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GOP Senators Warn They Will Oppose CCP Virus Bill Unless ‘Massive’ Error Is Fixed
The Epoch Times ^ | March 25, 2020 Updated: March 25, 2020 | JACK PHILLIPS

Posted on 03/25/2020 7:15:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Three Republican senators said they will oppose the massive stimulus package aimed at helping to offset losses suffered during the CCP virus pandemic unless a drafting error is fixed in the legislation, saying that the issue will provide businesses with an incentive to lay off employees.

“A massive drafting error in the current version of the coronavirus relief legislation could have devastating consequences: Unless this bill is fixed, there is a strong incentive for employees to be laid off instead of going to work,” Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said in a joint statement on Wednesday afternoon. “This isn’t an abstract, philosophical point—it’s an immediate, real-world problem.”

The Epoch Times refers to the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China before it was transmitted worldwide.

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Kabuki theater.

They deliberately put it in there so the RINOs could beat their chests and say "see, we didn't let them get away with it," then sign the pork-laden monstrosity in triumph.

1 posted on 03/25/2020 7:15:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Force all of Congress into session to vote on this bill. Nuke the Capital Building while they’re voting. I’ve lost my patience.


2 posted on 03/25/2020 7:18:14 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

wait til Nancy adds her prohibition to States requiring Voter ID.


3 posted on 03/25/2020 7:19:31 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“We won’t know whats in it until we read it “.......Nancy Pelosi on ObamaCare


4 posted on 03/25/2020 7:23:16 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

An intentional mistake to lay blame.


5 posted on 03/25/2020 7:24:08 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Abortion mills are kept open as a necessity, but the churches have been closed.)
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Good thing the American people have infinite patience and will tolerate anything. They can take as long as they want.


6 posted on 03/25/2020 7:24:36 PM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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7 posted on 03/25/2020 7:24:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sure they will. Cavers as usual.


8 posted on 03/25/2020 7:24:56 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: G Larry

Why does Nancy even care about this bill? Every new dead person will automatically vote Rat in November.


9 posted on 03/25/2020 7:25:13 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Democratus Partitus Delendus Est)
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“Force all of Congress into session to vote on this bill. Nuke the Capital Building while they’re voting. I’ve lost my patience.”

Think of the advantages to the world if this occured.
1: Higher IQ - no, make that much high IQ - in the country.
2. Graft, corruption, money laundering, insider trading, and slime reduced by a factor of 99.9999999999%.
3. The few congresscritters not in DC can go to other low IQ jobs - such as the media (where a lot of ex ones are) and Hollywood.
4. Fewer fugly faces on TV.

And that’s just 4 of N, where N is really really big.

;-)


10 posted on 03/25/2020 7:27:49 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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Can these congress-losers get any more arrogant and disgusting ? Wait until tomorrow . ..pathetic .


11 posted on 03/25/2020 7:28:26 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: wardamneagle

“We have to pass it to know what’s in it.” —Nancy Pelosi


12 posted on 03/25/2020 7:29:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you don't recognize that as sarcasm you are dumber than a bag of hammers.)
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I don’t understand...what’s the incentive for businesses to lay off their employees?


13 posted on 03/25/2020 7:31:13 PM PDT by sanjuanbob (Yes, I CAN take a joke /s)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The week long wrangling over the money, combined with Senate members being privy to covid19 info before the rest of America tells me all I need to know. This is a media orchestrated panic designed to short the market, screw Trump, and grow the government. Trump is using this to rip out China’s control over US and empower US manufacturing. This will be over sooner than anyone thinks. I personally think some memo between DNC and Media will surface revealing the whole sham.


14 posted on 03/25/2020 7:32:00 PM PDT by Garden Island
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Kill the trillions of dollars. There is no free lunch. Early testing, $40 drug protocol. Billions not trillions.


15 posted on 03/25/2020 7:32:08 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Piss on China. They nuked US and Europe with a bio weapon. Payback time.)
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The government will pay their laid-off employees their full salaries for three months up to $1100 a week.


16 posted on 03/25/2020 7:34:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you don't recognize that as sarcasm you are dumber than a bag of hammers.)
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To: sanjuanbob

The Indian tech lobby has a 500,000 H1B and H4EAD gift inserted in this bill to to help these foreign scabs. The visa is automatically extended for 1 year.

When they lose jobs they can now also remain in the US and have priority in hiring over Americans.


17 posted on 03/25/2020 7:37:43 PM PDT by Starcitizen (Communist China needs to be treated like the parish country it is. Send it back to 1971)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Fugetaboudit. Open up everything and get to back to work. This has that has revealed the utter fecklessness of America today. Our House and Senate cannot be trusted to write 1000+ page bills that hand out our money without handing much of it to their cronies who don’t need it. Get them away from the cash drawer.

We would be better off sending receipts for our missed wages as proof that we have a job to the IRS and let them take that missed paycheck off our taxes, or give us a refund if we’ve already paid up.


18 posted on 03/25/2020 7:38:08 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just heard congress wrote themselves a raise as well.


19 posted on 03/25/2020 7:38:25 PM PDT by sanjuanbob (Yes, I CAN take a joke /s)
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what’s the incentive for businesses to lay off their employees?

If I heard it correctly, there is a provision that would pay people up to 100% of lost salary (max $1,100 per week) for four months. Effectively, businesses large and small could furlough most of their staff for that long without harming the individual worker nor the businesses' unemployment insurance history.

20 posted on 03/25/2020 7:39:18 PM PDT by Ratman0823 (This tagline is a Corona Virus and Lime Disease-free zone.)
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