Congressman DeSaulnier voted in favor of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act on Friday.
The bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 219-to-212.
It now moves to the U.S. Senate for consideration.
“Since the start of this pandemic, my office has heard from thousands of Contra Costa families struggling to make rent, pay their bills, support their children through virtual learning, or keep their small business. This much-needed relief would extend a lifeline to these families and our communities,” said Congressman DeSaulnier. “After months of roadblocks from the Trump Administration, it is a new day with the Biden Administration working with us to get the country on the path to recovery and to emerge even stronger,” DeSaulnier said.
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congressman, exactly where is the money this bill spends coming from ? ? ?
Dollar amount of automatic cuts will be caused next year by this bill ?
Did you bother to read and understand the whole Act before voting on it? Let’s hear you talk about all the “pork” that is buried within it.
Nothing said about the amount of pork in it .
…. waaaaay too much pork in it…. future generations will be paying for this and wondering “what were we thinking
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…. says Nancy’s puppet who is genetically unable to think for himself.
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maybe mark was the one who “vandalized” nancys garage. but was careful not to touch the bricks because it is hard to get paint out of bricks…
I don’t believe Mark even read the bill………how he describes it and what it is is totally out of line. It’s like his old restaurant advertising sirloin steak and serving SPAM. What a joke!
Unbelievable.
They put together a package that pays all their cronies and bails out poorly run states, subsidizes other nations, and there is a little something in it at the back for US citizens. It’s a crappy package and he blames Trump for the road blocks. Further, I doubt he has heard from anyone let alone thousands of Contra Costa citizens. CC is one of the wealthiest counties in the nation.
What a bunch of B.S. this guy could have a career in politics…….
Come on you useless piece of crap Mark.President Trump wanted it passed a long time ago.You Democratic’s were against it.You have been getting your salary all along that you don’t deserve.And you aren’t giving us something we have already paid for through high taxes.
9% for COVID, the rest is all pork. I’m sure the 100 Million dollars for BART to dig a big hole to San Jose will kill a lot of the COVID virus. !🙄
Only 9% of that is going to help what he describes. ONLY 9%. Does that sound like a bill that was set up to help people who are effectived by the pandemic, or does it sound more like an excuse to pass it through and get what they want.
LOL!!!
what a load of BS
This is another round of theft of the American taxpayers.
The Savings and Loan Bailout of 1989 and Bank Rescue of 2008 come to mind.
No money earmarked for removing homeless encampments in our creeks.
Dereliction of duty. So disappointing. Congressman, you’re not representing the interests or concerns of your constituency. I look forward to supporting the effort to unseat you in the next election cycle.
It’s time to Cancel Mark ! Recall this bigot, racist and clown.
I have run out of words trying to describe Mark and those like him. No matter what you say the suckers are still there.
Yeah right you friggin’ lying propaganda spreading ass-hat, blame the delay on the Trump administration and not on the unreasonable non covid related demands from Pelosi and her boot licking band of career criminal politician cohorts.
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Amen!
When I read about this this morning I was livid. I immediately sent an email to this man who represents us. I hope all who feel that this bill was not right and totally lopsided will do the same. He needs to be held accountable. The amount of time they took to make a decision and then to come up with 91 percent of our money in taxes to fund unnecessary items at this crisis time is ridiculous. He went along with the crowd..When good men say nothing..evil reignspeak up and let your voice be heard to the man who voted for this and did not take care of his own.
That SOB doesn’t “represent “ us; he only plays at it and votes/acts in lockstep with Nancy who holds the reins.
Worthless.
Did he mention the thousands of constituents calling him to get the state let them go back to work? I bet not….
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HappyPappy February 20, 2021 at 11:34 PM
The 12 states with the lowest unemployment have Republican governors.
The 12 states with the highest unemployment have Democrat governors.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statics, US Dept of Labor.
Progressives should be re-branded as regressives.
Dec 21, 2020 – Biden gets the first vaccine shot.
Jan 11, 2021 – Biden gets the second vaccine shot.
Feb 16, 2021 – Biden claims, “we didn’t have the vaccine when we came into office.”
Ricardoh February 21, 2021 at 10:16 AM
You just can’t make this stuff up. What world is this buffoon living in. I feel like we are on yellow brick road off to see the wizard.
This bill is a Democratic Railroad for getting every item that would never stand on it’s own passed. The Democratic Party symbol just went from a jackass to a pig.
Mark doesn’t care because most of his constituents don’t care…. they are too busy watching Family Feud or other mindless blather to bother being well informed.
