SALT LAKE CITY Utah Sen. Mike Lee didn t shout praises or make the air with music ring over the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, but he did invoke a popular Latter-day Saint hymn to express his discouragement for what he calls a monstrosity.
The Senate narrowly approved President Joe Biden s American Rescue Plan on Saturday along party lines with some changes that sent it back to the House. Lee and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, voted against the bill.
House Democrats are expected to pass the final version Tuesday. All four of Utah s Republican congressmen voted against the bill the first time, and their positions haven t changed.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, walks on Capitol Hill as the Senate works to complete the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, in Washington, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Lee cited the Latter-day Saint hymn “Come, Come, Ye Saints” in expressing his opposition to the bill.
J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
Utah Sen. Mike Lee didn’t shout praises or make the air with music ring over the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, but he did invoke a popular Latter-day Saint hymn to express his discouragement for what he calls a “monstrosity.”
The Senate narrowly approved President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan on Saturday along party lines with some changes that sent it back to the House. Lee and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, voted against the bill.
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Update: please don t call your local senator. Amendment 256 has been shelved for the time being. We re keeping this article up as representatives from DSPA predict that Senator Mike Lee will make another attempt to pass this bill in the near futre.
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