Dems Agree to Provide 'COVID Relief' Checks to Prisoners

**volsrock** · 03-07-2021, 07:51 PM

Prevent Prisoners from Receiving Stimulus Checks

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) offered an amendment that would have prevented "any individual who is incarcerated in a federal or state prison" from receiving a stimulus check.

“Prisoners do not pay taxes. Taxpayers pay for their every need. Inmates cannot stimulate the economy. But, under this bill they receive stimulus checks. This is a perfect example of nontargeted, inappropriate, and total waste of spending. It’s ridiculous that this is in the bill," Cassidy said in a statement.

Democrats voted against the amendment.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethba...a4f5fe83&recip

**volsrock** · 03-07-2021, 07:53 PM

Provide Targeted State and Local Relief

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) proposed an amendment that would ensure state and local assistance goes to those areas that are in desperate need. Under his amendment, states would have had to apply for the money through the Treasury Department. Their funding would not be allowed to exceed their revenue losses and would have to be applied to real COVID costs and unexpected Medicaid costs.

Democrats voted down the measure.

**volsrock** · 03-07-2021, 07:53 PM

Hold States Accountable for Nursing Home Deaths

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) offered an amendment that would have held states accountable for nursing home deaths. His amendment comes after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) administration was caught altering the number of nursing home deaths that took place under his watch.

"What my amendment does is it says, 'You can't lie about the numbers.' Bottom line, it simply says it's very important for us to have accurate information about the deaths in nursing homes," Scott said from the Senate floor. "The more accurate the information, the more likely we are to have the best response."

Not surprisingly, Democrats voted down the amendment.

**AProudLefty** · 03-07-2021, 08:00 PM

Are you even aware that a lot of prisoners work?

**CASPER** · 03-07-2021, 08:12 PM

And actually pay taxes....

**AProudLefty** · 03-07-2021, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by CASPER

And actually pay taxes....

Some inmates are even firefighters!

**CASPER** · 03-07-2021, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by AProudLefty

Some inmates are even firefighters!

Yeup, I find it interesting so few know much about those that are serving time. Had Friends there, as both inmates and guards, the stories they can tell are both horrific and hilarious, not all cons are monsters they are simply people that made a mistake and got caught for it.