Just The News: Members of the so-called “Squad” of progressive lawmakers nearly took down a bill backed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that provides $1.9 billion in supplemental security funding at the U.S. Capitol following the Jan. 6 riot.
Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Cori Bush of Missouri and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, voted against the bill, while New York Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman and Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan did not take a position on the bill and voted present.
Two GOP members did not cast a recorded vote, and every other Republican opposed the bill. It narrowly passed 213-212. A tied vote in the House means that the measure fails.
Following the passage of the bill, Omar said, “I am frankly tired of any time where there is a failure in our system of policing, the first response is for us to give them more money.”
Pressley, Bush and Omar released a joint statement that outlined their objection to the legislation. more
Who were the 2 republican turncoats?
Man, they can’t do anything right.
…it’s fun, but it won’t slow them down. It’s more like this…
(Frodo and Sam in Mordor see two Orcs argue over tracking them, then one shoots the other in the eye and runs off)
“For a while the hobbits sat in silence. At length Sam stirred. ‘Well I call that neat as neat,’ he said. ‘If this nice friendliness would spread about in Mordor, half our trouble would be over.’
‘Quietly, Sam,’ Frodo whispered. ‘There may be others about. We have evidently had a very narrow escape, and the hunt was hotter on our tracks than we guessed. But that is the spirit of Mordor, Sam; and it has spread to every corner of it. Orcs have always behaved like that, or so all tales say, when they are on their own. But you can’t get much hope out of it. They hate us far more, altogether and all the time. If those two had seen us, they would have dropped all their quarrel until we were dead.’”
-JRR Tolkien, “The Return of the King”
…unlike Republicans, Democrats never forget that their TRUE enemy is US.
They WILL destroy each other eventually, but it’s like Sunnis and Shi’ites, they’ll still prioritize blowing US up FIRST…
The votes for passing the bill were there before it ever hit the floor. There are very few surprises. The “squad” can still claim they support the police.
^^^ should say they support defunding the police.
The rino said he “forgot” to vote, no big deal.
Stupid Nancy thought she could actually corral these unhinged lunatics and weaponize them against the opposition. Another example of the addled fools superior political instincts.
There should be no voting ‘present’. Have a position and cast a vote. That is what you are being paid for.
If I couldn’t vote Yea or Nay I’d say: “I fart in your general direction. Please consider it my personal contribution to the Greenhouse Effect!”
“Whenever there is a failure, our first response is to throw money at it”.
Like education?
I swear if Omar did not hate America, she’d be conservative.