A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled compromise legislation for a new round of coronavirus stimulus worth more than $900 billion that’s aimed at breaking months of deadlock between the House and Senate.
The group included Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and specified their “COVID Emergency Relief Framework,” which calls for $288 billion in small-business support and $180 billion for extended unemployment insurance, among other fiscal appropriations.
The new proposal follows months of stalled negotiations between House Democrats and Republican White House officials on another round of aid to help Americans and businesses overextended by the health crisis.
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“We are in a moment where we are hearing from our constituents from all walks of life about the importance of coming together to get people the relief they need to get through this winter a time when we are seeing cases spike, hospital beds full, our front-line workers exhausted,” said Sen. Maggie Hassen, D-N.H.
“[They’re] worried that somebody will come in for care and there will not be room for them, and they will not be able to do the jobs that they are trained to do,” she told reporters at a news conference Tuesday.
“COVID has created a crisis, and in a crisis, the people expect Congress to act,” Romney added. “We’ve got people unemployed, we’ve got businesses shutting down, we’ve got states and localities getting ready to lay off large numbers of people.
“It’s simply unacceptable.”
The bipartisan group said the pitch is a way to resolve the months-long deadlock between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican leaders, who have not wavered for months on their separate proposals.
The impasse is gaining more urgency as some of the measures enacted in March as part of the $2 trillion CARES Act are nearing their expiration, including expanded unemployment insurance and eviction moratoriums which will vanish at the end of the year.
House Democrats approved a subsequent, $2.2 trillion stimulus package more than six months ago, but the measure hasn’t been considered by the GOP-held Senate. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has failed to pass an alternative, $500 billion “skinny” relief bill.
The bipartisan proposal includes $160 billion in state and local aid — which is opposed by McConnell and other Senate Republicans — and would shield businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits.
Other lawmakers supporting the bipartisan solution are Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.V.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; Bill Cassidy R-La.; Jeanne Shaheen D-N.H.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska and Angus King I-Maine. They also include members of the House Problem Solvers Caucus.
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dammit mitt how much more damage are you gonna do this country you putz?
As much as he can, before he goes into the grave.
How much money is in this bill for illegal aliens and how much money is in this, for “diversity” in the growing of marijuana? Anytime Mitt is involved in a bill, it is a victory for the communist party.
EVERY ONE of those rinos need to just CHANGE PARTY and get it over with.
Here we go again. Picking the pockets of the taxpayers. They seem not to understand that the USA is BROKE. All this is going to do is raise taxes to pay for cities and towns burned to the ground by those whom you should have arrested. Now you want the taxpayer to bail these sorry mayors and governors and their encouragement of the criminals, including them.
And by the way. Just where will these taxes come from. I walked through the mall the other day and every business except for two or three were closed and it wasn’t any better at the other stores, restaurants in town.
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but it is sure churned out in WA D. C.
I see you kept it 100,000,000 dollars short of one trillion. Just incredible. Not voting for any of you any more. You are fiscally irresponsible. I would like to see your personal finances if you run your households like this.
You can sure dole out the money, but you can’t even run integrity in elections. Feckless bunch of losers.
Well, it’s the usual suspects in regards to the Republicans. I wonder if they have in their bill, bailouts of all the Democratic controlled states who couldn’t save a dime and are bankrupt. I totally disagree with helping them.
OF course that’s i n there.. GOTTA PLACATE the mobs, screw us tax payers…
If they are going to spend more money that we don’t have, spend some on checks for individual American citizen voting taxpayers! Otherwise, vote NO!
We elect those who promise to act in our best interest. Their starting salary is $180,000 a year, with medical and all perks added onto that money. They then cause global warming by expelling hot air and BS. They enrich themselves by creating crisis, blame it on others and say they will fix the crisis. We pay them to take our money to freely spend it as they wish – our children and grandkids pay the price. A vicious cycle for sure and it’s time to bring ‘tar and feather’ back again.
Romney is a spiritually defective person and putting our country in danger along with other RINO’s along with psychotic Democrats. President Trump exposed the swamp and it’s the people who need to clean it up.
Ever since my first days in the military, i always LAUGHED AT how much these hacks make.. IMO THEY SHOULD MAKE THE EXACT SAME as the lowest E1 does..
Romney is definitely NOT a Republican, or a conservative. Neither is Collins. “mittens is the worse of the Republicans. HE was lucky,he did not have to run last November to get re-elected,, as he definitely would have lost in a landslide. Collins barely leaked her re-election out, as her voters kept her in do the Rebublicans would retain control of the Senate, not realizing the current “confusion” that exists now in Georgia.
WHY should WE, THE PEOPLE (conservatives) pay for the excesses and reckless behavior of Democrat (Liberal/Socialist/Marxist) Mayors/Governors?
YOU (Democrats) agreed to lavish pensions (in exchange for their votes) – now YOU pay for your insolvency!
Hey, maybe Trump can BUY your BROKE states and FIX THEM (like he did the U.S. Economy)…
The theft of wages from the last working Americans (Thanks Democrat lockdowns) will go to fund all the reeducation camps We The People will be inhabiting once the money has been transferred to the Party Leaders for distribution to the various leftist terror networks, academia and media operatives.
900 B stimulus package? Oink, oink, oink!
No need to be responsible, just print more $100 bills. Your great, great, great, great grandchildren can assume the debt.
Assuming we don’t collapse totally in the next 40 or so years.
Are places like Portland Oregon, Seattle Washington and others like those, included in this bill ? Cities, like THESE, should not get a dime from the bailout ! Their problems were from EXTREMELY POOR DEMOCRAT LEADERS, who did nothing to stop rioters from TEARING apart , and looting businesses, They also did nothing to stop the violence, and to prevent innocent people from getting hurt, or killed ! I have NO idea what is in this bill, but if the Democrats like it, I am VERY SURE that I WILL NOT like what is in it !
The “crisis” is a result of state and local officials who know very little and only have hallucinations have blindly shut down businesses, schools, and churches to gratify their egos. Now that the natural results of their misguided acts are so obvious what even a Democrat can see it, they demand even more tampering with the economy; which will only make things much much worse. Instead, to revive the economy, fully return American life back to normal.
Government is profoundly incompetent at managing anything whatsoever and is extremely wasteful and inefficient in the attempt.
Shut down government to save all Americans from ruin.
There are times, i’d almost be content to get RID OF government permanently.. BUT there are many things, we unfortunatey, need them for.