I guess he’ll have to catch the bus.
Funding for a railroad project near the California district, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who Republicans denounced as wasteful, withdrew Tuesday from President Biden’s COVID-19 stimulus bill. $ 1.9 trillion.
The Senate MP ruled that the $ 140 million approval was not allowed under the so-called Byrd rule, which sets out the policy of unrelated items in budget reconciliation bills.
Republicans pointed to the railroad bill as an example of “pork” unrelated to the bill, which is being attacked by Congress without Republican support through special rules that allow for a simple majority vote in the Senate.
On Tuesday, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) Ridiculed the bill as Pelosi’s “love tunnel” ahead of an early vote on the package later this week.
Representatives of Pelosi, who represents San Francisco, had defended the project, saying the number of passengers for mass transportation fell during the pandemic, making it reasonable to increase government spending.
“The Senate MP has now ruled that the BART extension from San Jose to Santa Clara does not meet the requirements of the Byrd standard because it is part of a pilot project. Therefore, it will be removed from the reconciliation package,” he said. Pelosi’s spokesman, Drew Hammill.
An independent $ 1.5 million allocation will also be withdrawn for the Seaway International Bridge between Massena, New York and Canada, he said.
The Senate MP previously blocked Democrats from including a $ 15-per-hour federal minimum wage hike in the bill.
Hammill advocated the original inclusion of rail funds.
“COVID-19 had an immediate and overwhelming effect on all of our transportation systems and on the millions of transportation and construction-related jobs,” he said.
“As part of the $ 30 billion in public transportation support, the House included $ 1.425 billion to help dozens of major rail transit capital projects, including the BART extension from San Jose to Santa Clara.”