42 Senate Democrats Support Direct Payments to Illegal Immigrants in ‘Vote-a-Rama’

42 Senate Democrats Support Direct Payments to Illegal Immigrants in ‘Vote-a-Rama’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) walks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 2, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
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Dozens of Democrat senators in a Senate session that is still going early Friday voted to show their support for sending stimulus checks to illegal immigrants.

Republicans offered a flurry of amendments during the Senate’s budget reconciliation debate as Democrats aim at using the budget process to ram through President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief package. The nonbinding amendments are a way to get Democrats on the record about various issues.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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