Republican Senator’s voting FOR the Biden Infrastructure Bill WITH Democrats….
Republicans Senator’s voting to confirm Biden choices for his cabinet and judges…..
The Senate GOPer’s simply are NOT listening much to Donald Trump anymore….
Over in the House it’s different….
With the protection on a Democratic majority?
House Republicans can rant against all things Democratic and pledge allegiance to the Trump bull shit…..
And then?
Go back home and lie and say they helped bring their voters money….
Even if they actuated voted against the money….
The infrastructure debate dominating Capitol Hill this summer is highlighting the sharp contrast between the chambers when it comes to the influence of former President Trump over the GOP.
Nearly 20 Senate Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell(Ky.), broke with Trump this week to support a massive infrastructure package, providing President Biden with a big win and reflecting the diminishing hold his predecessor has on the upper chamber.
But the story is likely to be much different in the House, where Trump retains a muscular grip and GOP leaders have deemed his support vital to both the party’s prospects of winning back the chamber and their individual aspirations for rising in the leadership ranks.
McConnell, ignoring Trump’s warnings that the infrastructure deal was a “disgrace,” joined 18 other Senate Republicans in approving the $1 trillion package on Tuesday — a rare bipartisan achievement in a Congress that’s practically defined by partisan hostility.
But the bill likely won’t find similar backing in the House, where Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) are all expected to vote against the proposal when it hits the floor in the fall.
“They will vote ‘no.’ There’s no political upside” for them to vote “yes,” one veteran House Republican told The Hill….