Second stimulus check update: Democrats reject White House offer for one-week extension of $600 week

[Polybius]

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Source: Chicago Tribune

WASHINGTON -- With aid expiring, the White House offered a short-term extension Thursday of a $600 weekly unemployment benefit that has helped keep families and the economy afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Democrats rejected it, saying President Donald Trump's team failed to grasp the severity of the crisis.

Democratic leaders panned the idea in late-night talks at the Capitol, opting to keep the pressure on for a more sweeping bill that would deliver aid to state and local governments, help for the poor and funding for schools and colleges to address the pandemic. Without action, the benefit runs out Friday.

"They want to do one small thing that won't solve the problem," said top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer after meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

"We have to have a bill, but they just don't realize how big it has to be," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif

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I'm torn on this. On one hand I want a $600 extension until January. On the other hand, I need Tuesdays's payment. If a deal isn't reached by tomorrow, we might have no choice but to agree to a short extension while they negotiate the full bill.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Time to play hardball

Congress should hang tough, and demand retroactive payments once a good bill is signed.

The market and economy might nosedive for a week or two, but Pelosi needs to bring Mitch to his knees and get a bill that will last until Inauguration Day.

[Merlot]

2. It's the "shut down the government" fight all over

Where republicans mess with peoples lives.

[Indykatie]

3. I Read in Another Article It's Only a One Week Extension. Is That Correct?

[Polybius]

4. Yes, it's even billed as a temporary extension so it doesn't run out

They said they would extend the $600 one week while they worked on the final bill.

[aeromanKC]

5. Retroactive

Whatever Bill they reach should be retroactive back to this week.

[applegrove]

6. Locking

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