On Bloomberg earlier this morning they had analyst on saying that Pelosi will be blamed for

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22. What 'deal'? Media often does a lazy, lackluster job of covering COVID relief efforts.

It's a disservice to everyone to frame the issue merely in terms of dollars, ignoring the content of the proposed bills.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEROES_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEALS_Act

A major difference between the proposals concerns state and local governments. The HEALS Act provides no additional funding, while the HEROES Act allocates $1 trillion in additional aid to state and local governments.[36] Another difference is on evictions and foreclosure, which were forbidden in certain cases under the CARES Act. The HEALS Act lets the provisions expire, while the HEROES Act extends it for up to another year and expands the moratorium to cover all renters and homeowners, instead of just the special cases covered in the CARES Act.[37]

Another major difference is that HEALS includes shield provisions for corporate immunity. This is a major sticking point. HEALS also includes inappropriate allocations for NASA, West Wing renovations, and the DOD, including money for weapons and Navy aircraft procurement... but zero for Veterans Affairs.

There have been changes over time since both Acts first came out, but these differences give a good indication of the reasons why legislation has stalled. Media not bothering to address the details is misleading people into thinking no one is bothering to try to get help to everyday people, which just is not true. The HEROES Act isn't perfect, but at least the House passed something worthwhile, in May, which Mitch never bothered to bring the Senate floor for discussion.

That the Senate passed their bill and then called the House bill "partisan and unrealistic" is just insulting. As usual.

https://web.archive.org/web/20200805113420/https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/07/27/us/politics/27reuters-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation-factbox.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/07/28/think-the-senate-funding-bill-is-just-about-covid-19-think-again/?sh=3ac3532f1c3e




Democrats made a good faith effort at compromise and came back with a pared down version of HEROES, and still were rebuffed. It was a wasted effort, and media skewing the perception of events by not properly covering them doesn't help. Nancy Pelosi isn't the problem. trump, Mnuchin, Senate Republicans, and Mitch McConnell are the problem.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaharziv/2020/09/29/stimulus-update-dems-cut-12-trillion-from-heroes-act-propose-22-trillion-stimulus-package/?sh=4cd62a8c57a9