Lone GOP congressman delays House coronavirus relief bill from moving to Senate

[question everything]

Source: NBC News

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, is holding up the House-passed coronavirus relief bill and preventing it from being delivered to the Senate for a vote. The House was expected to make technical corrections Monday to the bipartisan measure, passed by the House early Saturday, but Gohmert is insisting on reading them, a Democratic leadership aide confirmed to NBC News on Monday.

The technical corrections package has not yet been finalized and the House wants to pass it by unanimous consent because the House is on recess this week. If one member stands in opposition, the House can’t send the bill to the Senate without bringing the entire House back from their districts to Washington for a vote. The Senate is in session this week, but schedules have been fluid because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Gohmert was among 40 Republicans who voted against the bill that overwhelmingly passed the House on Saturday and was endorsed by President Donald Trump. In a statement explaining his vote, the Texas Republican praised how Trump had negotiated the package but said, "This crucial bill was not even given the normal amount of time to debate it on the House floor."


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[snort]

1. Bless his misshapen noggin.

[wolfie001]

19. I'm praying that.....

....the Giant Spaghetti Monster strikes him dead soon! So sad

[Dustlawyer]

28. Add my Texas Congressman, Randy Weber, to the list.

This oil industry POS voted against the relief bill and never holds town halls (in non-virus times). His only mandate comes from his big oil industry donors.

I sent him an email telling him of all of the voters I am going to register in our blue areas of the community. I called him out for his protecting corporations as if they were his only constituents.

Please feel free to call his office (409)-835-0108 or [phone].

[JudyM]

29. Excellent that you did that, Dustlawyer.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. He and his buddies are up for re-election in a few months...

do we have the resources to pound these useless assholes in November?

[underpants]

5. Other than some bombs no

Gohmert is safe and must reflect the fucking morons he represents

Sorry I editorialized there a bit.

[yellowdogintexas]

42. I met his opponent at the TDW state convention in February

He is a down to earth, gun totin', hat wearin' big guy who looks like the people who will vote there. He is a lifelog Democrat and is just the opponent to go against Loony Louie

A little more conservative than I'd normally support but he could give Louie a run for his money.
Also a very nice man

[Hoyt]

3. House needs to change that rule if possible, after kicking Gohmert's rear.

[question everything]

36. Certainly when a president declares a state of emergency

[ashredux]

4. Oh My God....he is an certifiable idiot....this is not hyperbole

[left-of-center2012]

6. "not even given the normal amount of time to debate it"

How much time does he want?

[Dios Mio]

33. What

is there to debate? Jeez h Christ people are suffering. Where did this species come from?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

43. He obviously is not directly affected by the coronavirus.

He continues to draw his $174,000 salary whether he's in his Senate office or at home having a drink. Since there isn't any testing to speak of, he's able to put his head in the sand (or up his ass) about the effects the disease is having on his constituents' health, or their livelihood. "Nobody I know has it," he probably says to his friends. Like many in the GOP he just wants power, and what better way to demonstrate how powerful you are than by single-handedly stopping a major piece of legislation.

Moscow Mitch is currently doing the same thing in the Senate. You'd think there's not a life-and-death crisis out here.

[RobertDevereaux]

7. No hope for my wish coming true, but...

All US reps are up for a crushing defeat every two years including this November. Texans, kindly dropkick this murderous motherfucker down the electoral well.

[walkingman]

8. As a Texan I can tell you without a doubt that Gohmert is a friggin idiot. He represents the Tyler

area which is the epicenter of Religious nuts and right-wing buffoons (although that would apply to a lot of Texas). As a native Texan I have just about enough of this ignorance. Canada is looking better and better....something I have not thought of since the Vietnam War.

[Lonestarblue]

9. Gohmert is considered normal in Tyler.

The rest of us see him for the ethically challenged, pea-brained idiot he is. He’ll be reelected in a landslide in conspiracy loving, low-information Tyler.

[cstanleytech]

10. If I had the financial ability I would have left to go either there or

New Zealand long ago.
Unfortunately I am trapped here in Georgia with no viable escape route except via a coffin *sigh*

[yaesu]

12. same here, few countries will take Americans and I can't really blame them. nt

[cstanleytech]

13. Oh a lot it appears are willing to accept Americans but you need $$$ and or to have a needed

job skill like having a medical degree.

[cab67]

16. I went to grad school in Austin.

I developed a very high opinion of Texans during my 8 years there. (Two graduate degrees - not just one that plodded along.)

