{"id":187329,"date":"2021-03-02T18:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=187329"},"modified":"2021-03-02T18:00:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T23:00:45","slug":"rep-mike-kelly-91-of-new-stimulus-not-for-covid-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mike-kelly-91-of-new-stimulus-not-for-covid-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Mike Kelly: 91% of new stimulus not for COVID relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-mike-kelly-91-of-new-stimulus-not-for-covid-relief%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=187329&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2380296\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2380296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MAY 17: U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) spoke during a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee May 17, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.(Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:50 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, March 2, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>During an interview at CPAC over the weekend, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) criticized the COVID stimulus bill, saying 91 percent of it is not for COVID-19 relief.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly argued most of the money in the bill goes to bailing out Democrat-led states, who are already sitting on billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Democrats:<\/p>\n<p>Stop calling it a &#8220;COVID Relief&#8221; plan. A better name would be &#8220;The Pelosi Payoff.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YLEwvbakJE\">pic.twitter.com\/YLEwvbakJE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1364755241787219968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at where the money is going, to Democrat states, Democrat-led states. So the numbers themselves are pretty raw and I think people go online and look at them, but the item for item for item, so what in this spend is actually going to help people that have had COVID, and then you get down to the point, no it\u2019s not,\u201d Kelly stated. \u201cIt\u2019s going to go for a lot of other features, a lot of other promises that Speaker Pelosi made and that\u2019s what\u2019s going to come to fruition right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The congressman went on to say the relief package is not free government money and is coming out of taxpayers pockets.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/house-democrats-move-on-h-r-1-for-the-people-act-to-eliminate-voter-id-requirements-remove-gop-congressional-seats\/\">House Democrats Move On H.R.1 \u2018For The People Act\u2019 To Eliminate Voter ID Requirements, Remove GOP Congressional Seats<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MAY 17: U.S. Rep. 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