All they know is vote Democrat & do what the network news tells you to do.
Anybody over 18 with a pulse can vote… no intelligence required.
That’s why we are neck deep in Socialist BS.
Idiots are determining our destiny!
And now they’re pushing for the 16-year-old vote…
Mark-
You are a total loser, can’t think for yourself and does what you’re told to do by Pelosi.
what a contemptable man. Months of roadblocks from the Trump Administration? Everybody knows, even the most left media representatives (Lesley Stahl) know that Pelosi was the main road block. And Saulnier, you disappointment to free citizens, how did President Trump delay this latest stimulus, more than a month out of office? Time to retire, you liar.
Gas is up 30 cents this week alone.
Job’s being axed by the thousands.
Taxes on the rise.
Immigrants invading by the tens of thousands.
Inflation looming.
Congress gives itself a huge pay raise.
Sure, let’s give Trillion dollars to foreign governments and political favorites.
I hope your all ready for the depression.
Some Pork!(Charlotte’s Web) Or should I ask, “Some (more) pork? Not even Farmer John could pack that much pork into one package.
Desaulnier and the rest of the Democrat Party should be ashamed by this bill, but neither honesty nor integrity were ever their strong suit.
This is just the beginning my friends. Wait until hyperinflation kicks in. Interest rates and unemployment will rise and many will lose their homes again. The Fortune 500 companies will continue with record profits as small businesses will suffer in greater numbers. Community Colleges will be free and immigration will remain broken. The virtue signaling has begun and free speech will end.
Weimar Republic hyperinflation?
1984?
The fine print in the House stimulus bill sneaks in If you’re a Federal employee, you can receive $1,400 a WEEK in paid time off for 15 weeks (That’s $21,000! ) if you decide to stay at home while your child is in DL.
Meanwhile us regular folk are losing our businesses, homes and livelihood. Families are struggling to put food on the table. There are more homeless camps popping up everywhere by the day. The list goes on and on.
Political cartoonists have noticed.
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Mark,
You truly are a legend in you own(puny) mind.
We’re screwed..
I know an 80+ year old retired people that got the stimulus money last time and they were not in any way impacted by any economic recession. Does Mark have the foggiest idea how much of this money is going to the wrong people, what the long term impact of another 2 trillion dollars added to the debt might be, or studied how hyperinflations happen when a government starts shoveling money into an economy. Coin collectors can show you the 100,000,000,000 Zimbabwe dollar bank note that their citizens had in their wallets to buy bread. Yes, that is 100 billion, not a typo.
Finally – help, much needed relief for so many is finally starting a journey of good. It’s time to reverse the downward trend the Trump administration started us on and to repair the damage President Trump initiated by his administrations inaction and ill prepared Covid pandemic response.
Thank you Congressman DeSaulnier for your efforts and all you do to thoughtfully lookout for us your constituents. 🇺🇸
Drink some more kool-aid.
You prove once again how liberals think. Zero facts,zero reality and 100 percent fantasy. Unbelievable.
More copypasta gold from Old Concordite.
Such a good, faithful servant of the liberal elite.
Would the congressman care to explain, $140 million reported to be in the bill for underground rail line connecting San Francisco area to Silicon Valley???
Is it a pay off for union campaign contributions and a project that will balloon in cost into billions ?
In this new era of working from home, why is it needed ?
Passed house vote with ZERO republican votes.
Where is the underground rail line in the bill? By the way, the bill explicitly says it includes infrastructure support. Amtrak gets funding as do other railroad services.
Devin Nunes mistakenly called bart extension to San Jose, a tunnel.
Give drop in bart usage and Bay Area’ Metropolitan Transportation Commission voting last September, 12 to 1, to mandate large employers must have 60 percent or more of their employees telecommute on any given work day.
In talking with person who works at bart, system seems to be routinely and increasingly transporting less than savory segments of society. Why spend money to expand a system, that going forward will be under utilized ?
Republican Congressman Devin Nunes discussed the ‘Slush Fund To Push Progressive Policies Act’ at CPAC: https://bit.ly/3r7vZ2E
His district is in the central valley.
Yup
Devin Nunes…. ✔️
Another Trump crony criminal ….. that just hasn’t been caught….. yet.
@Old Concordite. The Democrats have been smearing Devin Nunes for years, because he has persisted in digging into the swamp’s relentless persecution of Trump. Hardball dirty politics put them in power — so now it will be tougher to dig up the truth, including the specifics behind the Russia Hoax. But here’s the latest from Real Clear Investigations:
https://bit.ly/3bLVShX
@Anew …
I don’t think that Mr. Nunes and his fans will want o dig into the Russia matters too deep …
Ask the New York D.A. that now has DJT tax records ( finally) and how it will probably lay out the years and or decades of money laundering and bait and switch tactics the Trumps have been up hiding.
