More Democrats concede that wasteful spending on the $ 1.9 billion COVID bill passed by the Senate over the weekend is being spent. As we report, it appears that only 9 percent of the legislation is directed at actual COVID health spending. The rest, as GOP leader Kevin McCarthy demonstrated, are stored for progressive special interests.
How else can one explain the $ 100 million saved for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system?
Dear Democrats:
Stop calling it a plan ‘COVID Relief’. A better name would be ‘The Pelosi Payoff’. pic.twitter.com/YLEwvbakJE
– Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) 25 February 2021
Democrats are increasingly unable to explain it. In a debate with Kevin O’Leary, ‘Shark Tank’ on CNBC, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) agrees that there is a “waste” in the bill.
“There’s some waste there, there’s no doubt there’s some waste in there,” Suozzi said. He just did not agree on how much waste.
“It’s less than $ 100 billion in waste, it’s a lot less,” he said.
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Democratic Congressman Tom Souzzi admits there has been a mess in the Democrats’ bill:
“There’s some rubbish in there, there’s no doubt there’s some rubbish in there.” pic.twitter.com/7TaTOc0ny8
– Mark Bednar (@MarkBednar) March 9, 2021
“I would like to see that the $ 1,400 stimulus checks are more targeted at people, and that less money goes to people who work now,” Suozzi added.
He is not the only Democrat who doubts the bill. He’s not even the only New York Democrat. Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) told CNN that “there will be one line that is likely to be somewhat embarrassing.” He said he is not comfortable with it.
Two House Democrats, along with Republicans, voted against the U.S. bailout plan, including Representative Jared Golden (ME). He explained why.
“In difficult times, the country needs its elected leaders to work together to meet the most urgent needs in their communities. This bill addresses urgent needs and then buries them under a mountain of unnecessary or untimely spending,” the congressman said. said in a statement. . “When reviewing the bill in its entirety, less than 20 percent of total spending addresses core COVID challenges that are immediately urgent: funding for vaccine distribution and testing and federal unemployment programs. I wholeheartedly support these sections of the bill. and believes we need to do more for the people hardest hit by the pandemic by continuing to expand unemployment programs until economic indicators show that it is no longer needed. ‘
The House will vote Wednesday morning on the Senate bill.