{"id":190103,"date":"2021-03-04T17:29:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190103"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:29:34","slug":"gop-lawmaker-threatens-to-force-clerks-to-read-entire-1-9-trillion-covid-relief-bill-aloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-threatens-to-force-clerks-to-read-entire-1-9-trillion-covid-relief-bill-aloud\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmaker Threatens To Force Clerks To Read Entire $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill Aloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fgop-lawmaker-threatens-to-force-clerks-to-read-entire-1-9-trillion-covid-relief-bill-aloud%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=190103&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/paper-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is threatening to force Senate clerks to read every word in the nearly 600-page $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus relief package before a vote can take place.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers can ask clerks to read entire bills before votes, but it\u2019s rarely done with legislation that long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to make the Senate clerk read the Democrats\u2019 $1.9 trillion bill. All several hundred pages of it,\u201d Johnson wrote on Twitter. \u201cThen I\u2019m going to offer amendments. Many amendments. We need to highlight the abuse. This is not a COVID relief bill. It\u2019s a boondoggle for Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m going to make the Senate clerk read the Democrats\u2019 $1.9 trillion bill. All several hundred pages of it.<\/p>\n<p>Then I\u2019m going to offer amendments. Many amendments.<\/p>\n<p>We need to highlight the abuse.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a COVID relief bill.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a boondoggle for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRonJohnson\/status\/1367239364774932483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSince more than 90% of this \u2018COVID relief\u2019 bill is not even related to COVID, I think we need a full reading of the bill. Yes, it could take 10 hours but the American people deserve to know what\u2019s in it,\u201d he also tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans say the legislation includes billions of dollars in wasteful spending unrelated to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe swamp is back,\u201d House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said during debate on the House floor. \u201cAlmost every one of this bill\u2019s 592 pages includes a liberal pipe dream that predates the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really going to continue to hammer on all the nonsense that\u2019s non-COVID related that has been packed into this Democratic wish list,\u201d said Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA). \u201cI think you\u2019re going to see a lot of amendments coming from our members, and they\u2019re going to be good, solid amendments \u2014 trying to decrease some of the line-item funding that you see in non-COVID items as well as trying to make more sensible adjustments to the rest of the package.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden supports the latest bill and on Wednesday rallied lawmakers during a virtual speech to House Democrats holding their annual issues conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaying unified as we complete this process to pass the American Rescue Plan won\u2019t just make a difference in our fight against COVID-19 and our efforts to rebuild the economy, it will also show the American people we are capable of coming together for what matters most to them,\u201d he said. \u201cThey have lost faith in government. This is a time to reestablish that faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good policy and it\u2019s good politics,\u201d he said of the package.<\/p>\n<p>The latest proposal by Senate Democrats would lower the income cap for COVID-19 stimulus checks and would leave out nearly 12 million Americans, <a href=\"https:\/\/itep.org\/new-estimates-on-senates-slightly-revised-cash-payment\/\">according<\/a> to a new analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Under the latest proposal, individuals earning up to $75,000 per year would receive $1,400 checks, but the payments would decline sharply up to $80,000, where they would phase out completely.<\/p>\n<p>About 200 million Americans would get the stimulus checks under the new Senate plan, which is 11.8 million fewer than a relief bill passed by the House last week, according to estimates from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. That bill sets a $100,000 income cap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate bill would benefit 86 percent of adults and 85 percent of children, compared to 91 percent of adults and 90 percent of children under the House-passed bill. But among the bottom 60 percent of Americans, those who most need help, both versions of the proposal would benefit 100 percent of adults and children,\u201d the Institute said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cash payments in the Senate proposal would phase out for those with income exceeding $75,000 in the case of singles, $112,500 in the case of single parents, and $150,000 in the case of married couples\u2013just as in the House-passed bill. However, the Senate Democrats propose to phase out the payments at a steeper rate. For example, the Senate version would phase the cash payments out entirely for singles with $80,000 of income, compared to $100,000 of income under the House-passed bill,\u201d according to the analysis.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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