Good thing they sent people those 14 dollar checks during Covid. They’re getting that back in spades.

”advocates say”

Yeah, I bet they do.

Nope, I wouldn’t be shocked at all. The guy is a scumbag and I’ll be happy when he’s out of the Senate, however, this particular objection is legitimate.

This is exactly what I’m talking about. Packing a bunch of extra crap into a must pass bill without any hearings or discovery phase is BS. It’s one of the biggest things contributing to corruption at the federal level.

There’s a lot that can be put under the umbrella term of “money laundering” wouldn’t you want a hearing or two too get an idea of exactly what the law is meant to target?

Legit question, what’s wrong with one or two hearings to find out what this new law is supposed to cover that existing laws on the books already don’t?

I vote dem all the time, but if this is true:

“the veteran lawmaker objected to the legislation being tucked into the National Defense Authorization Act — a must-pass bill — without any hearings.”

I agree with his blocking of it. Packing unrelated amendments and provisions into defense spending authorization is shady af, especially for banking. Anything that changes the banking system should have open hearings.

Ps - will also be glad when Toomey is gone, but I agree with him blocking this.