Posted on 03/17/2020 2:08:45 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday the upper chamber will pass the House's second coronavirus funding package without changes.
The decision comes despite some vocal GOP opposition to the measure over concerns about its impact on small businesses.
"With regard to the bill that came over from the House, there was some discussion about whether to amendment that with a bigger proposal, because we all know a bigger proposal is necessary. But I've decided we're going to go on and vote as soon as the Senate can get permission to vote on the bill that came over from the House, send it down to the president for signature," McConnell told reporters.
Asked about pushback from within his caucus, he added, “My counsel to them is to gag and vote for it anyway."
The House bill provides up to 10 days of paid leave for some workers and bolsters unemployment insurance.
But the paid leave provision sparked pushback among GOP senators who worried it would put a burden on small businesses. The House bill would cap the paid leave at companies with 500 employees. It would also allow businesses with fewer than 50 employees to apply for a waiver.
Republicans had been discussing potentially trying to change the House bill, including adding in a "phase three" bill, which is expected to focus on impacted businesses, workers and industries.
Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, stressed that no final decision had been made on legislative strategy, underscoring the fluidity of negotiations between lawmakers and the White Hou
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I hope to hell there’s no abortion funding in there Mitch.
Not good. they threw a bunch of crap in the bill.
Anybody know how many pages/lines/words this thing has in it?
Probably take a week to read?
Once again, the leftists rob future taxpayers.
The big corporations love to see small businesses driven out of business.
Demanding that a small company pay people for not working guarantees it.
As Hillary said, “I can’t be responsible for every undercapitalized small business in America.”
https://www.forbes.com/2010/07/21/fact-and-comment-opinions-steve-forbes.html#4908dea46493
Start burning up the Whitehouse phone lines. NOW!!
yep, the rats pull this bs every time. The best we can hope for is for Trump to call them out when he signs it.
I'll defer to Rand Paul's opinion in matters like this. He seems to be the only sane person in the Senate in regard to these types of bills.
As long as there is nothing that promotes abortion or that detracts from 2nd amendment rights, I am ok with this. In a time of emergency you do what needs to be done and worry about the small $hyt later.
McConnell chose not to participate in negotiations on this bill. He said he’d let Mnuchin and Pelosi write it. They did
So blame him for taking a vacation from responsibility
Since the senate democrats proposed their own bill today, this might just be a play by McConnell — he offered to pass the house bill, but the senate democrats have their own bill, so they have to instead do more talking, and it’s all the democrats fault because they couldn’t even agree on a bill.
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With a vital assist from republicans
we are toast
PDJT should get it in his hand, call a press conference and READ IT ALOUD from start to finish, dog ear and ELIMINATE the trash and sign it.
Let THEM take the heat for not rendering ‘assistance’.
AND let the WORKING PUBLIC know what their representatives are doing to them.
Enough of this LIBERAL ‘got to pass it to see what is in it’ garbage.
F WITH THE BULL, GET THE HORN
Panic ..... Panic ...... Panic ! ! ! Elected; ??? our Forefathers warmed us about
Lots of people aren’t w-2 anymore and have no employer to provide paid leave. Bill pretty much just benefits corp drones.
McConnell chose not to participate in negotiations on this bill. He said he’d let Mnuchin and Pelosi write it. They did
So blame him for taking a vacation from responsibility
Once again we see the do-nothing GOP Senate doing what the do best: Nothing.
Man they really need to something for SMALL businesses.
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