Posted on 10/20/2020 7:14:36 AM PDT by Theoria
President Donald Trump on Tuesday pushed for a comprehensive COVID-19 relief package, saying he would accept a deal worth more than $2.2 trillion despite opposition to large spending measures among his fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate.
“I want to do it even bigger than the Democrats,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News, as talks between House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin approached a Tuesday deadline for reaching a bipartisan deal that could pass Congress before Election Day on Nov. 3.
The White House has proposed $1.8 trillion in coronavirus relief, while Pelosi is pushing for $2.2 trillion.
Senate Republicans have repeatedly stated their opposition to additional COVID-19 relief spending near the $2 trillion mark and have focused instead on smaller initiatives.
Republicans prepared to bring up legislation on Tuesday to help small businesses slammed by the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 8.2 million Americans, killed over 220,000 and thrown millions out of work.
Trump predicted that Senate Republicans would fall in line if Mnuchin and Pelosi reach a bipartisan deal.
“Not every Republican agrees with me, but they will,” he said. Trump added he specifically expects support from Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: “He’ll be on board if something comes.”
But a senior Senate Republican, John Thune, expressed doubt Monday that there would be enough Senate Republican votes to pass a comprehensive bill as large as the White House proposal, let alone something larger than Pelosi’s.
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His profile page is a real piece of work.
I think he got lost on the way to DU and stumbled upon Free Republic.
You are an easily manipulated tool of the left who is trolling this forum.
In case you haven't noticed, this thread is based on a "free sh!t for everyone" approach by Donald Trump himself.
This is a President who knows how to go big, the likes of which we haven’t seen.
Public schools aren’t going away.
They’ve been in general use since the 1840s.
As schools, they fail badly, but they allow parents a break from child rearing.
Pelosi has been Trumped
“Trump is toast.”
Trump is the toaster.
“I want to do it even bigger than the Democrats.”
Trump
I’ll be voting for him, but only because Biden is even more of an idiot.
Trump says repeatedly that he wants a big amount of money to go to hard-working Americans who are hurting through no fault of their own. He does not say that he will agree to Nancy Pelosi‘s poison pill items in her bill. I don’t think that he will.
China has fully recovered.
I’m not aware of any Chinese stimulus program.
China has fully recovered.
I’m not aware of any Chinese stimulus program.
Trump takes credit for helping people. That’s why her demands have to be outrageous; so something reasonable cannot be done.
The economy is fully open in Florida.
Unfortunately, a $15 minimum wage amendment proposal likely to pass has caused massive business closures.
The previous McConnell relief bill assumed people were financially responsible.
Many $600 a week handouts were spent on recreation drugs.
We have about 6 million households likely to get evicted in early 2021 and not wanted by another landlord.
Something probably has to be done.
Will you vote for Biden if Trump gets a big stimulus passed?
I just wish a lot of pathetic, stunted Freepers wouldn't be so anxious to sell out their principles for a $1,200 check.
Trump needs to go along with Senate Republicans.
As Bejamin Franklin said, hang together or hang separately.
You should have seen the FREEPERS on here yelling for government schools to open. I was stunned. So much for homeschool support.
Got it. So Trump is an idiot too. WHY are you here???
LOL........
IDIOTS abound........
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