White House, GOP in disarray over coronavirus spending plan as deadline nears on expiring emergency

[lanlady]

Source: Washington Post

A major intraparty rift widened between the White House and Senate Republicans on Tuesday as they stumbled to formulate a unified coronavirus budget plan, lacking agreement on policy goals, spending parameters and even deadlines.

The Republican and White House position changed multiple times as the day went on, with some GOP lawmakers refusing to rally behind President Trump’s demand for a payroll tax cut while others worked to convince White House emissaries that more money was needed for testing and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Complicating matters, other Republican lawmakers appeared mortified about the growing size of the spending bill, leading to bickering over which policies to remove and warning that miscalculations could allow Democrats to seize control of the White House and Senate in November.

“What in the hell are we doing,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) asked his colleagues at the lunch with White House officials, according to several participants who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the exchange. Cruz was incensed at the push among his colleagues to boost spending levels.



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[elleng]

1. GOOD NEWS!

'rift widened between the White House and Senate Republicans . .to formulate a unified coronavirus budget plan'

CLEARLY incapable of governing.

[Laelth]

6. They suck at governing.

And this is nothing new. I have been watching the Republican Party fail to govern since 1980. Naturally, it’s hard to use government to solve the nation’s problems when you think that government IS the problem, and that’s what they have been saying since Reagan.

-Laelth

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. My first thought and evidently shared by many DU'ers. . . . . nt

[riversedge]

2. "miscalculations could allow Democrats to seize control of the White House and Senate in November."

GOP priorities are NOT to help folks.--but to save themselves.

[Iliyah]

3. "disarray" . . .

Oh my.

not,

[Mr.Bill]

4. All Congress has to do is pass a bill

where they have enough votes to over ride a Veto.

[yaesu]

5. I found out there is only one place to get tested in my county & you need a doctors ok

been feeling like crap past few days, the system is broken beyond repair.

[TreasonousBastard]

7. This is the kind of crap that happens when you don't have national leadership.

[Ford_Prefect]

8. Whatever Putin told Donny & Mitch to do to make a greater atrocity of the COVID disaster.

“What in the hell are we doing,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) asked his colleagues....

[bucolic_frolic]

10. These GOP Clowns have no idea how the real economy operates

They shortchanged small self-employed workers and rewarded married households making $90k a year, they've relied upon the Fed printing money and buying financial assets like a fascist Leviathan. Now, $3 Trillion later, they're worried about the cost of things. Large percentages of the population are not paying their rent or mortgage, it is said evictions will start in August or September. Ain't this sweet?

[CountAllVotes]

12. +1

n/t

[jorgevlorgan]

11. Good thing politically. Bad for those counting on a UI extension to eat and not get evicted.