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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcConnell will delay approval of Families First coronavirus relief bill until later in the week.
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@GeorgeTakei
Politico reporting that due to GOP opposition, McConnell will delay approval of Families First coronavirus relief bill until later in the week. Every day counts in this crisis, but McConnell doesn't give a rat's ass.
9:51 AM · Mar 16, 2020·Twitter Web App
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(624 posts)WOW! Is he an asshole!
Magoo48
(4,705 posts)docgee
(870 posts)Or maybe voluntary.
ace3csusm
(969 posts)Thats what he does...Nice Job Kentucky citizens keep voting for him, hey theyll even vote for him when they past...they can vote for anyone that has a (D) next to their name...
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Thursday at 5 pm eastern. Who is he protecting? The Pharma Lobby and the Insurance Lobby must be passing out checks on the Senate Floor once again.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Sits around and gets off not doing anything for people!
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)ineffective minority leader, unable to do a thing without Schumer's permission.
dansolo
(5,376 posts)I never understood this attitude. I'd rather he was at home watching the Senate do its work. Actually, I really wish he'd be watching from a prison cell.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)the prison cell just ain't gonna happen.
My concepts of punishment involve, among other things, the most fearsome things to the convict. McTurtle without Trump or some of his other buddies to lean on, and his wife broke and disgraced
might be the worst thing to happen to him.
If not the worst, let's hear some more ideas..
Chellee
(2,095 posts)As long as he's there, even in the minority, he's a danger to Americans. I want him powerless. He can watch everything he tried to put in place being dismantled from a distance.
Please support Amy McGrath. https://amymcgrath.com
calimary
(81,220 posts)Turbineguy
(37,319 posts)his Evil Day of Reckoning.
BComplex
(8,036 posts)will drop with the next budget bill.
Republicans are total asswipes.
MoonchildCA
(1,301 posts)BComplex
(8,036 posts)Republicans, by nature, are clueless...or they wouldn't be republicans.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,668 posts)if you are not Human!
Chainfire
(17,530 posts)Leave millions of low wage earners with little or no benefits worrying about their families financial survival. Delaying will keep them coming to work a few days longer, no mater how ill they are.
lame54
(35,284 posts)These guys truly hate the people of this country
eppur_se_muova
(36,259 posts)RockRaven
(14,959 posts)Hand is bigly too big, though.
handmade34
(22,756 posts)I know people that are scared... it's f#@king easy to be nonchalant when your job isn't gone, you could lose everything, and you've got good health insurance... I hate Republicans with every fiber of my being... people are confused, scared, angry and they don't want to pay out "welfare"... they want to make people squirm... there is no excuse
C_U_L8R
(44,998 posts)Republicans are just going to make things worse. Everyone is watching.
DUgosh
(3,055 posts)Because some republican senators have tested positive
calimary
(81,220 posts)Thats what hes standing firm for. Its all about power. And who cares about what the people need? Besides, most of em will vote for Democrats anyway, so let em rot.
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)Guarantee if one of their CEO buddies or a family member becomes very ill from this they won't waste time to take action. They're more worried about their corporations getting bail out money from this, not individuals who need it.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)"If the Democrats would have acted quicker and not treated this as a hoax, we wouldn't be in the situation we are today." Sad thing is, their sheep will completely believe that lie.
no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)handmade34
(22,756 posts)until Mitch passes that bill...
NBachers
(17,105 posts)bluestarone
(16,906 posts)Go ahead MOSCOW mitch make our day!!!
UpInArms
(51,280 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)We'll see if that doesn't light a fire under the collective ass of Senate Republicans.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)...the more likely that is.
crickets
(25,962 posts)so they don't get a chance to vote on it. Whoops! Gotta go home, now. Sorry. Buh bye.
CALL your Senators! - https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Stinky The Clown
(67,790 posts)spanone
(135,823 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)They hate responsibility and government but their fate is now tied to responsibility and effective governmental action. God help us now but there will come a time when their power will pass and remember, remember in November.
spanone
(135,823 posts)this was agreed upon by TRUMP/mnunchin AND PELOSI
barbtries
(28,787 posts)he never did. evil FUCK
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)Apologies to Shrek lovers.
Efilroft Sul
(3,578 posts)By delaying the vote on the Families First bill, he's telling many American to drop dead.
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)It's probably because they're taking these days re-writing the bill....if so, I can only imagine what it'll look like before it's brought before the full senate.
littlemissmartypants
(22,632 posts)Amy M. McGrath (born June 3, 1975) is an American politician and former Marine fighter pilot. During her 20 years of service in the Marine Corps, McGrath flew 89 combat missions against al-Qaeda and the Taliban.[1][2] McGrath was the first woman to fly a combat mission for the Marine Corps, as well as the first to pilot the F/A-18 on a combat mission.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_McGrath
Go Amy!!
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)KPN
(15,642 posts)GOP all want us to die anyway. That is their grand plan for making all of this the imbalanced playing field, the gross and growing income inequality, the xenophobia, the dismantling of our Constitution and our government sustainable. It is all sustainable if we die off. That is and has always been their grand plan.
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Had its first death today!
maxrandb
(15,320 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)Moscow Mitch has a delicate balance to consider -- how many people to let die before it's more profitable, politically, to allow Democrats to share some credit in helping confront the virus crisis.
We need that reptile out of office.
jmowreader
(50,554 posts)Trump governs using the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, and he hasnt figured out how to real enough gold-pressed latinum out of this bill to make it worth signing.
lastlib
(23,213 posts)A rat with toxic diarrhea.
DarthDem
(5,255 posts)I hesitate even to type that, but I can't think of anything else to call it. Astonishing.
Hekate
(90,645 posts)wishstar
(5,268 posts)I saw Schumer's new bill plan announced just now on CNBC, but nothing about McConnell and MSNBC showed that Romney supports giving each American $1,000.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)...before it can be sent to Senate"
Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/louie-gohmert-single-handedly-holds-up-house-coronavirus-bill-before-it-can-be-sent-to-senate/
And here...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213108783