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Arrington Votes Against $1.9T Democrat Partisan Wishlist

Press Release

Date: March 1, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care Arts, Entertainment, and History Government Budget and Spending Legislative Branch

Over the weekend, Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) voted "no" on the passage of H.R. 1319, "Pelosi's $1.9T Payoff to Progressives Act," which passed the House.

If signed into law, this bill would grant $112 million to Speaker Pelosi for an underground train tunnel in Silicon Valley, $86 billion to bailout mismanaged union pensions, $350 billion to Democrat-run states and local governments that were in fiscal distress far before COVID-19, and $500 million to arts and humanities. There is less than 9% of the funds in this bill go towards health-related relief contained in this piece of legislation.


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