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GOP senators warn they will oppose coronavirus bill unless ‘massive drafting error’ fixed
Fox News ^ | March 25, 2020 | Adam Shaw

Posted on 03/25/2020 12:01:10 PM PDT by jazusamo

Three Republican senators are warning that they will oppose the $2 trillion coronavirus response package unless a “massive drafting error” in the legislation, that they say will create an incentive for employers to lay off employees, is fixed.

Fox News is told the concern is that the current version could pay workers more in unemployment benefits than they're currently making, by sticking a $600 per week payment on top of ordinary benefits that are calculated as a percentage of income. This could disrupt the labor market further, the lawmakers warn.

"A massive drafting error in the current version of the coronavirus relief legislation could have devastating consequences: Unless this bill is fixed, there is a strong incentive for employees to be laid off instead of going to work. This isn’t an abstract, philosophical point -- it’s an immediate, real-world problem,” Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Ben Sasse, R-Neb., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a statement.

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He said that they are working on an amendment to fix the problem that would mean that the maximum unemployment benefit is 100 percent of someone’s salary,...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nebraska; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: bensasse; coronavirus; coronavirusbill; gopsenators; lindseygraham; nebraska; southcarolina; timscott; unemployment; ussenate
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To: Bratch

That pic is the rats end game. 0bastard must be grinning from ear to ear. This whole things seems highly orchestrated and planned out.


21 posted on 03/25/2020 12:19:04 PM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: jazusamo

Just fix it and get back to us.

Youse guys have been included in the 535 Group to get the work of the People done. We don’t want excuses, we want positive action. Get. On. With. It.


22 posted on 03/25/2020 12:19:21 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: hal ogen
No bill should be more than a few pages.

Make it a ballot referendum and it will pass in a landslide.

23 posted on 03/25/2020 12:22:03 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: redshawk

It is a bit much.

My husband and I are both laid off. Unemployment is enough for us to pay our bills. Thanks to not living above our means we are going to be okay if out of work for a few months.

We will be taking advantage of the extra time to pay our taxes :)


24 posted on 03/25/2020 12:23:23 PM PDT by Jvette
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To: Red Badger

“Yes, except we should pay Congress not to work................”

I thought we already did?


25 posted on 03/25/2020 12:24:40 PM PDT by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: redshawk

Wow, I do not make quite $13/hour (office manager) and do not think I can get unemployment. Not working now.


26 posted on 03/25/2020 12:24:44 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Leep

Then we should pay them to stay home...................


27 posted on 03/25/2020 12:25:31 PM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: mdmathis6

You got it. Error my ass. These bastards try anyway they can to sneak their little perks through. Short rope and tall tree will fix that “error”


28 posted on 03/25/2020 12:25:56 PM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: jazusamo
He said that they are working on an amendment to fix the problem that would mean that the maximum unemployment benefit is 100 percent of someone’s salary.

It should be closer to 80%. Once the country reopens, there will be a lot of slackards who won't want to go back to work.

29 posted on 03/25/2020 12:27:44 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: jazusamo

Makes me wonder why I should work through this.


30 posted on 03/25/2020 12:28:55 PM PDT by dgbrown
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“He’s right. Current maximum unemployment benefit in Tennessee is $275 a week. $875 a week is more than most make in their jobs.”

If you qualify for the max, wouldn’t you be making more than $875?


31 posted on 03/25/2020 12:29:39 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: redshawk

It should just be a cap of $600.00 a week that is it!!


32 posted on 03/25/2020 12:32:11 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: jazusamo

I read that earlier and thought if you qualify for Indiana’a max $390 a week, damn!


33 posted on 03/25/2020 12:33:31 PM PDT by John W (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: eartick

Errror... Errror..Fauulty.. Must Sterilize

Errrrror!


34 posted on 03/25/2020 12:34:19 PM PDT by Gasshog (The Silver Lining to the Black Cloud of Liberalism agenda always comes back to bite them in the ass!)
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To: Vigilanteman

If unemployment is going to be 100% of someone’s salary why would ANYONE want to work this is a mess!!!


35 posted on 03/25/2020 12:34:31 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: jazusamo
I guess it's better to read the bill first to know what you're voting on, instead of voting on it to find out what's in it?

-PJ

36 posted on 03/25/2020 12:36:51 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Notice how they say nothing of the DACA amnesty that is in there as well?


37 posted on 03/25/2020 12:39:10 PM PDT by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: jazusamo

Not an Error!
BTTT


38 posted on 03/25/2020 12:42:42 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... (Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
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To: willyd

Got a link or page number for that claim?


39 posted on 03/25/2020 12:52:20 PM PDT by upchuck (Democrats are always the problem, never the answer.)
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To: jazusamo

An amendment to fix it....do a no more than....say $500 per week.....likely enough to get by for awhile. If you were making a lot of money, then I hope you knew enough to save.


40 posted on 03/25/2020 12:54:25 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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