{"id":596048,"date":"2021-07-18T13:35:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T17:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=596048"},"modified":"2021-07-18T13:35:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T17:35:25","slug":"start-debate-on-what-rob-portman-slams-chuck-schumers-arbitrary-deadline-to-debate-infrastructure-bill-that-isnt-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/start-debate-on-what-rob-portman-slams-chuck-schumers-arbitrary-deadline-to-debate-infrastructure-bill-that-isnt-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Start Debate On What?\u2019 Rob Portman Slams Chuck Schumer\u2019s \u2018Arbitrary Deadline\u2019 To Debate Infrastructure Bill That Isn\u2019t Finished"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fstart-debate-on-what-rob-portman-slams-chuck-schumers-arbitrary-deadline-to-debate-infrastructure-bill-that-isnt-finished%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=596048&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\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-18-at-11.29.02-AM-e1626627486595.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Ohio Sen. Rob Portman said Sunday that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was calling for a cloture vote on a bill that wasn\u2019t finished.<\/p>\n<p>Portman spoke with CNN anchor Dana Bash on \u201cState of the Union\u201d about continued negotiations on infrastructure, and he argued that Schumer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/infrastructure-bill-2021-chuck-schumer-cloture-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wednesday deadline<\/a> for a cloture vote was \u201carbitrary.\u201d <strong><a class=\"text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/14\/mitch-mcconnell-rips-democrats-3-trillion-budget-deal-infrastructure-reconciliation-package\/\">(RELATED: \u2018Wildly Out Of Proportion\u2019 \u2014 McConnell Rips Democrats $3.5 Trillion Deal On Infrastructure Package)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou say that Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, is trying to give an arbitrary deadline,\u201d Bash began, arguing that Schumer was only calling for the Senate to begin debating. \u201cHe\u2019s not saying let\u2019s have a final vote on a bill. So what\u2019s wrong with that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStart debate on what? We don\u2019t have a product yet. We won\u2019t have a product until we can finish negotiations,\u201d Portman said, arguing that Schumer was attempting to push forward without first allowing the committees to do their work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to get it right. It\u2019s not too much to ask that we have the time to do that. Again, I was on with the White House last night, negotiating the final details,\u201d Portman concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s important to get it done because, you know, it\u2019s an urgent matter. We ought not to have an arbitrary deadline forcing this process. We ought to be sure that we\u2019re doing it in a way that ends up with the best product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Louisiana Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/14\/bill-cassidy-biden-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Cassidy<\/a> made a similar argument to anchor Chris Wallace on \u201cFox News Sunday,\u201d saying that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/14\/democrats-chuck-schumer-bernie-sanders-infrastructure-budget-reconciliation-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schumer<\/a> was attempting to skip over the negotiation process in order to vote away the possibility of a filibuster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can I vote for cloture when the bill isn\u2019t written?\u201d Cassidy asked. \u201cUnless you want program failure, unless Senator Schumer doesn\u2019t want this to happen, you need a little bit more time to get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy went on to say that if Senate leadership and the White House worked together, he believed they could get to an agreement \u2014 they just needed more time and some cooperation from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t know how you have a cloture vote when you don\u2019t have the bill written,\u201d Cassidy continued, saying that Schumer was asking Republicans to vote on things that Democrats had not cooperated on. \u201cI have to kind of get my mind around how do we vote on something which not yet written as we try and get it right. We can get it done but if they refuse to cooperate on the pay-fors, it\u2019s not going to pass. They know that, and so again, how do pass \u2014 how do you vote for cloture on something that is not yet ready? I just don\u2019t know how to answer that question, Chris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy concluded that if Democrats cooperated, the bill could potentially be ready for a vote by Schumer\u2019s deadline \u2014 but he did not see how Republicans would be prepared to vote without first finishing negotiations on how to pay for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Ohio Sen. 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