Be careful of what you wish for .
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@Old Concordite. The swamp will continue to try to crush Trump. Meanwhile, Biden has signed rogue, quasi-legal Executive Orders, and Nancy Pelosi is pushing bills that would turn the U.S. into a Marxist snake pit and rig the laws so that only Democrats win most elections.
HR1 “the For the People Act” aims to crush free speech.
And in California we pair cronyism with edicts from self-righteous, radical, and often, unelected officials. They have destroyed many small businesses and our schools are still shut down. In contrast, Florida businesses and schools are open, and their governor Ron DeSantis has proved that common sense works far better than blindly following the ‘science’.
Our county is at a pivot point: the choice is between a thriving free society, or Marxism and a land of broken dreams.
From American Thinker:
Mark and Ron – America as it used to be
https://bit.ly/3b2s9SH
One would think that someone with “Old” in their handle would have grown up by now and realized that ALL politicians are out for nothing but power and their own self interest.
here’s another democrat passing a law to help pedophiles
California’s new law is a big win for pedophiles
https://tinyurl.com/ydwogwyo
wonder if he was thinking the same as schumer?
Hey Congressman (oh…that’s right…gotta be politically correct here so do I need to call you “Congressperson”? Nah…) –
Here’s an “American Rescue Plan Act” that would actually make things better:
1. Resign and take Pelosi, Schumer, and most of the other Dems with you
2. Remove barriers to American citizens enjoying their 1A, 2A and other rights
3. Reduce taxes dramatically
4. Encourage the population to actually take responsibilty for their own actions and not look to blame others for everything they perceive has gone wrong in their life
Follow the stimulus monies already received if you want to know where this money will end up. Not in the taxpayers hands, that is for sure. Oh… unless you’re a business like French Laundry! Over a million dollars given to them from the 1st stimulus. Just shameful, you traitor!
Where are all those callers Mark? I don’t see a single one here. People are tired of shallow liars!
Lol remember when California paid stimulus aide to literal illegal aliens?
Imagine handing money to criminals out of the taxpayer coffers.
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Oh puh-lease!
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It’s just a pork-filled piece of legislation with a little money thrown in for their democrats socialist, and liberal serfs and peasants.
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Can you say “payoffs and bailouts”?
How does this clown keep getting reelected?
DeSaulnier is nothing but a pathetic hack.
And this bill will fund abortions, gender reassignment in children, critical race theory, and everything imaginable necessary to destroy the fabric of American society.
The American Rescue Plan Act is an omnibus bill that includes funding for non essential agenda items. The 117th congress has gone too far to the left. They do not represent their constituents because votes, power, and politics are more important than our country and citizens who pay their salaries.
If you don’t believe this then read the bill to find out about the agenda items and funding:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1319/text#toc-H8D9AFA86009A4540BD5B095389254B4D
What’s the plan to rescue America from Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuckie Schumer, and the far-Left nutcases trailing after them? Who will protect the U.S. Constitution?
Like I said….when good men do nothing, complacency….then you get overrun with evil. Email every person that represents you. Let them know you are not happy with this and hold them accountable. My guess is that out of over 50 comments , only one was happy. Could it be that this is they way it is all over America.? It is time to speak up and do your lawful part
I would agree with @well-meaning.. that’s been my experience with him since he was on the BOS.
His claim to “represent “ his constituents is a farce.
People need to stop being lazy and get to work if they need to pay off some bills can’t rely on someone else to pay them ! Free $$ won’t last for long , yes people need to provide for there families but what waiting at home for someone to give a s$$!+! Speaking for the youngings specifically ! *20-40*
My math indicates that $1.9 trillion is $5,792 for every man, women and child in the US. Crazy. Family of four your share is $23,168.
Mark voted against an amendment that would take the Pelosi $140 million dollar Pig of a Silicon Valley transportation project and move it into mental health assistance for students who are suffering because candy ass teachers don’t want to work. Way to stand up for education, Mark.
All this guy cares about is catering to how he can be re-elected. TERM LIMITS NOW!!!!!!
He has my vote and the majority vote here in this district.
This will probably reoccur until the republic party comes up with a viable alternative candidate.
Do you offer any names that would do just that? Run as a solid republic party alternative?
What say you.
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