Congress made it official today: no COVID-19 stimulus money will be approved until next week at the earliest. Partisan gridlock resumed as Democrats sought to unanimously approve President Trump’s request that $600 stimulus checks be increased to $2,000, the NY Post reports.
The motion was refused consideration under House policy because Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had not consented. In a Wednesday night letter, McCarthy accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of “selective hearing” of Trump’s objections, and asked for unanimous consent for the House to reconsider billions in foreign aid in a relief bill approved Monday by both chambers of Congress.
The House won’t return until Monday Dec. 28 to consider further steps.
Because of the impasse, an estimated 12 million people will lose unemployment benefits. Read more.
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“Because of the impasse, an estimated 12 million people will lose unemployment benefits”
This is why we HATE our sleazy lowlife narcissistic grubby politicians! These welfare cheats couldn’t care about those that pay their stinking salaries. Does the government work for us or do we work for the government?
Unfortunately there are far too many people in the country who fail to realize that Nancy Pelosi was stopping this all along only because she didn’t want the president to look good. This could have been done months ago!
All those people in the Democrat Party who campaigned that they won’t rubber stamp her shenanigans, need to stand up and do something about it. She should not be the leader of the party in the house!
Classic Washington. So now, instead of getting at least $600, we are left holding the empty bag. We get gornisht. Oh yeah, we want you to get $2000. What a farce. All these “negotiations” is just a ploy to fool the gullible sheeple. They can keep negotiating & negotiating, while the taxpayers suffer. In the meantime make sure that you keep paying your taxes. Corruption on top of corruption. We the people have to shut our government down and throw every politician in prison.
3:01, please tell how receiving a one-time government-payment of $600 will make your life better, while the same government is making your really poor by shutting down all small businesses due to the scamdemic excuse. Who cares about the $600! Just let the government leave us alone, stop the fascist lockdowns, and you won’t need the government handouts.