Dems Stall Revote on Economic Rescue Bill After Blocking it Sunday
What happens next?
Sunday, Democrats tanked a bipartisan bill that would’ve quickly helped buffer the economic damage caused by the country’s coronavirus response, choosing instead to utilize the current crisis to further their policy wish list.
Senate Majority Leader McConnell tore Pelosi a new one from the Senate floor and then moved to schedule a revote for 9:45 AM, 15 minutes after the markets open. Brutal. That was until Schumer refused to allow such an early vote.
! McConnell sets 9:45 a.m. REVOTE on advancing massive virus rescue bill.
He emphasizes it will be 15 minutes AFTER markets open.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) March 23, 2020
"Our national cannot afford a game of chicken," McConnell said, hoping Democrats have a "change of heart."
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) March 23, 2020
Schumer blocked the 9:45 a.m. maneuver by objecting to starting the Senate that early; because you need consent to start before noon, that's the earliest they can bring up votes.
Ladies & gentlemen, that's The Senate.
Meanwhile, negotiations will resume in the morn. Nite!
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) March 23, 2020
Good. If Senate Democrats are going to help Pelosi hold the economy hostage to score political points while Americans pay the price, they should have to do it the daylight and watch the markets react in real time. https://t.co/UgKs8xiorw
— AG (@AGHamilton29) March 23, 2020
So what happens now?
An update for Monday in your United States Senate:
3 votes EXPECTED shortly after Leader remarks at noon
Motion to Proceed to the Motion to Reconsider / majority threshold
Motion to Reconsider / majority threshold
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Upon Reconsideration / 60
— David Popp (@davidpopp) March 23, 2020
Government is truly the worst. Businesses are dying and desperate, we have no idea how many Americans have been laid off, furloughed, or otherwise unemployed, unable to work or make money during this mess, and Democrats are balking over ideological wish lists.
/3 GOP source said Pelosi had a “laundry list” of additional requests, including election security funding. Dems also raised wiping out $10k in student loan debt & host of other issues
— John Bresnahan (@bresreports) March 22, 2020
McConnell says Schumer prevented an early re-vote on the coronavirus pkg. Says Schumer's objection "will allow the market to be rattled until noon"
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 23, 2020
Every single person in my family (expect myself seeing as I work from home all day every day) has been negatively impacted by this. I’m not alone. I have yet to speak to one person whose income or whose family’s income has not taken a thrashing. This is real. It’s personal. It transcends party lines. Voters will not forget.
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Dimocrats: Rack slide, aim at foot, pull trigger, repeat until magazine is empty.
Republicans: “Here’s another box of ammo, doofus.”
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AOC should primary Chucky.
The big problem is we need to help the people who have been badly hurt – the small businesses and laid off workers (and the unemployed who are stuck for a few extra weeks) NOW!. Many are living paycheck to paycheck – the tax “pre-funds” won’t come until mid-April.
People will OD on opoids and commit suicide – it is what happens when their lives are destroyed, but they won’t count toward the coronavirus death toll.
The “wish-list” items can be done next month. Student loan mitigation, maybe anti credit card usury laws and expanding bankruptcy for a short window to everything, …
And Planned Parenthood Abortions are not an essential service.
So what happens now?
Blame the Republicans and Trump.
What happens next? Trump should declare he will invoke the War Powers Act if Congress does not pass the bipartisan deal negotiated and agreed to this weekend. Congress has become the enemy of state with Pelosi’s Manchurian Party torpedoing everything that gets in the way of destroying Trump. How close are we to civil war now?
With all the chicom money the democrats and GOPe have taken, they really don’t have anything to lose anymore. The China virus has been a huge disaster for them. They thought they were going to be able to tank the economy and blame PDJT, but what they’ve really done is expose themselves like an emperor with no clothes.
I think they may have arrived at the “never wound a king” point in this coup and now must finish the job. How else would anyone explain The Swamp’s behavior at this point? They are openly acting to destroy our economy.
You hope. An alternative is that some “independent” “conservative” demagogue a la Ross Perot is going to appear and convince the terminally stupid that he can save the planet, thereby handing the country to Pelosi and Schumer.
I certainly would not denigrate that idea. Given all we’ve seen thus far, there is nothing they won’t do to regain power.
This is beyond the pale. The left will pay for this – dearly – in November.
Time To Make DEMS Pay NOW!
“Voters will not forget.”
And if the MSM/Socialist-Democrats manage it, the voters will not forget that Donald J. Trump and the Republicans in the Congress have caused this entire mess, including our military starting the Wuhan Chinese Kungfu ChiCom Corona Virus pandemic with sending a team to spread the US Army developed virus at a sporting event held in Wuhan.
Wonder how many f bombs are going to be on their voice mails. I started polite, but let it go. This is insane.