by Anura Guruge
on June 20, 2021

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Just not used to seeing anything of import getting through the Senate, in a long time, by Unanimous Consent. And this Holiday, which was bound to be controversial & divisive, did. What gives?

We know the Republicans weren’t thrilled with it because 14 voted against it (& 2 abstained) in the House.

But NO GOP Senators dissented. Very strange.

I had to go digging. Appears that quite a few GOP senators were not in favor. Appears that ‘Ron Johnson’ (R-Wisconsin) was even trying to BLOCK the vote from coming to the floor. (Check out the ‘Business Insider’ article shown above.) Then they all caved in. Wow.

The GOP senators “lost their appetite to debate this bill“? Very strange. Very unlike them.

Hhhmmm. I guess pigs to sometime fly.