Senate Chamber Feels Like a “Crime Scene”

After passage of the One Big Brutal Bill Act, which takes benefits and wealth from the vast majority of the American people to give it to the very wealthy and corporations, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said this on the floor of the Senate:

This place feels to me, today, like a crime scene. Get some of that yellow tape and put it around this chamber. This piece of legislation is corrupt. This piece of legislation is crooked. This piece of legislation is a rotten racket. This bill cooked up in back rooms, dropped at midnight, cloaked in fake numbers with huge handouts to big Republican donors. It loots our country for some of the least deserving people you could imagine. When I first got here, this chamber filled me with awe and wonderment. Today, I feel disgust.