The United States’ House of Representative on Friday night approved President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan after a dramatic day of discord within the Democratic Party.
The plan, which was passed in the Senate in August and had been stuck in the House for months, was approved in a vote of 228-206 and now heads to Biden for his signature. Roll Call Vote
Although the Democrats have a majority in the House, six progressive members of the Democratic caucus voted against the bill while 13 Republicans voted for it.
“The Squad,” a group of high-profile progressive lawmakers, were the only six Democrats to vote against the bill. The group includes Reps. Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley.
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Republicans who voted for the Democrats’ socialist spending bill are the very reason why Americans don’t trust Congress.
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) November 6, 2021
RINOS just passed this wasteful $1.2 trillion dollar “infrastructure” bill.
Pelosi did not have the votes in her party to pass this garbage.
Time to name names and hold these fake republicans accountable.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) November 6, 2021
Vote for this infrastructure bill and I will primary the hell out of you.
— Madison Cawthorn (@CawthornforNC) November 6, 2021
The standoff between Democratic progressives and centrists stems from the differences in their priorities.
The progressives demanded that this infrastructure bill be put to a vote alongside Biden’s $1.75 trillion social spending package after several cuts, something to which the president himself had committed, but the centrists refused.
The standoff has dragged on for months with sustained pressure from the Democratic leadership, the White House and Biden himself on both factions to approve his agenda.
Some analysts have pointed to this chaos as one of the reasons for the Democrats’ losses in the elections on Tuesday, when they lost Virginia’s governor race.
The progressives agreed on Friday to approve the infrastructure plan after extracting a promise from the centrists to support the social spending package in the coming weeks.
Already in the early hours of Saturday, the Democrats seamlessly approved a procedural vote to begin the debate on the social plan.
In a statement, Biden himself urged all members to vote for both bills “tonight.”
The 1.2 trillion plan approved on Friday, which only contemplates about $550 billion in new federal spending, is substantially less than the initial $2.25 trillion package presented by Biden in March.
The package includes more than $110 billion to repair roads, bridges and highways and $66 billion in passenger and freight rail, the largest investment in this sector in 50 years.
The bill also allocates $55 billion for clean drinking water, including funding for replacement of all lead service pipes, and another $65 billion on broadband infrastructure deployment.
It also allocates billions of dollars for port infrastructure and in airports.
The bill also pays attention to the fight against the climate crisis and invests $7.5 billion to create a network of charging stations for electric vehicles in the US, one of Biden’s priorities.
Another $47 billion are allocated to the response to fires, droughts, coastal erosion and heat waves, among others.
This is the largest investment in public infrastructure in the US in years. EFE
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The 13 scum need to be recalled… this is why I will….NEVER…. donate to the RNC. You people that elected these useless, self centered, anti American, Constitutional hating, incompetent, socialist, chunks of excrement …HAVE TO… get it in gear and start the recall keeping the pressure on until the primary challenge is under way.
Kinzinger already announced he won’t be an R anymore. He’s running for governor or senator or president when he decides which office is good enough for his outsized ego.
None of them got my vote.
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Matthew” 7:15-16
“Watch out for false politicians. They come to you in Republican clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious RINO Democrat wolves.
16 By their votes and words you will recognize them
These are the 13 RINO “Republicans” who handed over their voting cards to Nancy Pelosi to pass Joe Biden’s Communist takeover of America via so-called infrastructure Con and Deception.
Katko
Bacon
Van Drew
Young
Upton
Kinzinger
Gonzalez (OH)
Reed
Smith
Gabarino
Malliotakis
Fitzpatrick
McKinley
Vote these RINO’s OUT of office!!
The 13 House RINO Republicans who voted in favor of the
Dishonest, socialist Democrat Party’s $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Con & deception bill are:
• Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon.
• Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.
• New York Rep. Andrew Garbarino.
• Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez.
• New York Rep. John Katko.
• Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger.
• New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.
• West Virginia Rep. David McKinley.
• New York Rep. Tom Reed.
• New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith.
• Michigan Rep. Fred Upton.
• New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew.
• Alaska Rep. Don Young.
Remember these traitorous RINO Democrats during the next election.
Vote these socialist Democrat RINOs OUT of office!!
From what i heard on Fox, 3 of those ALREADY have indicated they are NOT going to seek re-election, so we won’t GET the satisfaction of voting them out..
I stopped donating to the RNC years ago because the Committee has not been loyal to Republican voters. Will the leaders of the RNC hold these 13 frauds culpable? Highly doubt it!
I will never give money to the RNC
Agreed… UPTON is from Michigan…as am I… but not from his district. I sent him nice e-mail (had to l lie about the zip code I’m in for it to go through) Informing him even though I’m not from his district I will be spend every waking moment… every spare penny making SURE he NEVER hols any political office again.
This is why I almost no longer donate. I will not donate to the RNC because they then pass my hard earned money over to R.I.N.O’s like those. I only donate if I can feel it goes to real conservatives, and that is very seldom. You want my money, you need to guarantee not one dime goes into the RNC pool. Glad they came out of their proverbial closets though. Now just get rid of them. They need to be expelled from the party, except that the Republican party seems to be riddled with worthless trash like this.
