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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnemployment Is Rising. COVID-19 Cases Are Spiking. And the Senate Just Went on Vacation.
Unemployment claims are rising, coronavirus cases are spiking, the nations biggest school systems are closing
and the Senate is on vacation.
Yes, you read that right. Members of the Senate left the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday for Thanksgiving break. The House is expected to leave on Friday. And a coronavirus relief package is nowhere in sight.
This has effectively been the state of play since the summer, as discussions got underway for crafting an additional emergency relief bill to follow the $2.2 trillion CARES Act passed in March. Both Democrats and Republicans want to get something done, but remain at odds over how to do it. House Democrats passed two bills earlier this year, which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell dismissed as too expensive and a liberal wish list. In the Senate, Republicans tried to pass their own version of a bill, only to be blocked by Democrats who deemed it insufficient.
The platitudes on both sides have continued, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urging McConnell in a Nov. 17 letter to restart negotiations. Even President Donald Trump, who has shown little interest in governing since the Associated Press declared that Joe Biden had defeated him in the Presidential election, tweeted on Nov. 14 that Congress must now do a COVID relief bill. President-elect Biden has also called for a relief package, but hailed the Houses package as the model, which is legislatively doomed.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/unemployment-is-rising-covid-19-cases-are-spiking-and-the-senate-just-went-on-vacation/ar-BB1bb4M0?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP
The shit's hitting the fan and the Senate's on vacation. Could make a good ad in Georgia.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)What planet is this?
dchill
(38,492 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Blue Owl
(50,373 posts)RAB910
(3,501 posts)doc03
(35,337 posts)Moscow Mitch will stop Biden from doing anything just like with Obama.
Autumn
(45,084 posts)No. Republicans do not want to get something done. They don't care if the people live or die.
MissB
(15,807 posts)Because thatll help a lot.
doc03
(35,337 posts)not sign it to f__ up things before he leaves.
MissB
(15,807 posts)If he lets it sit, it takes effect.
I think.