Gohmert is doing more than any other to rip that reputation to shreds. If I were in his district, I wouldn't say so publicly.

[walkingman]

20. I live in the Austin area and agree. Although it is not like it used to be it is still a great place

when compared to most places in Texas. However, most of the urban areas are totally different from rural Texas. But because we are so gerrymandered these days most of our leadership and State legislature does not reflect population of Texas (with the possible exception of Ft. Worth). I am sick and tired of the Bush/Perry/ Abbott leadership that is such a downer. BTW - Nice to hear from a UT grad.

Peace and Love!!

[Dios Mio]

34. I am from south

Texas and didn’t know about east Texas. I sent my son to play soccer at UT Tyler. It ended badly. Boy was I dumb.

[TexasBushwhacker]

40. Klan central too n/t

[yaesu]

11. Now, I know them wall street banksters that flooded his campaign with money are now crying

Why Did We help Elect Those Idiots!

[cstanleytech]

14. I wonder how many will be testing the theory of gravity by jumping from a high building.

[cab67]

15. He is the most ignorant member of Congress.

[cstanleytech]

17. True but he has alot of Republicans in Congress that are gaining on him.

[JohnnyRingo]

18. What kind of person votes for Gohmert?

It's enough to ask why no one more qualified runs in that district on a GOP ticket, but Gohmert is the laughing stock of the US House of Reps. Do the voters in East Texas enjoy sending an idiot to represent them? Are they punking the rest of us?

[Progressive Jones]

24. It's a district with 3 small towns and 600K people. The middle of the middle of nowhere. nt

[JohnnyRingo]

32. All districts are supposed to have 600k population.

But Gohmert's must be carefully gerrymandered to have only people who never evolved beyond the Bronze Age. To their credit, I'm sure they can start a fire and many probably wear shoes.

[TexasBushwhacker]

41. 50% rural and the median household income is $50K

Nacodoches is also in his district and it's a college town, a pretty nice one at that.

[Progressive Jones]

45. What makes a character like Gohmert popular there? nt

[TexasBushwhacker]

48. Very evangelical, very racist

East Texas, which includes Gohmert's district (1) and Steve Stockman's old district (36) is pretty much Klan central in the small towns. Gohmert's district is just north of Jasper.

If Jasper sounds familiar, it's where 3 white supremacists dragged a black man, James Byrd Jr, behind their truck until there was nothing left but his torso, which they dumped in front of the an African American Church. It was in 1998. His murder and the murder of Matthew Shephard lead to the federal hate crime law. 2 of his killers received the death penalty.

[ffr]

21. I fucking hate republicans more by the minute. They are unAmercian!

[beachbumbob]

22. lol, GOP really wants to pay a heavy price come november

[aggiesal]

23. People are going to die, because of this wait ...

I'm sure Gomer Pyle Gohmert doesn't really care about that.

[efhmc]

25. We don't have a "normal amount of time", you evil idiot.

[BlueIdaho]

26. Dear America - Please send all complaint letters to...

Louie the Louse.

[Girard442]

27. Complete and total bullshit. No way Gohmert could do this if he didn't have lots of support.

If all the powerful R's truly stood against him, they'd make hin an offer he couldn't refuse.

[bronxiteforever]

30. Kick and recommend for visibility of this evil clown

[lapfog_1]

31. build the wall! build the wall!

just make sure to put Texas (or Tejas) on the other side from the rest of us.

Seriously, the Mexicans kicked Texas butt at the Alamo... we should sue for peace and, as part of the settlement, give all of Texas back to Mexico.

well... I'm joking... but can we somehow get rid of the single stupidest person in Congress before he kills a lot of innocent people and make millions of the soon to be unemployed homeless too.

[rurallib]

35. He ought to be charged with attempted murder

and thrown in the hoosegow.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

37. One of the stupidest people in all of Congress

[treestar]

38. so if even the Dotard agrees to it

then why do the Republicans have to block it?

[marble falls]

39. "This crucial bill was not even given the normal amount of time to debate it on the House floor." ..

Because its a crucial emergency bill that has the backing of a very stable genius.

This kind of petty procedural crap is a lot more crazy than the filibuster is.

[Demonaut]

44. he is an embarrassment to the veteran community

[traladeda]

46. buying Mitch time

He did it to buy Moscow Mitch more time to contact older judges and encourage them to retire now so they can continue stacking the judiciary.

[cannabis_flower]

47. I hope

He gets the coronavirus. He's been exposed to it.