AOC: This week in Congress

[Dem4Life1102]

Link to tweet

[demtenjeep]

1. hahaha

that is perfect

[Dagstead Bumwood]

2. And even then someone had to help them with the "big" words. n/t

[Blasphemer]

3. It was more likley one of the soon to be out of print Dr. Seuss books. nt

[sheshe2]

4. AOC, Ilhan Omar, And Other Progressives Continue Criticism Of Senate's modified $1.9 trillion stimul

Now they like it according to your tweet.

Progressives decried the Senate's modifications to the $1.9 trillion relief package.
"This is not the promise that we made," Rep. Ilhan Omar said on CNN.

Progressive lawmakers such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Ilhan Omar this weekend pointed out what they saw as shortcomings in the Senate's revised COVID-19 relief bill, including the removal of a federal minimum wage hike to $15 per hour.

The $1.9 trillion package approved by the Senate on Saturday would provide essential aid, but didn't go far enough, they said.

"We remain extremely disappointed that the minimum wage bill was not included. The minimum wage remains essential policy and we must deliver on this issue," the Congressional Progressive Caucus said in a statement.


https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/aoc-ilhan-omar-and-other-progressives-continue-criticism-of-senates-modified-1-9-trillion-stimulus-package/articleshow/81378354.cms

You can't always get what you want the moment you want it. It doesn't mean we can't stop working for it. Yet you don't derail a whole bill that will give aid to millions of suffering men women and children in the midst of a pandemic. It did not have the votes, It never had the votes and everyone knew that. It can be addressed later after we morn the millions dead since 15 per hour doesn't mean all that much to them now.

[Dem4Life1102]

5. Yet they voted for the final bill and didn't do this

[sheshe2]

6. I don't even remember who that was... It wasn't very professional of her.

I do agree wholeheartedly that the minimum wage should be $15. we need to win the primaries coming up and winning larger majorities in both the House and Senate can get it done.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Sen Sinema, D-AZ...

[sheshe2]

9. Thanks.

Too much happening all at once I can’t keep up.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

8. Yeah. They voted for it but wanted more.

Why is it bad for them to say that we could have done better. We could have. Any any concessions we made to bring the Republicans on board brought exactly ZERO Republicans on board. So, we certainly could have done better.

[Wounded Bear]

10. I'm fine with some constructive criticism from people who supported the final bill...

Hey, I agree about the minimum wage thing, but it wouldn't fly in the Senate. So Dems said, well, too bad about that. Let's get this bill through to help people and work on the things we didn't get yet.

Talk is cheap, votes are what matter. They helped push the bill across the line, regardless of it's flaws.