GOP Sen says covid relief bill will be done today, will include $600 chks.

[powderman]

GOP Sen says covid relief bill will be done today, will include $600 chks.
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Re: GOP Sen says covid relief bill will be done today, will include $600 chks.
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Sen. Barrasso on coronavirus relief bill: 'This gets done today'
Lawmakers reached a framework of a deal late Saturday night
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News

Sen. Barasso on passing coronavirus economic relief bill: ‘We need to get it done now’
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chair of the Senate Republican Conference, vowed that lawmakers will have a bill to provide additional relief from the coronavirus pandemic by the end of the weekend.

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In a conversation with "Fox News Sunday," Barrasso blamed Democrats for delaying the relief, while expressing confidence that Democrats and Republicans have finally managed to resolve their differences.

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"This gets done today. No more delays. We're not leaving until we have relief for the American people," Barrasso said. "People are hurting, people need help, and there are two things we need to do to write this final chapter on coronavirus."

Barrasso said that the first thing is to get people vaccinated, predicting that 20 million people will have received the vaccine before the end of 2020. The second thing, he said, was to make sure that people have economic relief.

"We need to provide help to the American public, people who've been struggling. Until we get enough people vaccinated that we can fully get the economy back on track."

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That help, Barrasso said, will include $600 checks to most Americans, covering adults and children, extended unemployment benefits, and additional paycheck protection loans for small businesses.


Barrasso blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for delaying the process for political purposes.

"We should have done this months ago had not Nancy Pelosi played politics through the fall because of the presidential election," he said. "She's admitted as much. We've had a bill pretty comparable to what we're going to pass today and we've offered it by Republicans time and time again. The Democrats beat it down 40 different times. This has been wrong, the delay has been too long, we need to get it done now for Christmas."

House Democrats passed their massive $3 trillion HEROES Act that Senate Republicans rejected in favor of a more targeted approach to helping American people and businesses.

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Lawmakers worked deep into the night Saturday to reach a framework of a deal, but the language of the bill had not yet been finalized. Barrasso is confident that this will get done Sunday.

The office of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said the House will meet at noon Sunday and is expected to vote on government funding and coronavirus relief. The Senate is scheduled to convene at 1 p.m.

Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report.

[Dee]

And once again, the dollar is devalued more. Why not just open back up the economy?

[Argent 88]

$600.00 dollers? That might make a months rent payment

[Mule 11]

Why not just go to work? Throw the mask on the ground and be an American instead of a dumb ass?

[Mule 11]

Testing. Testing of the emergency submission program. If most would have just ignored this crap we would not be where we are now. Thanks Cowards...

[magooch]

$600.00 dollers? That might make a months rent payment

You'd be lucky to find a place to rent around here for about that much per week.  I see houses around this area that are smaller than our master bedroom and are selling for $200,000.

[Ranger99]

If they'd screened people entering
the country like they should have
been doing for decades, we wouldn't
have needed masks, or distancing
or any of the BS we've been through 
Sick people shouldn't be allowed to
set foot on the soil here.
Probably why they sent the covid.
The Ebola didn't do the job like they
thought it would.

[Ranger99]

Funny/strange that all the career welfare
section 8's here all got their $1600.00
payoff.  I didn't get anything.
I've paid in all my life, and they've never
even punched a clock

[powderman]

$600.00 dollers? That might make a months rent payment

That's a lot to me. I've been selling my guns to put siding on the back of my house. The old is rotting off, so we are grateful for the $600, and praise the Lord for it. CHARLIE. 

[Dee]

SHEER THOSE SHEEP! FIRE UP THOSE PRINTING PRESSES! WE CAN DUPLICATE 1930s GERMANY, IN NO TIME!

Everybody that claims patriotism understands the damage to our economy, but many that claims patriotism, aren't all that patriotic. There are still those leaches that want that "free money", that ain't really free.

Damm devaluing the dollar, seed me my check.

[teamnelson]

Did you read the fine print? 2.3 TRILLION dollars?

Those here illegally may qualify for the $600 plus the $1200 everyone else got last time.

In fact the vast majority of the money goes to other countries - we're devaluing the dollar in order to send money to the Ukraine, Israel, Venezuela, and a host of other countries. Why?

It should be vetoed - its not America first at all.

$4 Billion for Jordanian Defense
$1.5 Billion for Asian Reassurance Initiative
$1.3 Billion for Egypt
... plus bailout money for various programs the Dems wanted but the American voters didn't want as evidenced by the loss of DNC seats in the House.