“No. As part of the Endless Frontiers bill we should not be handing out $53 billion in corporate welfare to some of the largest and most profitable corporations in the country with no strings attached,” Sanders, the Senate Budget Committee chairman, tweeted on Monday, referring to a centerpiece provision in the substitute amendment Schumer unveiled on the floor last week.
Schumer last week hailed the money in the substitute amendment he filed as “a very big deal.”
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He said it would “make sure the United States stays on the cutting edge for chip production, semiconductor chip production, which is essential for this country’s economy, including our auto industry, our tech industry and our military.”
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) began trending on Twitter on Monday after video of him singing along with street performers in Brooklyn was shared online.
Democrats and Republicans are racing to rethink key components of a roughly $250 billion bill to boost U.S. science and technology, proffering a series of last-minute tweaks that threaten to hamstring the bipartisan measure and set the tone of the Senate's work in the months to come.
Asked how he would vote if Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer
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Romney wasn’t asked how he would vote on final passage of the House bill, which would need only a simple majority. Spokespeople for Romney didn’t immediately respond to a question about if he would change his vote after helping defeat a GOP filibuster.
But Romney’s comments come as Schumer has vowed that he will bring the bill up for a vote, setting up what could be the first successful filibuster of the 117th Congress.
Schumer hasn’t said when he’ll bring up the House bill but characterized the timing on Monday as “very soon.”