Senate Democrats block the coronavirus relief package that they helped write By Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/03/senate_democrats_block_the_coronavirus_relief_package_that_they_helped_write.html
“You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” – Rahm Emanuel (actual quotation)
“This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision.” – Rep. James Clyburn (actual quotation)
“Nice little country you’ve got here. It would be a shame if something happened to it.” – Congressional Democrats (fake but accurate quotation)
Over the past week, a bipartisan group of Senators hammered out the details of a phase-three coronavirus stimulus bill. On Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that he’d had “two good meetings . . . with Secretary Mnuchin . . . and I’m very optimistic that we can get something done.” He emphasized that it was important to “allow these businesses that are now closed to quickly re-establish themselves.” He boasted about “having good bipartisan agreements.”
And the bill was indeed a good enough bill, with straightforward help for people negatively affected by coronavirus:
Then, Nancy Pelosoi blew into D.C., cracked her whip, and everything changed. The narrative was no longer about saving American businesses to ensure that, after this panic is over, Americans will still have jobs. Nor was it about immediate financial relief for individuals who have already lost their livelihoods, cannot meet bills, or have rising medical costs.
Now, the proposed bipartisan bill was a “corporate slush fund” that didn’t help the little people. Joe Biden, woozy and mumbling, read the TelePrompter summarizing Democrats’ new objections:
A furious Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R., Tex.) forcefully argued through Twitter that the Democrats’ new objections were lies:
✔ @DanCrenshawTX
Provides payroll & rent for small business
-Credit to businesses across America to keep them afloat
– Cash in American’s pockets
-unemployment benefits
They have no good reasons. Just partisanship. Call your reps NOW.
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