Republicans Seek to Play Offense in Vote-a-Rama
We ran the numbers: There are 4000 news articles covering this topic. 44% (1757) are left leaning, 35% (1420) are center, and 21% (823) are right leaning.
On Thursday, Senate Republicans seek to play the offense by forcing Democrats to take tough votes on sending stimulus checks to immigrants living in the country illegally in a voting session described by both parties as a vote-a-rama. While left-leaning articles highlight that Republicans in charge of taking back the House and Senate next year hope that a new message focused on reopening schools will lure back suburban voters, right-leaning articles highlight that Senate Republicans are taking advantage of the rules of the budget reconciliation process Democrats are using to advance President Biden’s coronavirus stimulus plan.
A left-leaning article by CNN highlights that Republicans in charge of taking back the House and Senate next year hope that a new message focused on reopening schools will lure back suburban voters who drifted away in 2020. In a series of coordinated attacks, GOP officials have accused Democrats of turning their backs on scientific evidence in order to placate teachers’ unions.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell previewed the strategy ahead of a marathon voting session on a Democratic budget resolution. One of the top Republican priorities is to force Democrats to vote on an amendment sponsored by Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Senate Republicans are taking advantage of the rules of the budget reconciliation process Democrats are using to advance President Biden’s coronavirus stimulus plan. Republicans strongly oppose the fact that Democrats are using reconciliation to advance the coronavirus stimulus.