Guts and Gall
It’s never difficult to tell the difference between guts and gall.
Please listen to Mississippi Republican Senator Roger Wicker take credit for passing the restaurant aid in the bill.
One bright spot from this week’s budget package is the $28.6 billion in targeted support for restaurants that have been hit hard by the pandemic. @SenSinema and my RESTAURANTS Act was the first amendment added to the package. @RestaurantsAct @werrestaurants @IndpRestaurants pic.twitter.com/XzSc3oR7ik
— Senator Roger Wicker (@SenatorWicker) March 10, 2021
It’s just like Speaker Pelosi said, “They say no and then take the dough.”
His excuse?
“I’m not going to vote for $1.9 trillion just because it has a couple of good provisions.”
Hey, Skippy, that’s what governing means. You get nothing 100% your way. I know for a dead solid guaranteed actual damn fact that some Democrats voted for the Trump relief plan while not liking 100% of it.
You said it years ago. Hypocrisy should be painful.
1Bean Dip! ala carte!
2He and Sinema co-sponsored part of that bill, and he still wouldn’t vote for the whole. I used to say they drank the Kool-Aid but now I think his majesty has the negatives and shows GOPers the pictures occasionally to keep them in line!
3Don’t even need to watch the video to know the words are drooling out both sides of his mouth. It’s an art repugnicans in congress have mastered and their voters eat up.
4If he added an amendment to the bill – – isn’t he in effect voting against his own best interests?
Maybe he wants to show Republicans who *aren’t* financially in the top 20% that he’s right there with them.
5When the congress critters who voted no go home, will they be holding town hall meetings? Just asking for a friend.
6‘Ain’t that good news, Man, ain’t that good news.’
~ Sam Cooke ~
Headline: A $60 billion surprise in the Covid relief bill: Tax hikes! 03/10/2021 10:30 AM ( :—{ p>
Edit: They’ve tucked a trio of little-noticed tax hikes on the wealthy and big corporations into their coronavirus relief package that together are worth $60 billion.
7*One takes away deductions for publicly traded companies that pay top employees more than $1 million.
*Another provision cracks down on how multinational corporations do their taxes.
*A third targets how owners of unincorporated businesses account for their losses.
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How’s Come?
Edit: If Democrats exceeded their $1.9 trillion budget cap for the plan, they would lose the procedural protections that were used to shield the entire measure from a Republican filibuster in the Senate.