Not the Time for Half-Measures': Progressives Demand Far-Reaching Economic.....

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Not the Time for Half-Measures': Progressives Demand Far-Reaching Economic and Public Health Assistance as Coronavirus Spreads

From the article:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced the Families First Coronavirus Response Act late Wednesday, after 13 public interest groups including Public Citizen and Healthcare for America Now called for far-reaching assistance for workers and families as opposed to the Trump administration's proposal to cut payroll taxes.
The plan includes free coronavirus testing for all who need it, including uninsured people; 14 days of emergency paid sick leave for all workers; strengthened nutritional assistance including SNAP benefits and school meals; and increased federal funds for Medicaid.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called the Democrats' proposal an "ideological wish list" and "off-base."

To read more:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/12/not-time-half-measures-progressives-demand-far-reaching-economic-and-public-health?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email

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1. Pelosi didn't introduce the bill because she was pressured into doing so by progressive groups.

That assertion is ludicrous.

But then, it's Common Dreams. Spin is pretty much their reason for existence.

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2. Also from the article:

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday introduced a key provision of the bill, the Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students (MEALS) Act, which would allow the USDA to approve state waiver requests for meal distribution which result in increased costs to the federal government.

My habit is to print the actual title from things that I post.

But it is good to note that the GOP, as ever, stands firmly against the public welfare.

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3. My point was that CD's inferences are nonsense.

That undermines their credibility. If they'd just left the spin out of it, it would have been more useful and accurate.

Instead, they had to throw the same silly bias into it that they do into everything else.