- G.O.P. Sen. Pat Tumi blocked a bill to prevent debt collectors from being arrested in a stimulus investigation.
- Democrats had hoped the move would be filled to give people maximum help.
- But Tumey intervened, saying debt collectors have the right to claim cash arrears.
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Republican Sen. Pete Tumi on Thursday blocked a bill to block debt collection by seizing a check issued as part of Pennsylvania’s most recent stimulus bill.
The law that Tommy opposed was proposed by Democratic Sense.Ron Wyden and Sherod Brown.
Such a move was included in the December relief package passed under President Donald Trump, which paid અમેર 600 directly to most Americans.
It was not included in the stimulus bill passed under President B Biden, however, who paid 1,400.
Democrats still supported the proposal but had to abandon it because of the rules of the Senate mechanism known as the budget compromise, which was used to pass recent legislation.
That mechanism allows Democrats to pass a bill without any GOP vote but comes with approval limits. Following similar rules, the federal 15 led to a proposal for a federal minimum wage.
Democrats tried to introduce the rule in a separate law, arguing that the cash debt was to help fighting Americans instead of recovery agencies.
Wyden and Brown proposed the move under a unanimous-consensus rule, which would allow the bill to pass quickly and bypass some lengthy Senate action.
Any one senator can block such a proposal, however, Tomey chose to do so.
Tommy argued that Democrats should be blamed for not having a rule in the recent bill, as they chose not to include Republicans in putting together.
He said debt collectors have valid legal claims against people who have “money owed that they have not paid to anyone else and have gone to another court and it has been decided.”
Senerer also said that although 90 million relief payments had already been issued, it was too late to get an improvement.
The process of relief-checking money taken by creditors is known as decoration.
“These payments are already out,” Toomey said. “Decorating happens automatically. It’s already done!”
Tommy’s objection means that many other relief checks have been seized by debt collectors.
In a comment to HuffPost, Brown said “we will try to get this step passed.” Senators could still try to pass it without unanimous consent, which would take more time and would also require some Republican support to avoid the Filebuster rules.
“Families are hanging by a rope, but have been prevented from being seized by Senate Republicans to pay credit cards and medical debts against their relief payments. It’s a shame,” Wyden said in a statement Thursday.
It is unclear whether there is widespread support in the Senate GOP for objections to Toomey’s move. Republicans have supported the move before but not in the future.
