McConnell: Some Republicans think 'we have already done enough' pandemic aid

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday he was open to striking a narrow deal to extend federal unemployment benefits set to expire at the end of the week, as signs emerged that both parties in Congress and the White House remained far apart on a long-term fix for workers hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.

“We’re looking at all options,” McConnell told PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff, including a “more narrow” measure if Congress can’t pass the broader, $1 trillion plan Senate Republicans floated this week.

The GOP proposal would reduce extra unemployment benefits for Americans who lost their jobs due to COVID-19. Congress included the additional $600 a week payments in a relief package passed in March, but those benefits expire at the end of the month.

“About 20 of my members think that we’ve already done enough,” McConnell said, adding that many Republicans were concerned about adding to the national debt.

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ef you Mitch!!!

[RKP5637]

1. Moscow Mitch, yep, not surprised! n/t

[DBoon]

2. Tell the families of those who will die

that we cannot save them because of the "national debt"

Convince them their loved ones must perish so our government books can balance.

[Blue Owl]

3. Eat shit and die, McConnell

C'mon Georgia, erase this wretched, miserable plague called Mitch McConnell

[Marie Marie]

4. 20 members sounds like a minority to me Mitch.

[napi21]

5. Joe should force them tp sit through a couple of days of testimoney from all

the people still suffering & nearly starving! After the testimonies he should them ask again how they can possibly still say no more aid is necessary!

Thenhe should ask why they approved any $$ DT asked for, but for him......NOTHING?

[Arkansas Granny]

6. So now they're worried about the national debt.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

22. We all knew that cycle would start as soon as Joe and Kamala won.

[tanyev]

7. Well, Mitch, if your boy Donny hadn't f*cked things up so badly,

maybe the amount of aid already given would have been enough.

[Rorey]

8. People are losing their lives, homes, jobs, businesses

Enough?????

[DanieRains]

9. Make Billionires Start Paying Taxes To Pay For Aid

Problem solved....

[Mopar151]

17. Have To.

The uber rich have made out YUGE in the pandemic, they could pay a stiff one time wealth tax

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. My buddy just called me this evening crying.

He’s running out of money and is getting really sick right now. It sounds like he has COVID.

[MustLoveBeagles]

11. I'm sorry to hear that

[Progressive Jones]

12. They never whine about the "national debt" until the Dems take the WH. nt

[CarlitosMMT]

13. Fight the Deficit Terrorists

If we all haven’t learned yet, the currency is simple public monopoly and what we call the national debt is nothing more than the net-savings of the economy. There is no national debt crisis and the currency issuing federal government can never go broke. Congress job is to worry about full employment and price stability by using the power of the purse for public purpose. They should worry about the real economy and real outcomes and target those, and let the economy optimize the size of the deficit, instead of using the government to put a bag over the heads of businesses and workers. Austerity is a crime against humanity.

[questionseverything]

21. The important thing is

To have a good enough economy that the dollar is still the standard

[global1]

14. Use This Repug Lack Of Helping The American People To Win The Senate Back In Georgia....

Tell the people of Georgia that if they vote for the two Dem candidates running for the Senate in Georgia that they'll receive a $1200 check because the Dems will pass the aid bill that Mitch & the Repugs are holding back on passing.

[andym]

15. These remarks should be publicized for the Georgia Senate races. NT.

[onecaliberal]

18. This should run on a 24/7 loop in GA

[Bleacher Creature]

16. Win Georgia.

That's the whole ballgame. If we win there, we have a chance to make a real difference in people's lives. If not, we're at the mercy of this awful human being for at least the next two years.

[Eyeball_Kid]

19. Isn't that amazing?

GOPers act like it's THEIR MONEY!

It's not. It's OUR MONEY!

And if it's "we" who want to borrow more money to get us through this mess, then so be it.

But GOPers don't want us to have any more money when we can't be at our jobs. So they know what they're doing, don't they? They're giving more problems to Biden, intentionally. There are millions of people who are watching this and their sentiments toward the GOP are getting hardened. They are so terrified of Trump that, even as a lame duck president, his tweets could mean the ending of careers.

It's entirely necessary for Trump to be immediately prosecuted as soon as Biden is sworn in. He's an extremely loose cannon and he'll undermine the Constitution whenever possible. The DOJ and other jurisdictions must pounce on him fast. If Biden wants his base to stay with him, restoring faith in government, this time around, means showing that justice is served, and that no one is above the law. It means that Trumpy-Boy must face multiple allegations, indictments, and trials beginning in early 2021.

[stopbush]

20. If they're concerned about the debt, why not cut their own salaries, which start at $174,000 a year?

How about they accept no more than $50,000 a year? Then maybe we'll see if they've "done enough" to help struggling Americans.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

23. Just proves many Rethugs are cold, heartless psychopaths.

The Republican Party seems to attract them.......

Add a thick layer of libertarian free-market brainwashing and that pretty much defines the GOP.

[EndlessWire]

24. What a sinister pr*ck

Thanks, Kentucky...just had to reelect this asshole, didya?

Pelosi is holding out for 2.2 trillion, the same figure as before. Turtle Man is pushing 1 trillion, and just read those between the line threats! If he doesn't get his way, he's going to offer less! If he doesn't get what HIS SIDE ONLY wants, he'll hurt millions of people, because, by G-d, he wants what he wants!

Cold hearted, cruel, and callous...that's Mitch! Take your salary, your house, your wife and family, and shove them all up your miserable ass, you f*cker!