[ April 19, 2024 ]
Party of treason and fraud. When did America get so stupid?
42 Senate Democrats Support Direct Payments to Illegal Immigrants in ‘Vote-a-Rama’
Dozens of Democrat senators in a Senate session that is still going early Friday voted to show their support for sending stimulus checks to illegal immigrants.
Republicans offered a flurry of amendments during the Senate’s budget reconciliation debate as Democrats aim at using the budget process to ram through President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief package. The nonbinding amendments are a way to get Democrats on the record about various issues.
Story continues below advertisement“Senate Republicans will be ready and waiting with a host of amendments to improve the rushed procedural step that’s being jammed through. We’ll be getting senators on the record about whether taxpayers should fund checks for illegal immigrants, whether Democrats should raise taxes on small businesses in the midst of this historic crisis, and whether generous federal funding should pour into school districts where the unions refuse to let schools open, and this is just a small taste,” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on the Senate floor.
Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) later introduced an amendment that would prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving Economic Impact Payments, or direct payments from the government.
“It would establish a dangerous precedent if the federal government were to give a direct cash payment to those who have jumped the line and subverted our nation’s immigration system to enter the United States,” Young said in a statement. “We shouldn’t give checks to foreigners who’ve broken our laws. Pandemic relief should go only to Americans, not illegal immigrants,” Cotton added.
The amendment passed with support from eight Democrats. But 42 went on the record indicating support for sending payments to people in the country illegally, including Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and newly elected Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.).
Republicans also proposed other amendments, partially as a way to make it more difficult to pass the budget resolution. The process is known colloquially on Capitol Hill as “vote-a-rama.”
Republicans wanted to show their displeasure with how Democrats are resorting to a budget tool to work on passing Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan without Republican votes. The GOP largely opposed the package, noting that money remains unspent from the $918 billion plan Congress passed late last year.
Sen. John Thune (R-Wyo.) noted that the Senate’s 50–50 deadlock can only be broken by Vice President Kamala Harris and asserted voters gave lawmakers a mandate for bipartisanship. He also referenced Biden’s promise to try to unify the country.
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“It’s common to talk about unity at inaugurations. I have been to a lot of them. But all too often, that commitment is quickly forgotten. And, unfortunately, we’re already seeing signs that members of the Democrat leadership are rapidly abandoning the president’s call for bipartisanship,” he said. “Democrats turn toward budget reconciliation, a process that allows certain legislation to pass the Senate with a simple majority instead of 60 votes, which is normal here, would be more understandable if Republicans had categorically refused to consider any additional COVID legislation. But that isn’t even close to being the case.”
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17 Comments
3 years ago
Anyone voting DemocRAT ought to be hung as the traitor he or she is.
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3 years ago
Reply to
Tasmanian Devil
You`re as bad, or worse than the leftist censors. Who the ‘H’ do you think you are calling for violence against others. You some kinda FBI dude running a sting ? Or a Soros paid lackey ?
3 years ago
Don’t they always vote to give away our tax dollars as long as it’s not their money??? I am sick of these morons who can’t follow the Constitution on taxation!!!! Giving illegal criminals our tax dollars is not in the benefit ofthe USA!
3 years ago
The dollar is worthless. All they do is print money.
I am surprised the DemoNazis haven’t made every one in the world an American citizen. That way they don’t have to come here and they can just send everyone in the world a check wherever they are.
The DemoNazis can just print Harriet Tubman dollars!
3 years ago
Disgusting betrayal!
3 years ago
why not just mail checks to everyone in the whole world?
3 years ago
should not be able to open a bank account without citizen-ship
3 years ago
COMPROMISE … PLEASE …
…
ILEGAL ALIENS can pick up their check at any DHS office.
They must show ID, and evidence that they are in the USA illegally.
They must present a birth certificate from their nation of origin.
They should let their family know they may be delayed.
The illegal immigrant will be detained, microchipped, finger printed, retinal scan, and deported.
The nation of origin will receive them, and pay shipping & handling for delivery.
The government of the nation of origin will then be invoiced.
…
3 years ago
How tto buy more communist votes from non-citizens
3 years ago
Any one who signs on to this nonsense is guilty of Treason. The Constitution ONLY APPLIES to Citizens of the Sovereign States, several, and citizens of The United States (federal citizens – Naturalized)
Aiding known enemies/invaders of our Republic is Treason – Read The Constitution
3 years ago
i think it`s a great idea for democrats to give illegals money…….THEIR OWN, and keep their FILTHY HANDS out of my pocket.
3 years ago
Illegals that suck on the Taxpayers Teat and vote overwhelmingly Democrat.
3 years ago
Biden is the best president Mexico has ever had.
3 years ago
Reply to
tom
Amazing! He is President of Mexico and represents China! BIDEN IS BRILLIANT!
3 years ago
I support the following:
In order to receive the Stimulus Check the Illegal Alien, must report to the nearest INS office to their home. Once there, they will be offered the stimulus check under one condition. They must register with the INS in order to receive the INS check and IMMEDIATELY UNDERGO electronic vetting, and a Police background check. they’ll be given the rest of the paperwork to be filled out and they need to return in 10 days with the paperwork for review If this is all takes place they will receive the Stimulus Check.
