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  On 3/23/2020 at 9:56 PM, Anastasis said:

Seriously. Pass a tight bill that delivers relief without going down the abortion rabbit hole or the carbon credit nonsense. This should not be that hard, except that dysfunction is institutionalized in DC. 

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Well, when one side wants to fuck small business and individuals and the other doesn't, it's kinda fucking hard to reach a common ground.

Why would ANYONE think the Republicans give one flying fuck about anyone but big business?

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  On 3/23/2020 at 10:18 PM, Francisco 2.0 said:

https://www.axios.com/nancy-pelosi-coronavirus-stimulus-proposal-d7b4a9a0-610a-4324-a07b-6bb64e1f5c81.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100

 

  • Allocates $150 billion to supporting hospitals, local health centers and government-funded medical programs, with an additional $80 billion in low-interest loans to hospitals.
  • Eliminates cost-sharing for coronavirus treatments and vaccines for all patients, including the uninsured. 
  • Addresses broader health care concerns that Democrats have pushed for months, including increasing subsidies on the individual market and creating new incentives for states to expand Medicaid. 
  • Provides child care assistance to health care workers and emergency personnel.
  • Offers individual Americans $1,500 in direct deposits, and up to $7,500 for a family of five. The benefit would be available to anyone with an individual taxpayer identification number, retirees and unemployed individuals. 
  • Would temporarily provide $600 per week to unemployed workers affected by the coronavirus. Self-employed workers, Americans whose contracts were cancelled, and new entrants to the job market would also be eligible.
  • Expands paid sick leave and family medical leave, as well as gives more money to food-safety benefits.
  • Provides $500 billion in grants and interest-free loans to small businesses.
  • Creates a $200 billion stabilization fund for states and $15 billion for local governments through the Community Development Block Grant program. The legislation also authorizes the Federal Reserve to purchase state and local government bonds.
  • Pumps nearly $60 billion into schools and universities, with $50 billion directly provided to states for school funding and nearly $10 billion to higher education institutions.
  • Dedicates $4 billion in grant funding to help states with upcoming elections and nationally mandates 15 days of early voting and no-excuse absentee vote-by-mail, including mailing a ballot to all registered voters in an emergenc
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And there it is. 

Y'all are pissed off at the Senate for jerking around today? That was some fine drama. The Democrats were going to hold off Turtle until Nancy had her bill ready. 

Turtle is pissed he got caught and called out. Collins is pissed and that makes me happy. 

Barr can suck it. He's getting nothing.

 

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This administration will send everybody back to work within 10 days no matter what happens.  All he cares about is getting the economy going.  Nothing else matters to him.  So the choice is going to be interesting because when he gives the order I have already told my boss I am not going back to flying around the country while the virus issues are still going on.

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