.@SenToddYoung and @SenTomCotton filed an amendment to the Democrats budget to ensure taxpayer-funded economic impact checks aren t sent to illegal immigrants.
Believe it or not, 42 Senate Democrats voted against it. Senate Republicans (@SenateGOP) February 4, 2021
Two vulnerable Senators up for reelection on the 2022 map sided with illegal immigrants, however. Sens. Raphael Warnock (GA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) voted against the measure as their reelection cycle heats up. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) took a swing at the pair of vulnerable lawmakers following the vote, deeming them “too extreme” for the upper chamber.
“Any Democrat who votes to send taxpayer-funded checks to illegal immigrants is too extreme for the U.S. Senate. Radical Democrats do not care about American families and small businesses, choosing instead to use their hard-earned tax dollars to fund checks for illegal immigrants, NRSC spokeswoman Katharine Cooksey said after th