So, back to procedure, McConnell got the vote, 80-12 to invoke cloture to move to the veto override, and then did just that, apparently because Senate Democrats agreed to not force the Senate to wait 30 hours under cloture for the bill to “ripen,” and all hang around until Sunday to take the final vote. They overrode Trump’s veto, 81-13. Happy New Year, asshole.
The $2,000 survival checks are dead, killed by McConnell. The only way they are revived is with the election of Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in Georgia on Tuesday and a new Democratic majority in the Senate. Until then, here’s Sanders’ argument to Republicans on how hypocritical it is for them to oppose helping Americans.
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