Democrats passed a $2.2 trillion stimulus plan that contained another round of direct payments, federal unemployment benefits, and small business aid.The Trump administration put forward a $1.6 trillion plan in negotiations with Democrats, but they rebuffed it as insufficient.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on the House floor the plan would prioritize average Americans and help keep them afloat during a pandemic. The passage of the bill comes as the fifth day of negotiations between Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin crept along with few signs of a breakthrough. Initial talks around a stimulus bill collapsed in August but they restarted in earnest this week, and Pelosi said they would continue as the Democratic-led House went ahead and approved the stimulus package.
"My focus remains on working with Democrats and Republicans to get relief to my district immediately, and partisan gamesmanship will not do it," she said in a statement. The Democratic legislation is likely to be rejected in the GOP-controlled Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell derided it as "outlandish" on Wednesday. He was still cool on it a deal a day later.Many Republican senators balked at an earlier $1 trillion stimulus plan, arguing it would swell the national debt.
This stimulus package is dead on arrival in the GOP controlled Senate.
18. That’s how many Democrats voted against the bill. No Republicans crossed the aisle to vote in favor of the plan.
Such a partisan farce. She's simply playing the optics assuming the American people are too blind to see. And employers can't get people to work when they an get extra $600 wkly for free. This was a cop out move because they are out of time.
It means ZILCH!!! It was done to “wash their hands” and move on with their wealthy lives.... they are PLAYING American people!! a$$holes
What is included regarding color coordinated masks🤔😷
Will not pass
What a surprise. And there it dies. Again, because it's stuffed to the gills with garbage.
Mitch you best not kill this! I need a roof over my head!
Typical BI crap. They know it has zero chance of passing senate Even D’s voted against it.
That’s bad news 😫
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