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In the wee hours of Saturday morning, the House of Representatives passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Last week, the
Wall Street Journal (WSJ) editorial board dissected the spending in the bill, reporting that less than 10 percent of the funds would directly address the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bill passed 219-212, with every Republican voting against it and all but two Democrats voting for it,
“It’s not well thought through, not a lot of amendments were approved or allowed,” Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), one of the Democrats who voted against it, explained earlier this week. “I came here to legislate and I’m not being allowed to do that.” Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) also voted against the bill.
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