Mike Lee SAVE America Act no recess
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has declared an all-out push for the SAVE America Act, calling on the Senate to cancel its upcoming recess and remain in Washington, D.C., until the bill is passed. "Aren't there only 4 weeks until recess? NOT IF WE JUST KEEP GOING!" Lee said, emphasizing that "Winning is a matter of WILLPOWER." He insists there should be no recess until the November elections.
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examine what it is that voters want right now overwhelmingly not only do they support this bill but they understand that it ought to take preeminence it ought to take precedence over other legislation we should be supporting right now so I think that's where the disagreement lies is in the vision that we can pass this even though we don't yet have 60 votes we do have a simple majority and on the technique the method by which we bring it about but it does take effort and some CREATIVE THINKING, WE CAN GET IT DONE. WELL, YOU'VE GOT, WHAT, EIGHT LEGISLATIVE DAYS OR 20 LEGISLATIVE DAYS IN THE SENATE AND EIGHT LEGISLATIVE DAYS IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THE NEXT RECESS. I KNOW, JOHN, I KNOW MIKE JOHNSON IS TALKING ABOUT A THIRD RECONCILIATION BILL, BUT AGAIN, JOHN THOON SAYS, STOP TALKING ABOUT A THIRD RECONCILIATION BILL TO COLLEAGUES WHEN HE'S TALKING WITH THEM PRIVATELY. THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ELECTIONS. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ELECTIONS? YEAH, LOOK, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW MANY LEGISLATIVE DAYS WE HAVE LEFT. IT NEED NOT BE THAT SHORT A PERIOD OF TIME. WE COULD CHOOSE TO WORK THROUGH WEEKENDS, THROUGH SCHEDULED RECESSES, AND FRANKLY, WE SHOULD. ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES UP WHERE WE SEE A MASSIVE VULNERABILITY IN OUR When we see something like that, we have a ready, popular, widely accepted, widely supported solution, we need to reexamine our own practices, even our own schedules in order to get it done. We can do that and we must.