I honestly think just ‘voting them out’ is NOT ENOUGH of a severe punishment, for these TRAITORS…
yeah.. I agree… but …NOTHING… will … EVER… happen to these scum…. it’s not like they sent out a tweet that offended some people or anything… THAT is unforgivable.
AND that’s what they are counting on. FOLKS THINKING “Nothing will ever be done, so why try”… Making us apathetic…
Which is why i keep saying, IF and when we DO win back control over both the house/senate, AND white house, WE THEN Need to fully gain control over the ENTIRE Dept of justice system, including shutting down the FBI… AND START PROPERLY Holding these traitors to our nation and constitution accountable.. PUBLICLY AND SWIFTLY!
Their last hoorah! When they are voted out in 2022 it will be up to the real Americas representatives to fix all this mess the dems have created. That is if we haven’t been outnumbered by criminals illegals that will be given the right to vote in a country they don’t belong in.
More and more it seems “those coming to the end of their terms, who know they won’t ever get re-elected, are just voting in what manner they can, to PUNISH WE AMERICANS”.
I have long been a proponent for term limits, BUT WHEN I SEE crapolium like this happen, it makes ME wonder, WOULD THAT MAKE THESE RINOS VOTE THIS WAY MORE OFTEN????
also… ya gotta wonder what is in that bill that these self center evil back stabbers have their own money invested in. like I always say… follow the money… it’s apparent there’s no other reason for this kind of trader behavior.
I remember a while back, someone saying Pelosi’s god son or something, OWNS One of those solar companies, that will rake in dosh from one of these bills.. Someone claimed the Brother in law of another senator voting yes on this, was on the board of directors for one of the windmill manufacturing companies… and several others who owned LOTS Of stock…
Whether true or not, it CERTAINLY MAKES ONE easily see WHY THEY voted yes.. TO PADD their bank accounts!
Its probably too late already. McCain and Ryan scuttle the Republican ship in 2017. And the House and Senate RINOs have sold out American freedom and liberty for political peanuts on the phony infrastructure bill. Biden will veto anything the republicans pass after 2022. if they have the guts to pass anything at all.
I fear you are right on that.. WHY IS IT that the dems ALWAYS seem to have the balls to get WHAT THEY WANT passed… No matter how much fight they have to go through to do so. BUT the republicans, seem to always lack the balls??? WHAT EVER happened to the reagan era REAL MEN?
We’re already out numbered. I believe the Democrats and the drug Cartels are one and the same. The Democrats are getting their slice of the action for sure.
No question cement face Pelosi and senile wet pants Joe are in on it along with the human traffickers.
IF they are not working for them, they are at least being PAID by them… That you can be assured of.
Let’s give a big hand for the Republicrats—WOO-HOO !!!!. Once again they show their bi-partisan colors by reaching across the isle—displaying their willingness to compromise America once again. How did we get so lucky to get such a fine bunch of sellouts who demonstrate no allegiance to their Party—no respect nor concern for the American people—and who exhibit a total disregard for the negative impact that will befall the country by their signing on to destructive legislation.
Enjoy yourselves now—you’re out come the mid-terms.
Who needs enemies of the state, when we have so called leaders like these thirteen!
There once ” A Gang Of ( 8 , ) this group of Representatives was made up of ” 4, ” democrats, And , ” 4 ” So- Called Republicans ( Rino ) Representatives . One of these Republicans Representatives stated, ” Elections Have Consequences. ” and thus, We have democrat President, Joe Biden as a results of the last Presential Election, Its true it seems , Elections Do have consequences, and we’re paying for the mistake that we made. The ” Never Trumper” From both parties can suffer the consequences unfortunitely, all of us are paying for the ” Rinos of both political parties blunder that they made.
So extremely disappointing after great progress in VA and other places. These 13 all need to be voted out by their constituents. Traitors, all.
The hogs are at the trough ! The pork bill was passed after months of negotiations and rammed through in the middle of the night.
Far to many of our elected officials in BOTH political parties were more than willing to sell their soul and their country for money, power and votes. If any of these traitors are re-elected the voters in their state are not victims, they are accessories !
