems want, including the voting stuff. Thank Mitt Romney.

Surprised Crapo was in it.

We're Forked and by our own if in name only. That bill will bankrupt America and likely destroy the Constitution. Thanks McConnell.

When unrealized capital gains are taxed, you can thank those Republican [bleep] for it.

Yup, a 10 year plan for the people will be less than 1/3 the cost of Bush's 20 year war... and it will actually have some benefit.

Phil

The bush bunch = POS's !!!!!!!!!!!!

Phucqk off Phil!

Thank you.

Just like the zebra, the R's cannot change their stripes.

Obstruction is the only word they need to know, & they don't & won't..........................they never learn the rules of the game, or even how to play it.

MM

They were never on your side

1.) - We actually do need to invest in infrastructure. Interstate system, thousands of bridges big and small, water, sewage treatment, dams big and small, etc. there is a bunch of stuff built under Eisenhower that needs replacing after 65 years.

2.) - Unfortunately, only 20% of whatever this monster becomes will be for infrastructure. The rest will be crap like student loan forgiveness, racial sensitivity training, money to relocate illegals etc.

And to the sharp posters above, this will be a big Union payoff

Cruz probably never would vote yes, but RINO Cornyn, McConnell's permanent ass ornament, well it just wasn't his turn.

BP...

Thank you.

Surprising Cornyn is not there.

Must not have been any big money for TX.


ND must be gonna score big.


I suspect Buffet will get some billions.


More oil depots and a double track perhaps??

Tasty!

The country is hemorrhaging. And the Rs help by pulling off the clot stop.....

Good reason to buy BRK-B

.yeah excellent reason.


Then you can pretend that the economy is booming.

This is most ridiculous cave in I’ve ever seen. There was absolutely no reason for it. They weren’t even taking a public relations beating.

You don’t think we should rely on the economy and economic growth to improve people’s lives? Last Obama stimulus did nothing except fund Democratic supporters. Remember “Shovel ready jobs weren’t very shovel ready, HA HA!” After he wasted a billion dollars! Same thing is going to happen with this boondoggle.

Furthermore, it wasn’t Bush’s war. It was supported by a lot of Democrats in Congress.

And what we don’t pay there we’ll pay through inflation.

Just because Bush & his war sucked (and it did) doesn’t mean Biden’s new money laundering bill won’t suck also.

Anyone who thinks there is a meaningful difference between Bush & Biden REALLY hasn’t been paying attention.

The media mighta said mean things about those Republicans and that’d have hurt their tender feelers.

stunned that lil Marco was not on the list.

You can bet that Tillis and Burr have some personal gain in the deal. Both are worthless pos.

COMMIE BASTARDS ALL !!!

That's the only surprise. The rest of those fahqers are a who's who list of the usual traitorous suspects.

The silver lining here is the fahqin' thing is going to implode and that's when the battlefield will erupt.