Congress set for brawl as unemployment cliff looms

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Congress is barreling toward a showdown over federal unemployment benefits, with millions of Americans hanging in the balance.

As part of the March $2.2 trillion coronavirus bill, Congress agreed to a $600-per week plus-up of unemployment benefits, but those are set to start expiring in a matter of days.

What to replace it with is shaping up to be a clash as lawmakers and the White House prepare to negotiate the fifth coronavirus bill.

"What's going to happen on Saturday, all the pain, all the suffering ... did not have to happen," Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Finance Committee, said of the looming deadline.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/congress-set-for-brawl-as-unemployment-cliff-looms/ar-BB178hbh?ocid=NL_ENUS_D1_20200724_2_2

[jimfields33]

1. This is the fifth bill and all the American people got was 1200 dollars

And 600 dollars a week for 4 months!!!! What crap!!!!!

[LonePirate]

2. We have already gone over the cliff as this is the last week for the FPUC payments for all.

America will start feeling the pain next week. Congress will need at least 1-2 more weeks to hash out some of deal and then once Mr. Photo Op signs it, states will need time to implement it. It may well be late August or September before additional help arrives, if something does pass Congress. We're looking at a month of 1930s era Depression misery ahead of us, if not more.

Make no mistake. The unemployment payments which Republican scumbags like Graham and others have decried are pretty much the only things keeping the economy alive while it is in the ICU.

[beachbumbob]

3. the only brawl will be within the GOP ranks as long as Pelosi doesn't cave on shield law

[House of Roberts]

4. The economy is really going to rebound

when $18 billion a WEEK is removed from the aggregate demand of consumers.

(Insert sarcasm thingy here)

[Newest Reality]

7. +1

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. Do not give the republicans

A nanometer.
Do not cave,do not agree with bullshit sociopaths . And for fucks sake do not be passive. You are fighting for people's survival. No time for passivity. Or fairness as republicans define it.

[uponit7771]

6. *PELOSI HOLDS ALL THE CARDS* Heads she wins tails Trump loses. Just with Trump losing more people...

... will hurt bad when money dries up.

Trump is still trying to run on the economy, no 600 a month no economy that was the one thing pressurizing middle class income in the US.

This is going to get worse before it gets better

[MacKasey]

8. When the stock market starts to tank on Monday

That should get the talks started,

That $600 a week is one of the main things that is keeping the economy going.

[jorgevlorgan]

9. If this truly happens and ui expires

Dems need to give back pay for all the months lost if they get control in January on the first day. Also an indefinite UBI immediately. That should help offset all the economic damage the repugs intentionally make in their lame duck session.