Moderate Democrats Want Vaccine Package Before Biden Stimulus

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is under pressure from moderate Democrats, whose votes will be needed to pass any stimulus bill along party lines, to split a vaccination-funding package from President Joe Biden’s broader Covid-19 relief bill.

The Blue Dog Coalition of Democrats wrote in a letter to Pelosi released Thursday that the current plan to pass the administration’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill through a special budget process could take “months.” But funding for the patchy U.S. vaccination effort is needed right away, they argued.

“Vaccine distribution is a hot mess left by the Trump administration and fixing it now is something that the Biden administration and Democrats can do quickly to show we are delivering for the American people,” Representative Stephanie Murphy of Florida, one of the Blue Dog co-chairs, said in an interview.

The letter was signed by Murphy and her fellow co-chairs Ed Case of Hawaii, Kurt Schrader of Oregon and Tom O’Halleran of Arizona.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/moderate-democrats-want-vaccine-package-before-biden-stimulus/ar-BB1doHRl?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP

[Laelth]

1. I have no patience for these people.

The stimulus bill is needed NOW. Increased funding for vaccines is included in the current bill. Just vote yes. Don’t move to split up a great package and risk losing the other good measures in the bill.

Smack these people down, Speaker Pelosi!

-Laelth

[msongs]

2. ed case of hawaii. not surprised there nt

[msongs]

3. and they are so concerned with action that they are taking a 2 week vacation after tomorrow n

[yaesu]

5. good point. nt

[yaesu]

4. They should be ashamed of themselves, if Dems can't do the complete package they will

not be taken serious on anything, GET IT DONE & control the DOGS!!!

[stillcool]

6. how is it they plan on 'fixing' it?

do they know how much money is required? Are they in communications with the task force? Can't they write up a bill of their own?

[Mr. Sparkle]

7. are they moderate Democrats or Corporate Democrats?

I suspect the latter

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. Blue Dog...

more like BlueBlood, amirite?

[DallasNE]

9. The Only Reason It Would Take "Months" To Pass The Single Stimulus Bill

Would be because the blue dogs won't vote for it. And it they break the vaccines out into a separate bill then the remaining bill sure as hell won't get the blue dog votes. That seems to me to be a reason to push this out as a single bill.

[LymphocyteLover]

21. Yes, argghh! These assholes.

[Tommymac]

10. God Damn it if We on the Far Left can STFU and Follow Marching Orders Centrist can too!

For over a year I've kept silent on a LOT of what I would like the Party to address. And I'll keep the faith for the foreseeable future.

This is NOT THE TIME to show division. WE lose 2022 We lose DEMOCRACY!

Of coarse, we on the left will take the blame no matter what transpires.

Sorry Du, but Blue Dogs need to crawl back into their doghouses and stop barking. It's embarrassing.

[chowder66]

11. Wouldn't doing this cause us to have to use reconciliation twice which means we can't use it

again until next year?

[DeminPennswoods]

12. Posturing is a more likely explanation

nt

[riversedge]

13. ' The chamber is slated to leave town Friday, staying out until Feb. 23.'

Would it be so bad to get the vaccine out quickly? I think not.

[jorgevlorgan]

14. Blue dogs can either choose to deny much needed assistance to their constituency and be accountable

for continued unnecessary suffering. Or they can sign on to a broad assistance package that the Democrats propose. It's up to them, and I hope they make a wise decision.

[gab13by13]

15. It's like herding cats.

I thought the Senate would be the problem.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

16. Can't wait for that vaccination.

I'll be under the overpass trying to sleep in -10 degree weather, come find me when it gets here.

[ancianita]

17. Dammit.This isn't the unity that moderates say they want. Especially when they'll get what they want

ANYWAY.

This is the niggling I can't stand. It shows a particular need for some House re-education.
Here I thought Blue Dogs had gone away.
So much for unity. Dammit.

[liskddksil]

18. All these people do is whine and undermine nt

[Fiendish Thingy]

19. What evidence is there that reconciliation on relief package will take months? Nt

[Hekate]

20. Uh, no. Start breaking up the relief bill into pieces & that encourages the GQPers to do likewise...

Joe Biden said: Go Big. Get as much done as possible in the shortest amount of time, because there is just not enough time to @#$& around.

[LymphocyteLover]

22. Months???? WTAF!!!

[LymphocyteLover]

23. I can only hope Nancy knows how to get these people in line

and the Biden people talk some sense into them. This is insanity.

[LymphocyteLover]

24. I'm confused-- it got through the Senate more quickly than through the House?

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