Forty-six Senate Democrats recently rejected a GOP legislative amendment to block the Biden administration from selling oil from the United States’ strategic reserve to the Chinese regime.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) offered the amendment during a “vote-a-rama” process, which lasted nearly 16 hours from Saturday evening until Sunday afternoon, when senators voted on many amendments and motions for a Democrat-led bill known as the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.”
The legislation, a mammoth spending bill totaling $740 billion on climate and energy, health care, and taxes, passed on Aug. 7 by a party-line vote of 51 to 50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote. The House could give the legislation final approval on Aug. 12, when lawmakers reconvene briefly from summer recess….