Senator John Fetterman (D., Pa.) Loses his patience as a debate on the “big beautiful bill.”
“Oh my God, I just want to go home,” he told journalists on Monday, In response to the question of how long it will accept the vote. “I have already missed our entire journey to the beach.”
Senate He began to vote on amendments to the Act On Monday, after a weekend debate and Almost 16 hours of reading the entire 940-page legislation act. Voting is It is expected to continue tardy at night, When the Republicans race for the date of July 4 of President Trump.
Fetterman told journalists that he expected the voices roughly follow the party’s lines.
“The only interesting voices will be in the margins, is it [Susan] Collins or Johnson and these – he said. “But all democrats, we all know how it goes. I don’t think it is really helpful to place people until a little ungodly hour.”
Later, in the post on x, Fetterman called himself “challenging no” According to the budget account, saying that “does not support the cutting of Medicaid, Snap or Sumping up to $ 5 to our domestic debt.”
“Not a single democrat will vote for” Big Beautiful Bill “, he wrote.
Former communication director of Fetterman, Joe Calvello, published a tweet about Fetterman’s comments to reporters, With a critical signature towards his former boss: “This bill is the greatest transfer of wealth from the working class to 1%, and the message of Fetterman for the voter is that he just wants to go home.”
In recent months, Fetterman has been criticized for habitual absences in the voices of the Senate and several public performances in Pennsylvania.
Governor Josh Shapiro, on the Milky Farm in Carlisle on Monday afternoon, talking about the federal cuts of the food bank, which he filed, was surprised by Fetterman’s comments and said that he did not know what to say.
“Look, it’s a lot of work to get up and fight for the American people,” Shapiro said, noting that the GOP’s account will limit health care and benefits for hundreds of thousands of thousands of low -income inhabitants.
“I want every senator to fight like hell, protect the peasants and protect the interests of the American people,” added Shapiro.
This article was updated by the Governor Josh Shapiro’s commentary.
