Posted on 03/13/2020 4:44:30 PM PDT by rktman
After two days of debate, the House of Representatives appears poised to vote on an emergency relief bill for Americans affected by the coronavirus outbreak. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin almost a dozen times on Thursday to try and forge an agreement. In her address on Friday, Pelosi announced that today they "are passing a bill" that puts families first, but she did not say whether or not they had earned that Republican support.
The three most important parts of the bill are "testing, testing, testing," Pelosi explained, facilitating free coronavirus testing for anyone who needs a test, including the uninsured. It also offers two weeks of paid sick leave for those affected by the virus, and strengthens unemployment insurance for those who have lost their jobs as a result of the disease.
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She forgot to let us know that taxpayer abortion is also a fundamental leg of her plan to fight coronavirus...because....urgency...
The key to conquering the coronavirus is to line up and kill every single democrat.
Yeah, but will it help with your vision? How you doin’?
No, that's silly. There is no such thing as a money tree. It will be coming from Nancy's magic printing press.
Spending bills are the province of the house.
No. Tax bills.
No. Tax bills must start in the House but nothing else. And even with respect to tax bills it’s illusory because all it means is that the House must pass it before the Senate. It doesn’t impact who introduces it first.
They could... if they had the cooperation of the Bush-senators.
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