Two Republican Congressmen from Butler County have voted against the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill.
The package passed the House of Representatives largely along party lines Saturday night.
Both Congressmen Mike Kelly and GT Thompson opposed the bill due to what they say is too much money set aside for projects other than COVID response.
“The Democratic leadership [passed this], without input from many rural stakeholders who have been begging this Congress for help,” Thompson said on the floor of the House. “The result is a bill that spends too much on flawed priorities and fails to meet the needs of rural communities.”
“Congress’ top priorities must be to get Americans back to work, our kids back to school, more efficient vaccine distribution, and a return to fiscal sanity so we can get our country back on a path to prosperity,” Kelly said in a statement.
