The Senate voted according to party lines on Saturday morning to reject a Sen-sponsored amendment. Ted Cruz
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The amendment failed by a 49-50 vote, with a small majority in the Senate voting against.
Eight Democrats voted for a similar amendment sponsored by Sens. Todd Young
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All Republicans voted in favor.
“This amendment that we have today establishes that stimulus checks should not go to illegal foreigners in this country,” said Cruz when introducing the amendment. “The question that the American people must answer is, if your money, or taxpayer money, is sent, $ 1,400, to every illegal foreigner in America?”
Majority whip in the Senate Dick Durbin
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“The Texas senator’s statement is simply false. False! Let me be clear: undocumented immigrants do not have Social Security numbers and do not qualify for incentive checks, ”he said.
Durbin accused Cruz and other Republicans of trying to collect political ammunition for the campaign.
“They want to be able to make speeches that say checks go to undocumented people,” he said, accusing Cruz of trying to “irritate people for something that isn’t true.”
Eight Democrats voted for a similar effort sponsored by Young and Cotton to establish a reserve fund to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving economic impact payments or other direct temporary assistance.
They were Sens. Maggie Hassan
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The amendment to the Senate budget resolution was subsequently withdrawn by a substitute amendment offered by the Senate majority leader Charles Schumer
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