Odd couple alert: Bernie Sanders and Josh Hawley on Senate floor speaking in support of their bill to provide another round of $1200 stimulus checks
Is Josh Hawley now a...Bernie Bro?
Folks...
Hawley says he won’t hold up the CR over stimulus checks. Sanders, however, is threatening to do so
“They can blame me for whatever they want but people back home by the millions are going to be blaming this Congress for inaction, for leaving their children to go hungry,” Bernie says of his CR threat
For the record, Josh Hawley did not seem to agree with me when I asked if one can now consider him a 'Bernie Bro'
Hawley said he wouldn't object to passage of the CR tomorrow, vowing to fight for a vote to provide another round of stimulus checks next week
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Murphy: "What if 2024 comes down to just one state? It’s a lot easier to steal just one state…what if these same people who support the Texas lawsuit decide there’s no way they won our state so let’s just throw out the result and choose a Republican?"
Murphy: "If that happens our country isn't a democracy. The American experiment is over. That's why this moment is so frightening no matter whether it's successful...that's why more than a handful of Republicans need to stand up right now"
"Don't just assume this system is going to be around for another 200 years...it's just a series of choices that we make. The Constitution itself is not strong enough, not durable enough, without all of us making a choice ...that we accept a result," Murphy adds
Blumenthal says he wouldn’t support a waiver for Gen. Lloyd Austin to serve as Defense sec
“I have a lot of respect and admiration got Gen. Austin...but I believe that a waiver for the 7 year rule would contravene the basic principle that there should be civilian control of non political military,” Blumenthal says
Asked about a waiver for Gen. Austin, Bernie Sanders talks about need for more stimulus checks
Wow. Ted Cruz issues statement calling on the Supreme Court to hear GOP appeal seeking to throw out Pennsylvania election results — the first senator, I believe, to do so. (Toomey has said it’s not a strong case) cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_relea…
“Ordinarily, the U.S. Supreme Court would stay out of election disputes, especially concerning state law. But these are not ordinary times,” Cruz, a member of Bush’s legal team in 2000, says in the statement
The PA Supreme Court ruled unanimously against the GOP lawsuit, saying it would disenfranchise nearly *7 million* voters.
Bipartisan COVID bill framework from the Talking Stick Gang (Manchin, Collins, Romney, Warner, Murkowski, Cassidy) being unveiled this morning:
This is roughly the same price tag as the $1T bill McConnell rolled out in July that his members tore apart. Unlike that bill, however, it doesn’t include another round of stimulus checks. But it does offer slightly higher weekly unemployment benefit — $300.
Romney says half the money in the new bipartisan COVID bill is repurposed from unspent funds from CARES Act. Only $380B in new spending