Republican senators came to the floor full of Christmas puns on Thursday and impressed the festive floor charts as they rebuked President Biden the supply chain Problems and inflation before the holidays.
Florida Sen. Rick Scott put up a sign with trucks in the background, showing Biden the Grinch and Dr. Anthony Fauci As with his dog Max, he followed the president for vaccine mandates and inflation issues.
‘We’re three weeks away from Christmas and Joe Biden Has brought this country to the ground,’ he said. ‘Not even Santa Claus can fix it with his Christmas magic.’
Scott said there are 100 ships waiting on the coast of california and claimed Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo and Transport Sec. Pete Buttigieg isn’t trying hard enough to solve the problem.
‘Secretary Raimondo and Secretary Buttigieg would rather play TV commentators than actually travel to California and solve some of the problems our distributors are facing.’
‘If they don’t want to show up and the job they signed up for, I hear there’s an opening at CNN.’
Senator Joni Ernst brought a poster of Mariah Carey from the cover of her hit song, ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’.
“If you don’t want a lot for Christmas like Mariah and don’t care about the presents under the Christmas tree, this could be your year,” said the Iowa Republican. That’s because Bidnomics is causing everything to be backordered, delayed, unavailable or just plain ineffective,’ she said.
‘You’re paying a ho-ho-whole lot for a ho-ho-whole too little,’ she said.
‘The supply chain problem is so messed up, not even Rudolph with his nose bright enough to guide all the ships stranded at sea until Christmas night!’
Christmas-themed diatribes come as the Senate considers Biden’s Build Back Better Act.
“We are three weeks away from Christmas and Joe Biden has put this country on the ground,” Sen. Rick Scott said. ‘Not even Santa Claus can fix it with Christmas magic’
Senator Joni Ernst brought a poster of Mariah Carey from the cover of her hit song, ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’.
Sen. Todd Young said, ‘The night before Christmas, let’s see what gifts the Democrats are ready to give here.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, used his floor time to introduce his ‘Stop the Grinch Act’, which he said would ease supply chain issues
‘Santa Claus—I don’t know if you’re listening, but if you are—when you’re making your list and looking at it twice, remember President Biden’s Promise to Taxpayers That His Build Back Better The plan costs zero dollars, doesn’t waste money on tax breaks for the wealthy, and adds—you guessed it—zero dollars to the national debt.
‘To no one’s surprise, that promise ended up as a la la la la lot malarkey!
The truth is the Biden bill is worth $1.7 trillion, adds $367 billion to our debt, and gives millionaires huge tax cuts.
‘While the president certainly deserves a stocking full of coal to break his promises made to taxpayers, even coal is in short supply and the price is at the highest level in more than 12 years,’ Ernst said. But it has arrived!’
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, used his floor time to introduce his “Stop the Grinch Act,” which he said would ease supply chain issues.
‘When the Grinch stole Christmas it was a relatively simple operation that took a relatively simple solution,’ he said. Unfortunately, cold, insensitive rules and strong bureaucracy don’t make small hearts that can grow to three sizes. The holiday was filled with joy due to protectionist laws and labor shortage.
“By suspending a number of federal restrictions on ports, ships and trucks we can help clear the backlog at our ports, put products on shelves and deliver gifts under trees,” he said.
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., put up a poster with a Christmas tree, with presents around it, titled ‘The Night Before Christmas’. It was meant to represent what a ‘Christmas gift’ the Build Back Better Plan would provide.
“The night before Christmas, let’s see what gifts the Democrats are ready to give here,” he said.
“China has a gift under the tree, why don’t we just open China Gifts,” he said, removing the stick-on gift and revealing dollar signs on the poster below. ‘Oh, that’s a lot of money!’
‘Maybe? Rich says. I see what’s in there,’ he said, removing the gift called ‘Amir’ to reveal the salt shaker. ‘Salt!’
The gift was in reference to a provision in the bill that would increase the state and local tax deduction limits from $10,000 per year to $80,000 per year.
Young then pointed to a stocking that had ‘Taxpayers’ written on it. He removed the stocking to reveal a picture of the coal. ‘Oh my word, it looks like coal,’ she quipped
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have insisted they move to pass the $1.9 trillion Build Back Better bill before the holidays, but Sen. Joe Manchin, whose swing vote can make or break any law have not yet given their Seal of Approval.
The West Virginia Democrat has said he wants to make sure the law won’t worsen inflation, which stood at 6.8% from last November to this November, according to data released Friday.
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal this week, Manchin said, “We have to make sure we get that right.” ‘We cannot afford to continue flooding the market like we have done.’
In discussing his opposition to Build Back Better, Munchkin referred to an op-ed he wrote in September arguing that Democrats should put an end to trying to push the bill over inflation concerns.
“I was worried then, and I said let’s take a strategic break,” Manchin said, adding that he still felt “strongly” about it.
The plan, passed by the House of Representatives last month, includes $400 billion on child and family support, $555 billion on climate change and $166 billion on housing assistance.
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