Senate passes emergency $2t relief bill 96-0

fox news | 3/25/2020 | mitch mcconnell

[Engedi]

Oh yes she mentioned how they (senate, ie: republicans) didn’t treat DC the same as any other state instead treated them as a territory for funding amounts that she felt was discriminatory. Blah blah

Didn’t mention how they tried to cram in all kinds of goodies either.

[Engedi]

96-0 was the vote I saw on Fox.

[novemberslady]

UNCLEAR how self-employed persons fit into all of this

I'm very interested to see how this is going to be handled.

[Engedi]

They didn’t the vote was 96-0

[pollywog]

I called and left a comment on her comment line.
SHE LIED.... makes it look like SHE did the country a service.
All she added was a NON necessary HUGE $$$ addition to the Kennedy Center and held the bill up a WEEK.
What a joke!

[Engedi]

I’m confused reading the section rebates for taxpayers regarding checks to taxpayers. Are they using 2018 or 2019 for income brackets?

[novemberslady]

Mark Cuban (Dallas Mavericks owner) who was on FOX doing an interview, says that three weeks is too long for poeple to wait for checks.
That the people need money in their hands now.

He's wondering if there isn't a way to get money to them faster?

Also how can self employed people collect unemployment when they don't pay into it?

[novemberslady]

I don’t think the states will give it to them, and they’re not going to get that help.

[TangledUpInBlue]

Do we know who the 4 no shows (?) were?

[unixfox]

I guess I should be glad I won’t be around long enough to see this come due. Good thing I don’t have kids either.

[SteveH]

Those were (I believe) the 4 republican senators, Rand Paul, Mitt Romney, Mike Lee, and John Thune.

[the anti-liberal]

The House did not vote today.

https://youtu.be/4pMt8YV8lgc (Timcast, YouTube)

What’s surprising to me is that there’s been nothing that I’ve seen about this here.

[SaveFerris]

[ 96-0 was the vote ]

[HollyB]

That I’m unsure of Maybe this will help.
https://taxfoundation.org/

[SteveH]

the senate is actually allowing Pelosi and the House to see what is in the bill before they pass it...

seriously, here is one article on details of the final senate passage:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/26/democrats-delayed-stimulus-bill-ban-on-trump-family-profiting-150282

[Morpheus2009]

Exactly. With the Fed artificially sustaining all the big fat cats this will kill small business.

[the anti-liberal]

Lots of women in the dem party, all jealous of the beautiful women of the Trump family.

Pure TDS.

[Sam Gamgee]

WTF? Did they get to Rand Paul? Of everyone there I would think a libertarian like him would refuse to sign this garbage. As I tell my wife, in politics the worst decisions comes from compromise.

[SteveH]

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/15-days-slow-spread/

[kempster]

So Thomas Massie if Kentucky us possibly going to hold out on the vote for the package. If members of Congress have to fly back to Washington there is exposure for each. The cost is unnecessary and, people are waiting for help. This is crazy.