House Passes $819 Billion Stimulus Bill
The vote was 244 to 188, with no Republicans supporting the bill. Repeat: Zero Republicans voted for the bill. That, of course, means that all the efforts
Jul 31, 2020323 Shares322.8K Views
The vote was 244 to 188, with no Republicans supporting the bill.
Repeat: Zero Republicans voted for the bill.
That, of course, means that all the efforts of President Barack Obama to reach out to Republicans — the trips to the Capitol, the invitations to the White House, the lunches with GOP leaders, the dinners with GOP pundits, the decision to cut out controversial bankruptcyand reproductive-healthprovisions and particularly the much-more-than-symbolic gesture of including $275 billion in tax rebates — were for naught.
For a president who campaigned on a platform of business-as-unusual bipartisan cooperation, it must be a hard blow.
A noble goal? Sure.
Still, who ever thought that it was a goal that Republicans shared?
(Right — no one.)
After today, the White House won’t either.
Hajra Shannon
Reviewer
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