This must be one of the biggest wastes of time I’ve ever seen in Congress. Why take the time and effort to do all of this?
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The GOP is trying to slow down passage of the bill so it doesn’t pass until after March 14, because that’s the date when unemployment insurance programs from the previous COVID relief bills expire and many millions of people will come off unemployment assistance provided by the last bill, causing economic havoc and widespread suffering under Biden’s watch.
One step is they can force the bill to be read out loud, sucking up about a day of time.
That’s the point of this. It’s an intentional slow down. That’s all there is to it. They have also stated they plan to continuously offer amendments that need to be voted on, non stop, as another delaying method after they finish reading the bill.
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