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Rep. Ted Budd Votes No on Omnibus/COVID Spending Bill

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By: Ted Budd
By: Ted Budd
Date: Dec. 21, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) released the following statement after voting against the Omnibus/COVID spending bill:

"I wish I could have voted for a targeted COVID relief bill several months ago. We need to end economic lockdowns and support small businesses and their workers. But this package is a classic Washington shakedown game, and I'm not playing it."

"Instead of going through the normal legislative process to pass a targeted COVID relief package, a handful of Congressional leaders emerged from their backroom with a trillion-dollar package that had to be attached to another multi-trillion-dollar spending bill in order to pass. There was no real debate, no amendments, and no time to comprehend a 5,593-page spending package that represents one of the largest spending bills in U.S. history. That's no way to run our government."


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