'Very Disappointing And Stunning': Chuck Schumer Shames Senate Republicans For Blocking Tax Bill

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schhumer (D-NY) denounced the Senate GOP for voting down the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act.

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00:00Okay. Well, first, thank you for being here. Thanks for your good work in this recent part

00:08of our congressional session. And, you know, a few months, a few minutes ago, something

00:14very disappointing and stunning happened on the Senate floor. The vast majority of Republicans

00:21blocked a hugely bipartisan package that would have helped families, would have helped businesses,

00:28would have helped housing, and helped communities hit by natural disasters, something the American

00:32people wanted. And once again, they say, well, why are they making us vote on this? Because

00:38this was bipartisan. Rare is the moment that the Senate Republicans are even to the right

00:46of the House Republicans, but it happened today. This bill was crafted in good part

00:51by one of the most conservative members of the Senate, the chairman of the Ways and Means

00:56Committee, Smith. It got 357 votes, only 70 against, but Republicans still had a vote

01:02against it. And it's sort of something they seem to be doing. Under orders from their

01:07candidate Trump, they want to block everything. So that's what they did on the border, the

01:13strong, tough, bipartisan border bill we had. That's what they're doing today on the tax

01:18bill. That's what they're also doing on crypto, and even on some of the AI regulations. The

01:24American people don't want that. That's not a way to help people. That's not a way to

01:28govern. To listen to Donald Trump and be totally political is not a way to win an election,

01:34Republicans, and that's why you're not doing very well right now. Okay. So, just in sum,

01:45the Senate – today, the Senate Republicans boldly told the American people, we refuse

01:51to help you in 2024, and we want to be frank. Republicans voted no because of partisanship,

01:59not policy. The senior senator from Missouri said it to himself – said it to himself

02:05a few days ago. He said about this – he said this about Republican leadership. Quote,

02:11they're not interested in passing anything, clearly. Now, if getting things done in a

02:17bipartisan way was an Olympic event, today, Senate Republicans would not have gotten any

02:22medal – no gold, no silver, no bronze. Senate Republicans were handing out leaflets earlier

02:30this week saying how Republicans must not give in to a Democratic, quote, win before

02:38November. Well, Republicans, governing is not just about political wins. This was about

02:45making sure American families win, and today, because of Republicans, American families

02:51lost.

'Very Disappointing And Stunning': Chuck Schumer Shames Senate Republicans For Blocking Tax Bill

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