{"id":791,"date":"2025-07-03T02:23:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T02:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=791"},"modified":"2025-07-03T02:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T02:23:59","slug":"democrats-attack-fetterman-for-complaining-about-stall-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=791","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Attack Fetterman For Complaining About Stall Tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pennsylvania freshman Sen. John Fetterman (D) made it clear Monday morning that he wasn\u2019t enthusiastic about slogging through a marathon series of votes on President Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill,\u201d complaining that the process was cutting into his beach time, even though the bill is expected to pass regardless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh my God, I just want to go home. I\u2019ve already \u2026 I\u2019ve missed our entire trip to the beach,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that his family would already have returned from the beach by the time he finished at the Capitol in D.C., The Hill reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no drama,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only interesting votes are going to be on the margin,\u201d he added, citing a couple of GOP colleagues who are holdouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s really helpful to put people here until some ungodly hour,\u201d Fetterman, who ultimately voted \u2018no\u2019 on the bill, added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senators began voting shortly after 9:30 a.m. EDT Monday on a marathon series of procedural motions and amendments expected to continue late into the night or even early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers from both parties are eager to leave Washington, as the start of the weeklong July Fourth holiday recess was delayed by several days to complete work on the legislation, The Hill<\/a> noted further, adding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senators had to stay up late to read the revised 940-page Senate bill, which was released late Friday, a few minutes before midnight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then they had to come to the Capitol on Saturday and wait around until after 11 p.m. to finish a vote on a motion to proceed to the bill.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate floor staff spent the rest of Saturday night and most of Sunday reading through the bill \u2014 an arduous process that stretched out for more than 16 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senators finally started voting on amendments Monday morning, with no end-time in sight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One House member from Fetterman\u2019s home state had some choice words for the junior senator following his comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you are here, you are damned lucky and privileged to be here. You should want to be here, and if you don\u2019t want to be here, leave,\u201d Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) said in an interview with The Bulwark posted on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boyle added that while he does not minimize the sacrifices made by lawmakers, he said he huddled with his young daughter to claim that \u201cthis week will determine whether or not millions and millions of Americans get to keep their health care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s only 11, she got that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fetterman has faced growing criticism from fellow Democrats for frequently breaking with party lines, even as President Donald Trump praised him on Friday as \u201cthe most sensible\u201d Democratic senator, despite the fact that he voted with his party to reject the Big, Beautiful Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo me, I think this is one of the most important things I will ever do, full stop. There is no place I would rather be than right here, right now, and if I can make a difference and stop this bill from happening, I will do whatever it takes,\u201d Boyle added in the interview. \u201cThat should be the attitude, frankly, of every Democratic member of the House and Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of forcing senators to remain in DC longer, Fetterman\u2019s own party leaders are largely responsible for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer forced a name change for President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d just before it cleared the upper house of Congress, and that came after he forced the chamber to hear the entire 940-page bill read aloud prior to votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., chaired the Senate, Schumer raised a point of order against lines three through five on the first page of the legislative plan, which read, \u201cSHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the \u2018One Big Beautiful Bill Act.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schumer stated that the bill\u2019s title violated Section 313 B1A of the 1974 Congressional Budget Act, sometimes known as the \u201cByrd Rule.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ricketts stated that the point of order was upheld, which means the wording would be removed from the measure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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