Tp comment on ” RockyMtn1776 . ” ” Its The Hog which Can’t Get up to the Trough Which Squeels The Loudest. ” Author Unknown. More and more, It Appears tha the only politicians from both. Parties ” who Squeel The Loudest ” are the politicians ” Who Can’t get up To The Trough . “
Build Back Better was $3.5 Trillion. A modest $1.2 trillion was carved out of this total $4.7 trillion boondoggle. to “pass We The American Patriots Smell Test!” (13 “enabling GOP Senators, and 19 willing GOP House members). So, there are three phases for Build Back Better to unfold: $1.2 Trillion with enough “porkulus” to please every “leftie loon” in these USA (including criminal motorcycle gangs -that’s another story). Later, November 2021 a vote will appear for the $3.5 Trillion “hidden from We The American Patriots” view!!! It’ll have enough “goodies” to satisfy every lawmaker, “politico,” “hare-brained leftie kook” and “hard-core biker” to keep them quiet for the rest of “Let’s Go Brandon’s” First Term. Then the “quietus'” move in the “still-of-the-night” remaining $5 Billion for a grand total of (drum roll please) $5.2 trillion New Dollars added to Federal Deficit. That’s “Let’s Go Brandon’s” first term…and he wants a second term to run a sword thru America’s “mortally wounded” – Bleeding Heart. And (get this) all this largesse goes to Democrat run municipalities, counties, voting districts (D), States and Federally Run Washington D.C. “left-of-center” organizations. Pray. Amen. Read A Bible. KJV. 10 Commandments everywhere. Bible Pods to combat CRT. Pledge of ALLegeance to decimate both CRT and LGBTQ in ALL schools. No, Convention of States! Yes, Contract With America. Amen.
Comment of sotheseedsofliberty2 to ” messup. ” Ifound this Newspaper Article wrote by ” Howie Carr that Appeared ” In The Boston Hearld Jan, 19Th. 2018″ Titled ” The Pearly Gates For Illegal Aliens. ” She was Only Selling ” Illegal Immigrants , Heroin Dealers, The Drivers Licensees could no longer Be Bothered Selling. ” A Route Specifically To The Welfare Office, Where they Could Join Others In Unlawful Acessing “EBT Cards, TANG, Section 8 Housing, Obama Phones, WIC, Mass Health, ETC ” The Registery Of Motor Vehicles Is To Illegal Immigrants What ” Pearly Gates are to Heaven, Once You Get Through , You Never Have To Work Again. “
I wonder if all the idiots read the bill before voting for it ?? I would think NOT. Every bill should be read a loud before any vote takes place.
Of course the idiots, and I mean all, don’t read the bills, they just pass the because the title “ feels” good for the country. I heard this latest one was 2000 pages and needed to be voted on so some members could fly to Europe or wherever on some planned trip, at our expense I might add. Everything these people do is at our expense.
Too bad those Rinos who voted for this bill can’t have their salaries “confiscated” to pay for this thing. Maybe all members should be required to give up their salaries for the cause, but that will ever happen. Only the middle class will foot the bill as always.
” Only The Little People Pay Taxes. ” Said Leona Helmsley. ” The democrat Party says , don’t Worry, The democrat Party Is Looking Out for ” The Little People “
Yea, looking to filch everything you own!
Seems to me I can remember when that was done., but that was back in the old days. I wonder if the dems think that by breaking all those useless spending bills that we will accept better it because it doesn’t look so bad. There’s enough pork in those bills that even the fattest of fat cats will be satisfied. No matter what they say, all this deficit spending will fall on the backs of the middle class taxpayers , as it always does. If we don’t purge all those socialists democrats from our government they will not only bankrupt our country, but they will destroy our constitutional democratic republic. Sad!
The Democraps are never satisfied. They always want more until they finally kill the golden goose and us along with it.
That;s how it SHOULD BE.. BUT YOu can bet NOT ONE Of them actually read a single page.. They had their UNDERLINGS read it, and make a ‘summary page’ for them…
Uniparty Kleptocratic Thugocracy with Republicans being the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the CPUSA aka DemoKrat Partei.
The two parties are now The Government and We The People and we are at war.
Quite aptly put!!
Why didn’t the real Republicans come up with a bill to fix the problems we have in this country? Many of our roads are awful, some areas of the country can’t access the internet, many airports need upgrades,etc. . The people in this country that pay taxes should be able to have a country that is doing what is needed. Will the real leaders stand up?
Are you kidding? America is dead. It will soon be on the scrap heap of history. The Democrats have the political will and power to stop any bill they don’t like. The Republicans could have 100 bills and their would never even be a vote. Pelosi and the Democraps would smother any attempt to revive liberty and economic freedom.
Not my original idea; however, I’ve heard an excellent suggestion that all bills submitted for votes must be written out by hand. This should prevent bills containing THOUSANDS of pages. And there has to be some sort of provision that would require each and every bill to be read by the representative voting on the bill. I would venture a guess that one could cite many different random passages from any of these recent “monster” bills (including Obamacare) and the odds are that most members of Congress would probably be hearing that passage for the very first time.
I’m surprised Liz Cheney isn’t on the list. the green pork deal. I guess she figured she could sit this one out. Enough Republicans had already betrayed their oath of office.
sold us out again sounds like 13 rinos got paid for that vote.
nothing will ever change with trash like them in office.
After watching that vote, i almost lost my voice, screaming at my TV screen.. They are lucky, mutant powers don’t exist, as i would have loved to have done to them, what Apocalypse did to those 7 workers, in that metal shop, where Magneto went to ‘get revenge’….
Tbese ” Rino ” Republicans, Think The voters will forget what they did in voting for Biden”s democrat legislation and they will continue living off the tax payer’s, maybe not this time when gas costs more, the grocery shelves are empty and they’re cold.