Capitol Hill – With the collapse of bipartisan talks on coronavirus relief, Senate Republicans will present a reduced package next week.
“We have a targeted and targeted solution that we expect the House to adopt,” Senator John Barrasso, Republican for Wyoming, a member of the executive, told reporter Tuesday, adding, “That’s the goal, is to go back and vote to move on to this.”
The so-called “slight” bill is an effort to get from nearly the entire Republican convention, which was not achieved with the advent of the $1 trillion Republican HEALS Act in early August, targeting jobs, schools and liability coverage.the Republican convention marked its opposition to the package, leaving its leader, Mitch McConnell, in a dead end, not really extensive democratic for any long-term package.
“We are very close to a bill that almost every Republican senator can support,” said a Republican Senate aide to ABC News, which Republican leaders hope will force Democrats back to the negotiating table or face a political reaction.
The news came before Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified Tuesday before the House Coronavirus Selection Subcommittee.
According to a bill received through ABC News, Republicans intend to offer:
And with growing fear of delays with the postal service before the 2020 election, Senate Republicans are contemplating the allocation of $10 billion in grants to the company that runs out of money.Post Office Louis DeJoy, a Republican mega-donor, has been criticized through Democrats in the Senate and House, who intend to factor out a subpoena to get documents similar to a number of problems, adding mail delays.
Still, the TIGHT BILL of the Republican Party is rejected by Democrats as inadequate, with Pelosi calling the HEALS Act “anorexic,” and even a handful of Republicans who have rejected any other pandemic spending posing high deficit problems.
But the Senate Republican assistant told ABC News that the law is expected to get Republican votes, two less than the unanimity of the convention.
Senate Republicans participated in the daily calls for the August recess with Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and added one this morning before the clerk testified before House Select about the coronavirus crisis.
House of Commons President Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer insisted that the administration settle for at least $2.2 trillion in aid for schools, state and local governments, small businesses, food security, unemployment and deportation assistance, and assistance for frontline workers House Democrats approved a $3.4 billion pandemic relief bill in May , but the Republican Senate leader refused to withdraw it, saying it was too broad and included elements of the non-pandemic Democrat “wish list.”
In a recent letter to his Democratic group, he said that the president and Republicans “still don’t perceive the wishes of other Americans because lives and livelihoods are overcome by the virus and its economic consequences.”
The breakdown of bipartisan talks has led to a more bitter divide in recent weeks.
After a phone call with Meadows less than a week ago, Pelosi ignored the senior White House official and referred to former North Carolina conservative congressman as “what’s called” and “not even the chief negotiator,” but someone who “works” in Mnuchin..
“They refused to meet,” Mnuchin said Monday, accusing Democrats of acting in “bad faith,” adding that he expects McConnell to “enter next week’s new legislation” on “children, jobs, and small business liability coverage.”””
At a hearing with the House Special Subcommittee on Coronavirus on Tuesday, Mnuchin criticized the Democrats who suggested that he return to the negotiating table.
“Stop bragging about what you’ve already done. We have other people who are suffering,” warned Representative Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California.”If young people don’t have a bed and a bed to sleep in, school doesn’t even matter.Go back to the negotiating table. Forget all that name, blame the mess.We’re going to stimulate this economy. That’s our job.”
The president has tried to alleviate some of the economic pain felt by millions of Americans as a result of stagnation, signing a series of executive orders, adding greater unemployment assistance through the federal government, and postponing cuts.payroll taxes, however, the effect of executive movements is unclear.
Mnuchin told lawmakers on Tuesday that he still believes more is being done to combat the pandemic.
“While we still see symptoms of a strong economic recovery, we are sensitive to the fact that much remains to be done,” Mnuchin said.”We will continue to work with the Senate and the House in a bipartisan way …that a bipartisan agreement has not yet been reached.”
But Mnuchin’s position against him with some Senate Republicans.
Some Republicans have expressed amazement that Republican leaders are considering what would be a futile effort, while pointing out that it may have been designed to politically “lock in” Democrats.
“To be honest, I’m surprised,” said ABC News, a leading Republican Senate adviser.
But one Republican, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, recently told reporters that the GOP’s effort to pass a bill without the 60 votes needed for approval values it.
“I can tell you that this is why I am doing it. We have spent an incredible amount of cash that I think accompanies the 4 expenses passed by Congress and the movements made by the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Array … we have maintained this economy together. And it’s been done with duct tape and satisfied thoughts, but it’s held together, “Kennedy said, adding that helping small businesses and doing more testing is essential.
“I think more investment for testing, new types of testing continue to evolve every day, and I think it would be a sensible investment to invest in new evidence.I don’t think we can go back to the general economy.or as a country until they open our schools. They’re going to need help.They have incurred many additional expenses, whether in education number one and in secondary and higher education, so I think it is worth continuing with this exercise.”
The Senate returns from recess next Tuesday and there is very little time left to deal with the developing coronavirus crisis, as well as to avoid government closures until September 30.Members expect to be out of October to focus on the campaign.
A former high-ranking Republican budgeter recently told ABC News that there is an expectation, and even an ongoing action, that the two efforts will merge into one, resulting in a high-risk confrontation only a month before the election.
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