McConnell Says Senate Will Vote On "New Funding" For PPP; Democrats Turn On Pelosi For Refusing $1.8 Trillion From Trump: Some Democrats Say, "Nancy, Take The Deal!"

Remark Board ^ | 10/13/2020 | Tyler Durden

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says the Senate will vote on roughly $300 billion in "new funding" for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) aimed at helping struggling small businesses, as early as next week, according to Politico's Jake Sherman.

NEW … MCCONNELL says the Senate will vote on “new funding” for the PPP next week.

Dems have suggested in the past they would not accept this. — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 13, 2020

"When the full Senate returns on October 19th, our first order of business will be voting again on targeted relief for American workers, including new funding for the PPP," said McConnell, adding "Republicans do not agree that nothing is better than something for working families. The American people need Democrats to stop blocking bipartisan funding and let us replenish the PPP before more Americans lose their jobs needlessly"

"There is no excuse for Democrats to keep blocking job-saving funding for the Paycheck Protection Program," McConnell said in a Tuesday statement. "Democrats have spent months blocking policies they do not even oppose. They say anything short of their multi-trillion-dollar wish list, jammed with non-COVID-related demands, is "piecemeal" and not worth doing."

Meanwhile, some Democrats have turned on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she rejected President Trump's $1.8 trillion COVID relief offer after telling his team to "go big" during negotiations.

Pelosi panned the offer, calling it "one step forward, two steps back." Instead, she's demanded that Trump revamp the White House proposal.

"Tragically, the Trump proposal falls significantly short of what this pandemic and deep recession demand," she said in a Tuesday letter. "Significant changes must be made to remedy the Trump proposal’s deficiencies."

"A fly on the wall or wherever else it might land in the Oval Office tells me that the President only wants his name on a check to go out before Election Day and for the market to go up," she added.

According to the Daily Mail, however, Democrats want Nancy to stop playing politics with relief for Americans.

"Nancy Pelosi take this deal! Put politics aside people are hurting," tweeted former presidential candidate Andrew Yang on Saturday.

Nancy Pelosi take this deal! Put politics aside people are hurting. https://t.co/bCpFtr2kHh — Andrew Yang🧢🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) October 10, 2020

Rep. Ro Khana (D-CA) wrote "People in need can't wait until February," adding "1.8 trillion is significant & more than twice Obama stimulus. It will allow Biden to start with infrastructure."

People in need can’t wait until February. 1.8 trillion is significant & more than twice Obama stimulus. It will allow Biden to start with infrastructure. Obama won in 08 by doing the right thing on TARP instead of what was expedient. Make a deal & put the ball in McConnell court. https://t.co/qAEtd049sW — Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) October 11, 2020

And left-leaning podcast host Dan Pfeiffer of 'Pod Save America' tweeted "While there are potential risks, Democrats should aggressively pursue a COVID Relief deal with Trump," adding "It's the right thing to do, but the politics can also work in our favor."

While there are potential risks, Democrats should aggressively pursue a COVID Relief deal with Trump. It's the right thing to do, but the politics can also work in our favor. Here's how: https://t.co/pyQHjIuEK5 — Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 11, 2020

Unfortunately for struggling Americans, Pelosi seems more concerned with handing Trump a win going into the election.

[Sacajaweau]

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[JonPreston]

Good!

[babble-on]

Pelosi put her electoral interests ahead of the well-being of unemployed workers.

The trillion-plus on offer from the White House since July would have helped a lot of people, but she didn’t want to take the chance that one of those people would be Trump.

[cuban leaf]

One thing about the Democrats. They don’t seem to have their McCain or Romney/Flake equivalents. They are always pretty much in lockstep. Usually.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Earlier Mitch said he had 20 members opposed.
I guess Trump has been doing some arm-twisting.

[SunkenCiv]

"Democrats have spent months blocking policies they do not even oppose. They say anything short of their multi-trillion-dollar wish list, jammed with non-COVID-related demands, is "piecemeal" and not worth doing."

[GOP Poet]

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[GOP Poet]

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[mewzilla]

Wish POTUS could take taxpayer money headed to NYS out of Cuomo’s hide...

[Mr. K]

Add another $3,000 for each man, woman, and child owes each time they say $1Trillion.

[White Lives Matter]

Does this deal include extending the unemployment benefits?

[katana]

I once taught a travel companion who wanted to buy a lovely wall hanging of Red Square from a vendor on Arbat Street in Moscow what happens in a negotiation when you shrug and walk away. She had tears in her eyes when I sotto voce told her that's what we were going to do. Later, when she fully walked away with the picture at 10% of the original asking price I got a big hug.

Never read "The Art of the Deal", but I'm pretty confident the author would have done even better.

[dp0622]

Opposed to the entire stimulus. Not PPP

[TheConservativeTejano]

Pelosi put her electoral interests ahead of the well-being of unemployed workers. The trillion-plus on offer from the White House since July would have helped a lot of people, but she didn’t want to take the chance that one of those people would be Trump.

Partner, we are hoping that this Botox Hag will just leave as Speaker of the People's House.

[Lower Deck]

So Peosi wants $2.2 trillion, Trump wants $1.8 trillion, and McConnell will vote on $300 billion? This should be interesting.

[forgotten man]

I will send a nasty e-mail to my rat member of the House today. Sometimes it is good to live in enemy territory.

[Lower Deck]

Earlier Mitch said he had 20 members opposed.
I guess Trump has been doing some arm-twisting.

That was for Trump's plan which was over $1 trillion and is now at $1.8 trillion, and there is no reason to believe that he has anywhere near the votes for that. What McConnell is offering is the $300 billion plan he pitched in July.

[butlerweave]

Nancy will never get over Trump shutting down her Family Vacation during the Dem Shut Down

[Amendment10]

Hypocritical Democratic “all votes count” mantra aside, I hope that Pelosi’s Democratic colleagues are wising up to the reality that there is only one vote in the 435 member House that counts imo, and that vote belongs to tyrant Pelosi.

Send “Orange Man Bad” federal and state government desperate Democrats home in November!

Supporting PDJT with a new patriot Congress and state government leaders that will promise to fully support his already excellent work for MAGA and stopping SARS-CoV-2 will effectively give fast-working Trump a “third term” in office imo.

I don’t see any problem with voting Republican ticket for 2020 elections.

Insights welcome.