GOP Senators plan infinity vote-a-rama for Covid bill
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$1.9T ‘TIL INFINITY: Senate Democrats are on the verge of passing President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, with GOP leaders urging their members to unanimously oppose it. But Republicans are still debating how painful to make things for Democrats.
The Senate GOP is discussing whether to drag out the “vote-a-rama” of unlimited amendments overnight, likely on Thursday.
“I’m hoping for infinity. There are people talking about trying to set up a schedule and having it go on and on,” said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
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Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Wednesday knocked Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) proposal for a 9/11-style commission to investigate the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, saying she is setting the panel up to be partisan.
As more and more rioters are arrested and charged for their participation in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, some are mounting a new defense. At least 29 rioters facing charges claim the police let them into the building, so they were unaware they were doing anything illegal, ABC News is reporting.
One of those rioters, Christopher Grider of Texas, is being represented by attorney Thomas Mayr as he fights multiple charges, including disorderly conduct and violent entry. Mayr said his client “went through an open door.”
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 6: FBI and ATF law enforcement push out supporters of US President Donald Trump as they protested inside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. – Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)
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