More Democrats admit there is a pointless spending on the $ 1.9 trillion COVID relief bill passed by the Senate over the weekend. As we have reported, only 9 percent of the legislation appears to be aimed at actual health spending by COVID. The rest, as Republican Party leader Kevin McCarthy demonstrated, is reserved for progressive special interests.
How can you explain the $ 100 million saved for the fast traffic system in the San Francisco Bay Area?
Dear Democrats:
Stop calling it the “COVID Relief” plan. A better name would be “The Hairy Payoff”. pic.twitter.com/YLEwvbakJE
– Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) February 25, 2021
Increasingly, Democrats can’t explain it. In a debate with Kevin O’Leary of “Shark Tank” on Tuesday on CNBC, Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) agreed that there is “some waste” in the bill.
“There is waste inside, there is no doubt that there is waste,” Suozzi said. He just disagreed about the amount of waste.
“It’s less than $ 100 billion in waste, it’s a lot less,” he said.
I WILL SEE:
Democratic Congressman Tom Souzzi admits there is a waste on the Democrats’ wish list:
“There is waste, there is no doubt that there is waste.” pic.twitter.com/7TaTOc0ny8
– Mark Bednar (@MarkBednar) March 9, 2021
“I wish the $ 1,400 stimulus checks were aimed more at people and less money at people who are actually working right now,” Suozzi added.
He’s not the only Democrat who has suspicions about the bill. He’s not even the only Democrat in New York. Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) told CNN that “there will be a line that will probably be a little embarrassing.” He said he “doesn’t feel comfortable” with that.
Two House Democrats voted with Republicans against the U.S. bailout plan, including Rep. Jared Golden (ME). He explained why.
“In difficult times, the country needs its elected leaders to work together to meet the most urgent needs of its communities. This bill addresses urgent needs and buries them under a mountain of unnecessary or inopportune spending,” he said. congressman in a statement. “By reviewing the bill in its entirety, less than 20 percent of total spending addresses COVID’s core challenges that are immediately urgent: funding for the distribution and testing of vaccines and federal unemployment programs. “I wholeheartedly support these parts of the bill and I think we should do more for the people most affected by the pandemic if we continue to expand unemployment programs until economic indicators show that they are no longer needed.”
The House will vote Wednesday morning on the bill passed by the Senate.