“There will be at least 20 Republicans who will not vote on any agreement, if there is an agreement,” Gooden said in “Mornings with Mary.” “I think it’s the same on the House side. Republicans are not united in this confidence that we want to spend trillions more dollars right now, especially if it’s concessions to [House President] Nancy Pelosi that are too painful.” “
He said Congress wasn’t in the same panic mode he experienced in the early months of the virus when “Republicans voted 96-0 on 8 packages they would otherwise never have supported in the past.”
WHITE HOUSE, DEMOCRATS WANT TO REDUCE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF SUPPORT FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND EVICTIONS BY THE END OF THE WEEK
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell is “really concerned” about talks with Pelosi, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mchinnunu, and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Gooden.
He added that he suspects the president is taking executive steps to suspend federal payroll and deportation tax if Congress fails to reach an agreement.
“I see a situation at this point where no one reaches an agreement, the president has issues with executive action, and he really believes that Democrats will sue the president by saying, ‘Don’t expel Americans into their engagement.’ I can’t believe that’s the case, but it turns out that progress has stopped.
REACH THREATS TO TAKE EXECUTIVE ACTION IF CORONAVIRO’S SCARE ACCOUNT IS NOT REACHED SOON
Progress has stalled because Democrats are unwilling to negotiate unemployment benefits of less than $600 a week and are not interested in the liability protections that Republicans must offer to businesses and schools, among other negotiations involving direct payment of $1,200 to Americans and more investment for schools. U.S. Postal Service and small businesses.
President Trump said at a press convention Wednesday that “in the meantime,” his administration is running for executive action to “provide protections opposed to deportation” and “additional relief for those who are unemployed because of the virus,” as well as a “long-term payroll tax suspension.”
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