Senate Majority Leader Schumer rejects so-called republican moderates' 'take-it-or-leave-it offer'

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Michael McAuliff @mmcauliff
NEWS: Schumer throws cold water on GOP group of 10's $600B COVID proposal: "They should negotiate with us, not make a take-it-or-leave-it offer," Schumer tells me. "It doesn't have any state and local money in it. Look at that, just as one thing."

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Schumer says Dems will go ahead with reconciliation if they have to, but says Republicans can still make it bipartisan, as they did in the past passing earned income tax credits and the State Childrens' Health Insurance Program.

Michael McAuliff @mmcauliff 1h
And music to progressives' ears: Schumer says Dems are not going to repeat the mistakes the Obama administration made with the 2009 financial rescue package and Obamacare in giving Republicans power to hamstring the administration's efforts.

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[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Do what the people need, not what the Radical Republican Reich wants.

[StarfishSaver]

3. Is anyone still claiming Schumer is a wuss?

[Behind the Aegis]

4. You're only the third reply...

...give it some time.

[Ace Rothstein]

8. I'm very happy he seems to have learned from our 2009 mistakes.

He knows what needs to be done at this point.

[mucifer]

14. I see a lot on twitter that pisses me off an example:

Link to tweet

?s=20

made me want to scream that Leslie Jones retweeted this.

[OMGWTF]

19. LOVE HER!

[Ferrets are Cool]

21. I LOVE THIS

I agree with every fucking word

[Oldem]

23. Yes!

Go to the head of the class.

[smirkymonkey]

34. Hear, hear!

I'm sorry, I am a loyal democrat, but I have to say that she is expressing the frustrations that many of us have. It's time for them to stop coming to a gun fight with a fucking Q-tip. Hopefully this is an indication that Schumer plans to change course and stop appeasing them.

[questionseverything]

36. What is it she said that you don't agree with?

[mucifer]

37. She is soooo angry at democrats and Biden and Schumer ARE going to push the covid bill through

So why the hell is she screaming at them??? I don't get it.

[questionseverything]

39. That's not screaming, passionate about her message but not screaming

I listened three times and didn’t hear anything I disagree with


I hope you are correct and we get a good bill passed

[mucifer]

40. I just don't understand why she is so angry when Biden, Sanders and Schumer all say they will not

budge and the bill WILL be passed.

Get angry at republicans not democrats.

[questionseverything]

42. I see it as passionate encouragement not anger

It would be pointless being angry at repubs, we know they don’t care about anything or anyone but the one percent


Actually if we have to pass it thru reconciliation we might as well add a tax increase for corporations

[mucifer]

43. Well personally I'm ecstatic that Biden, Sanders and Schumer are all on the same page

[betsuni]

38. Ugh. Annoying.

[mcar]

15. That DU faction has been quiet lately

[OnDoutside]

28. They're busily beavering away on the TLP.

[LaMouffette]

32. I confess I was one of them. I take it back!

Last week, I posted that I thought Chuck Schumer was too nice. I take it back. Chuck is doing a great job of standing up to those insufferable, hold-their-breath-till-they-get-their-way Republicans.

You go, Chuck! Keep it up!

[moondust]

5. Tax cuts for billionaires

will fix everything, right QOPers?

[mvd]

6. Oh my, the nerve of them saying "take it or leave it"

About the nerviest and most stupid thing I have ever seen. Good for Schumer.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. I'm willing to give the Sedition Party a little time to be bipartisan.

Okay, time's up. Screw 'em. Off to reconciliation we go...

[Bucky]

9. It's not "music to progressives' ears" half the Senate is fighting against vaccine distribution

It's depressing that American leaders are playing hardball with peoples' lives on the line.

[TeamPooka]

10. Break out the steamroller and get what you want.

[judesedit]

11. It's tit for tat time, gang

[bluestarone]

12. I think it's time to show these assholes we CAN do it alone!! THEN

Maybe, just maybe they will start thinking the other way!!

[gratuitous]

13. The majority of the American people are on board with a "go big" bill

Republicans can get on the bus or under it. Their choice. And if their suspiciously-timed newfound concern for the budget needs to be addressed, just repeal the last round of tax cuts, which was not passed in that holy bipartisan fashion.

[DeminPennswoods]

24. Not only repeal it, but call the bill

The Donald J Trump Deficit and Debt Reduction Act. Then wait for the cultists to bombard GOP senate offices with calls to support it.

[Mr.Bill]

16. We should increase our bill by 600 billion.

That's how you "negotiate" with these assholes.

[Marthe48]

18. yes!

[Marthe48]

17. In this case, can't wait for the dog to bite

Feels like this has gone on long enough. r's playing delay, and abuse as always.

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. We won the election. The People want US to lead.

Lead us Senator Shumer.

[PersianStar]

22. No deals with the repug devils

[George II]

25. Schumer has been very impressive the last week or two.

[Lasher]

26. How do ya like them apples?

Republicans musta forgot they don't control what comes up on the Senate floor anymore.

It is music to my ears to hear Democrats are not going to repeat these mistakes made during the Obama administration.

[ailsagirl]

27. GOOD!!! 👍

[Hekate]

29. That makes my heart sing. GOP only knows how to make bad-faith offers, & that was one...

When Joe said the bill would have to pass as a unit and was not going to be broken apart piecemeal, I believed him. The Repubs just had to test to make sure it was true, and I think that’s all this offer was: a test to see if the bill could be broken apart for the bits to be haggled over.

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

30. This is just a ploy that the repugs are using to try to...

stall and screw the whole process up. They used the same ploy in 2009, as well as on numerous other occasions. They pretend that they want to negotiate, but have no intention of actually doing so.

[BobTheSubgenius]

31. All good noises to be hearing!

Now....STICK TO IT!!!

There is absolutely no reason to be run over by Republicans. I've heard Kumbaya way more than enough times for one life.

[irisblue]

33. feck off ye 10 republican wolves

[yaesu]

35. fuck the fascists

we need to ram through everything we want, just like they did while in power, they are background noise now, nothing more. Dems who don't vote with the party need to be penalized to the max.

[Blue Owl]

41. K&R

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

44. Stick with this and remind the public of how Republicans behave

when we try to appease them.

Remind them of how giant tax cuts for the wealthiest are never too expensive for Rs. How investigations of their opponents for far less than seditionist conspiracy is never too time-consuming or "divisive" for Rs.

Make it clear just how hypocritical and craven Rs are, while doing big things for the people.