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'Unacceptable': Democrats reject new White House proposal that would slash unemployment benefits in exchange for $600 stimulus checks

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conduct a news conference to discuss the House passed Heroes Act and coronavirus relief legislation in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday, November 12, 2020.Democratic leaders are rejecting a new White House stimulus package unveiled Tuesday by US Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

"That is unacceptable," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a joint statement.Democrats are rejecting a White House proposal to fund new $600 stimulus checks by slashing money for the unemployed.$916 billion COVID-19 stimulus package Mnuchin's proposal, welcomed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, also includes money for a new round of $600 stimulus checks — the funds coming, in part, by slashing a proposed $300-a-week boost in unemployment benefits.

 

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What was it Tippy Turtle was finger wagging at the Dems for around poison pills in negotiations the other side would not swallow the other day again?

$600 wouldn’t go far anywhere here

Yes cause you greedy a*s people who have jobs need the $600 more then people who can’t find a job. Who raised you all, who didn’t show you to share, be great full, give you a spanking. They need to slap on the face! You’ll need to find God!

Politicsinsider $600 will not pay the rent.

Politicsinsider I just read where Trump now is offering $2,000.

SpeakerPelosi SenSchumer senatemajldr just so you guys know 95% of us don’t expect anything from you clowns. What an embarrassment

It's insulting.

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