this morning some lawmakers fuming over
that nearly 6
000 page stimulus bill packed with pork
causing six gop senators to vote against
it
including an outraged rand paul
if free money were the answer if money
really grew on trees
why not give more free money why not
give it out
all the time why stop at six hundred
dollars a person
why not a thousand dollars why not two
thousand dollars
maybe these new free money republicans
should join the
everybody gets a guaranteed income
caucus
well that's rand paul he joined rick
scott uh
ted cruz mike lee marsha blackburn ron
johnson in voting
against this passage let's bring in
special reports on
uh anchor bret baer hey brett we we saw
the need for 25 billion emergency rental
assistance we understand
10 billion for the postal service uh
funding for cover 19 vaccinations and
schools
we did not think we're going to get all
this kennedy center stuff the pakistani
gender studies
things am i just naive and as we rolled
through some of these things
it seemed like some lawmakers were
caught by surprise too how does this
stuff happen
well listen this is an omnibus bill
which and this is what happens
in this process which is heinous it is
really why people hate washington
is when this happens that it's all
rolled into one
massive bill 5600 pages as pete
mentioned
now the coven stimulus obviously is very
well needed and
and and supporters were pushing for that
for many months
but when you all roll it in 2.5 trillion
dollars in spending
and you throw it out and say here's an
up or down vote there is no way that any
lawmaker is going to page 4870
and saying i don't like this and and
that's where lobbyists operate in
washington and they get stuff
packed in there and these six
republicans
say we don't like this process true to
form rand paul has always talked like
this
and he's concerned about the 27 trillion
dollars
in debt republicans haven't seen that
concern in a long time
you may start seeing it uh pretty soon
yeah brett you know this has been a long
slog to the point of getting this
coveted relief bill
passed we've for months been covering
different negotiations between the white
house
and nancy pelosi for a long time
president trump and nancy pelosi didn't
even speak to each other
but it seems like this may just be the
beginning you had james clyburn on
yesterday
saying that this isn't a stimulus
package it's simply a relief package and
he wants
more of it is that what we're going to
see in the coming months depending on
how georgia goes
katie i think democrats are clearly
going to push for that there will be
some republicans
who push for that and and and targeted
stimulus
but not one of these massive bills that
said
a republican senate is going to raise
some red flags and
that's what makes georgia january 5th so
crucial to for republicans to win one of
those seats to control the chamber
brett at times like this i'd like to
look for clarity from rock stars and we
got some uh in the form of a tweet from
van morrison
here's what van morrison tweeted i think
a lot of people will resonate with this
he said remember
those who are shutting down our economy
haven't missed a paycheck since lockdown
began
we are not in this together is
washington dc
missing the urgency of this the real
pain of this because
it's a government town where they can
print money and everyone's getting a
salary no matter what
while average folks who are just
scraping by to keep their restaurant
open
see six hundred dollars and that's it
yeah pete i think that's a great
question van morrison writing a song
about it eric clapton performed it
uh saying that these shutdowns these
lockdowns are
are harming people and and people have
the right to be free
that side of it is clear to a lot of
people especially in the middle of the
country who are dealing with this
obviously the other side of concern
about the coronavirus
and what can be done about it but you're
right the disconnect between
the small business owner or the
restaurant owner and the people here
negotiating over this bill you can see
it
widely