Cruz Claims GOP Senators Had ‘Screaming Arguments’ Over Infrastructure Bill
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill was so divisive among his colleagues that their conversations turned into screaming matches before it passed the chamber. During an…
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill was so divisive among his colleagues that their conversations turned into screaming matches before it passed the chamber.
During an appearance on Fox News on Monday, Cruz said, “It was crazy in the Senate. For about two months, we had massive arguments over this bill. I mean screaming arguments at lunch.”
“We have lunch together every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, all the Senate Republicans, and there were about a third of the Senate Republicans who end up voting for this,” he added.
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In August, the Senate passed the infrastructure bill with 19 Republicans voting for it. And late Friday night, the House passed the bill with 13 Republicans voting for it.
The decision of the 13 Republicans to vote for the bill sparked criticism from other members of their party.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) weighed in on the vote on Twitter as she wrote, “ Democrats did more than these 13 traitor Republicans to stop Biden’s fake Infrastructure bill by voting NO.”
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