Posted on 03/25/2020 6:31:53 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
White House and Senate leaders reached a historic deal shortly after midnight Wednesday on a massive $2 trillion coronavirus relief package for workers and businesses, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered something of a tepid endorsement of the agreement after previously pushing for her own legislation.
The bipartisan breakthrough in the Senate capped days of heated negotiations that had nearly been derailed by last-minute demands from House Democrats.
Ladies and gentleman, we are done," White House legislative affairs director Eric Ueland announced as he left the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., near midnight. "We have a deal."
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(cue the hog trough)
Would anyone here be surprised? Demonrats NEVER let a crisis go to waste.
PDJT wouldn’t sign such a thing. He’s already stated that.
I pray he won’t sign such a catastrophe!
Isnt there enough fake news out there without you adding to it?
Trump walked away from the deal Pelosi wanted. Thats why she caved. Trump isn’t going to sign off on a bunch of pork.
Pelosi pulled her bill.
At 7:37 AM today, Pelosi DELAYED another vote on the bill.
The whole deal has a bad smell. Where are the $2T to come from? At some point it will be a pressing question, which might well knock the economy out of kilter even more than this pandemic. Let me guess. They’re going to print money. Sue China for half of it. Raise taxes?
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