If the news media had a shred of integrity, they’d ask every single Senator who votes yes if they’d read it in full
Democrats Plan Saturday Vote On Inflation Reduction Act
Senate Democrats plan to hold a procedural vote Saturday on their major domestic policy bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday.
If all 50 Senate Democrats vote to advance the measure, the soonest the bill could get a final vote is early next week. (snip)
But Democrats have yet to secure the support of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), who is reportedly pushing to make changes, including eliminating a provision that would tighten a tax loophole associated with hedge fund managers and private equity executives.
Sinema declined to speak to reporters Thursday. She was spotted deep in conversation on the Senate floor with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who largely wrote the bill in secret negotiations with Schumer.
And it is still rather secret. This is what the Democrats are saying is the text of the bill that will replace the bill that replaced the bill, which is formally known as H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better bill. As of the time of writing this, the alternate text is not available at the official Congressional legislative website. So, hasn’t been scored, hasn’t been available for citizens to officially read, nor for Senators to read.
Remember this?
This is why Congress needs time to actually read this package before voting on it.
Members of Congress have not read this bill. It’s over 5000 pages, arrived at 2pm today, and we are told to expect a vote on it in 2 hours.
This isn’t governance. It’s hostage-taking. https://t.co/JpBbEHHkVG
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 21, 2020
Well, Democrats are Very Upset over Lauren Boebert saying the same thing.
Democrats being outraged that I’m pushing to force a five-day period for legislators to actually read legislation before they pass it tells you everything you need to know about how they think government should work.
Know what’s in the bill BEFORE passing it. Pretty simple.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) July 29, 2022
