Democrats push new $3T coronavirus relief bill through House

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House on Friday, an election-year measure designed to brace a U.S. economy in free fall and a health care system struggling to contain a pandemic still pummeling the country.

The 208-199 vote, over strong Republican opposition, advances what boils down to a campaign-season display of Democratic economic and health-care priorities. It has no chance of becoming law as written, but will likely spark difficult negotiations with the White House and Senate Republicans. Any product would probably be the last major COVID-19 response bill before November’s presidential and congressional elections.

The enormous Democratic measure would cost more than the prior four coronavirus bills combined. It would deliver almost $1 trillion for state and local governments, another round of $1,200 direct payments to individuals and help for the unemployed, renters and homeowners, college debt holders and the struggling Postal Service.

“Not to act now is not only irresponsible in a humanitarian way, it is irresponsible because it’s only going to cost more,” warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “More in terms of lives, livelihood, cost to the budget, cost to our democracy.”

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/house-vote-friday-more-virus-052124237.html

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I dare Moscow mitch to vote this down

[yankee87]

1. Democrat Looking out for America

As was said before, Moscow Mitch will ignore at his own peril. One thing that upsets me though, if Hillary was president, the Republicans would have let the country burn like they did in 2008.

[progree]

2. Dupe: Dems push $3T coronavirus relief bill toward House OK

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142494453

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. Yours say they pushed it

This says they passed it. It's an update.

[progree]

14. Oops, sorry. How embarrasing. I was sober too, arghhhh! n/t

[Cha]

3. KR

[iluvtennis]

5. + 1. nt

[Cha]

6. ..

[BigmanPigman]

4. Mitch will never even consider it.

It is the Dems' first try with this bill and is not the last for this bill. It will not die like a Covid patient.

[Rebl2]

7. No

Moscow Mitch will never consider it

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

8. 14 Democrats voted no?

Unbelievable

[sheshe2]

9. 'Progressives' nt

[Ford_Prefect]

10. Mitch won't allow it on the floor as it is. He'd stand on it till we're all gone if wanted to.

Absolute power and Mitch's rules to enforce it.

[IronLionZion]

11. GOP promised to kill it like an uninsured COVID patient

Republicans mocked the bill as a bloated Democratic wish-list that was dead on arrival in the GOP-led Senate and, for good measure, faced a White House veto threat. Party leaders say they want to assess how $3 trillion approved earlier is working and see if some states' partial business reopenings would spark an economic revival that would ease the need for more safety net programs.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., are insisting the next measure should protect reopening businesses from liability lawsuits. The president is also demanding a cut to payroll taxes,

[C Moon]

12. I'm convinced the GOP is going to use COVID-19 blue state deficits against Democratic governors.

I'm already seeing this in California, against Newsom: interviewing unknowns on the news regarding what went wrong, and why we are in debt. They don't know, they just want to take over the blue states with their lies.

In fact, I would go as far as to say, this is why Trump and his traitors began hijacking all the PPE's: so they could control the prices, and put blue states further in debt.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

16. The thing about the budget Newsom put up is,

It hits state workers, and schools pretty hard. I would have preferred he make it up from the very wealthy industries we have. I was pleased to see students with special needs were spared the cropping though.

[lark]

15. Moscow Mitch will not let it come to a vote.

Unless PUtin/drumpf tell him to that is. If they make him send this to the floor, it will be voted down on a partisan basis because it doesn't cut SS taxes so assmouth can turn around and fufill their rw wildest dreams of basically ending SS.

[Bengus81]

17. Mitch didn't want to give a dime to everyone the first time--it was ALL to be for business

The Dems are the ONLY reason those protesting POS Trumpanzies got their $1200 checks. Last I heard the Senate won't even be back until after Memorial day. McConnell doesn't care, he doesn't want money in peoples pockets, he wants all the chaos in the streets just like Trump by having his AR-15 toting followers bitching to open the Country wide open.