Eighteen Senate Republicans voted Sunday to clear the final hurdle before a floor vote to advance the so-called “bipartisan” infrastructure bill.
The Senate 68-29 voted to invoke cloture on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, otherwise known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The vote means the Senate could take up the bill perhaps by early Tuesday morning, meaning they could pass the mammoth, 2,702-page, $1.2 trillion legislation in the dead of night.
Eighteen Senate Republicans voted to advance the bill Sunday, potentially clearing the significant hurdle of passing the bill through the Senate.
The 18 Senate Republicans who voted to advance the so-called infrastructure reportedly include:
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
John Hoeven (R-ND)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Rob Portman (R-OH)
Jim Risch (R-ID)
Mitt Romney (R-UT)
Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Deb Fischer (R-NE)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Wicker, who previously voted against advancing the legislation, voted in favor of invoking cloture Sunday.
“The bill we’re now debating is far from perfect. If I were the only one with a pen, I would have made many changes. But at the end of the day, I believe this package will do a great service for the United States of America and a great service to my home state of Mississippi,” Wicker said on the Senate floor Sunday.
Young, who previously voted to advance the infrastructure bill, came out against the legislation Sunday. He is up for reelection during the 2022 midterm elections. Young said in a statement Sunday:
For the last several months, I’ve been working diligently with my colleagues toward a bipartisan infrastructure bill to provide crucial funding for our crumbling roads and bridges and to make targeted investments that yield positive long-term results in areas like...
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Stall to look busy as they pass a bill that will tax us by the mile. Cute name for the bill though. Kinda like "The Cares Act" passed so they could pay big pharma for the millions of vaccines.
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DeleteMeet the new boss, same as the old boss. Henry Bowman is out there practicing somewhere.
DeleteThe charge of the RINOs
ReplyDeleteThe charge of the republicrats. RINO is a passive description. Republicrat describes their active support of democrat policies under the guise of "But we fought them as long as we could!"
DeleteVote them all out. It will not stop.
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