정치 · Ethics amendments fail · 아카이브8-4 Vote: Cost-Cutter Bonuses Advance as Four Ethics Amendments Fail 7-8작성 2026년 9월 7일 오후 9:22 UTC시청방송 전문0:00The Senate Homeland Security and0:01Governmental Affairs Committee voted0:03eight to four Wednesday to send a bill0:04to the full Senate that would give0:06federal employees a financial bonus for0:08finding waste. But in the same markup,0:10four Democratic amendments, each aimed0:12at curbing what lawmakers described as0:13executive branch corruption, were killed0:15on seven to eight party-line votes.0:17Chairman Rand Paul led the vote. Ranking0:20Democrat Gary Peters and Senator Ruben0:22Gallego each offered amendments, and0:24Paul himself invoked Anthony Fauci in a0:27rebuttal. The committee on identical0:29seven to eight margins0:30rejected amendments that would have0:31prohibited politically motivated grant0:33cancellations, banned the president from0:35selling early access to his social0:37media, addressed financial conflicts,0:39and required disclosure of private0:41donations to the East Wing. The numbers0:43at the center of the debate, more than0:45200 Department of Energy grants0:46canceled, up to $100,000 a month for0:49early access to a president's social0:50media feed, $1 million in foreign income0:53for a former health official, and0:55hundreds of millions in private cash0:56flowing to the White House. The bill now0:58heads to the Senate floor offering1:00bonuses for cost-cutting, but carrying1:02none of the ethics provisions Democrats1:03argue are needed to prevent corruption.기사 읽기스토리 타임라인HeyDex짧은 영상 ↗
