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Question of the Day By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Heritage Action for America released Wednesday a two-state ad campaign urging three swing-vote Senate Democrats to vote against Health and Human Services nominee Xavier Becerra, calling him “radical and unqualified.”
The $500,000 campaign targets Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema with ads calling on the senators to vote “no” on President Biden’s pick to head the Health and Human Services Department.
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Democrats on Wednesday were grumbling over the prospect of having to factor an additional 10 hours of floor time into passing the bill.
Any senator can force a reading of a bill on the floor, but the formality is almost always skipped by unanimous consent to avoid wasting time.
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Now senators will likely have to spend 10 hours listening to the bill be read aloud, which will come on top of the 20 hours of debate time scheduled for the legislation.
A Republican senator said Johnson will force a reading of the Senate substitute, which will include several changes compared to the 630-page relief bill that passed the House.