Pelosi Slams McConnell’s Latest Coronavirus Package, Says It’s A ‘Non-Starter’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a news conference on October 15, 2019. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) shot down Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) latest emergency response package to the COVID-19 outbreak on Friday.

“As you know, Senator McConnell has released his proposal for a third coronavirus response package, which is not at all pro-worker and puts corporations ahead of working people,” Pelosi wrote in a letter to her Democratic colleagues. “As written, it is a non-starter.”

The Democratic leader added that the new bill must “put money directly into the hands of those who need it most.”

McConnell unveiled Senate Republicans’ package on Thursday. Under the proposal, individuals would receive cash payments of up to $1,200, while couples would receive up to $2,400. The payments begin to phase out for those earning $75,000.

However, only $600 would go to those with no federal tax liability. Per the Washington Post, the bill would not assist approximately 22 million Americans who are making less than $40,000.

Additionally, the bill does not address the issue of corporations using bailout funds for stock buybacks.

Lawmakers are slated to continue negotiations over the bill on Saturday.

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  1. ”…the bill would not assist approximately 22 million Americans who are making less than $40,000.

    What is MoscowMitch hoping here…Covid19 will get to the MOST vulnerable first?
    Nothing new here…RethugniCONS = always NOT looking out for the MOST vulnerable, just the rich and corporations!

    Addendum:

    Recall what the BIGLIEST LIAR said about Covid-19

    https://twitter.com/PolitiFact/status/1241348839170363392

    Addendum:

    If you are uninsured with complications, you medical bill for Covid-19 can go as high as 35k!

    Per Wapo article:

    The legislation includes $50 billion in “loans and loan guarantees” for passenger airlines; $8 billion for “cargo air carriers”; and $150 billion for other “eligible businesses,” a category administration officials have suggested could include the hotel and cruise industries. The legislation appears to give the Treasury Department wide authority in determining which businesses qualify for this $150 billion fund.

    BIGLY Q: How much will the Trump Hotels get from the proposed $150B loan?

  2. Fuck the poor

    Mitch stays true to his bedrock principles

  3. Shorter Moscow Mitch, if the disease doesn’t get them we will starve the poor bastards too death. When are these assholes going to learn that a lot of working Americans don’t pay income taxes already.

    Stick to your guns Nancy, the contrast will expose the GOP for what it is. A collection of old men who hate Americans.

  4. Avatar for kovie kovie says:

    The idea being to partially replace the lost incomes of folks who’ve lost their jobs to the virus so they can buy essentials and pay at least part of their rent and utilities, while pumping money into the economy so it doesn’t totally crash, a one-time modest cash stipend isn’t going to accomplish either of these. We need regular payouts to everyone who’s been adversely financially affected by the virus, including small businesses. Nothing short of that is going to help much.

  5. Avatar for kovie kovie says:

    Let’s shorten it to Moscowmitch, almost sounds like a family name. Or, McPutin.

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