Negotiations lag on $1 trillion stimulus for virus-hit US
Published 1 min ago on March 21, 2020
By Agence France-Presse
US lawmakers urgently negotiating a $1 trillion emergency package to salvage an economy ravaged by the coronavirus missed a Republican-imposed deadline to reach an agreement by the end of Friday.
Senate Republicans were seeking a rapid deal in order to hold a final vote Monday on a bill aimed at allocating vast sums of federal dollars to American households as well as for industries that help form the backbone of a suddenly teetering economy.
But Democrats have been pushing for stronger worker protections and more substantial outlays for families devastated by the crisis, and the party’s top Democrat Chuck Schumer said the Republican package was “inadequate” for millions of Americans facing dire straits.
Negotiations stalled despite Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell setting a Friday night deadline.
Senators said they would work through the weekend, and if a deal is struck Saturday then a first procedural vote is likely Sunday.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/negotiations-lag-on-1-trillion-stimulus-for-virus-hit-us/
#Moscow Mitch is really a ratfucking asshole, and his fucking aide making money off this virus shit...................libertarian fucking ratfucking again....................
November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough....................
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I think maybe the GOP see the writing on the wall, trump is going to go down big time, so they are going to make sure, like they always do, that when the new president, a Democrat, takes over they will have another huge mess to deal with.
It's been that way for some time, republicans destroy things, Democrats have to fix it. I just hope some day people see through the republican bullshit, and stop putting them in any position of power!
