I am now threatening to hold up Senate work on the veto override of the National Defense Authorization Act if Majority Leader McConnell does not put a straight up or down vote of those $2,000 payments on the floor.
Bernie Sanders: “I am now threatening to hold up Senate work on the veto override of the National Defense Authorization Act if Majority…”
On the recordDecember 27, 2020
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Bernie Sanders threatened to delay Senate proceedings unless a vote on the increased payments was scheduled.
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