White House and US senators reach late night deal on massive stimulus.

[MMC]

Analysis: Senate Democrats' Coronavirus Relief Filibuster Wasted Crucial Days, Achieved Little....


In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell came to the Senate floor to announce that, after days of filibustering, his Democratic colleagues had decided to 'take yes for an answer' on a bipartisan Coronavirus relief bill. Approval is expected this afternoon. On my radio show yesterday, I asked Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) what he thought of my prediction that Democrats would win some relatively minor face-saving concessions, then trumpet a package that looked extremely similar to the bipartisan bill they'd helped shape over the weekend -- only to block it for valuable days over irresponsible, non-germane demands. He responded by saying that was a fair expectation. And it's exactly what's happened. Here's the Wall Street Journal's top line summary of what the "deal" entails:


This passage literally could have been written about the Senate bill that was filibustered on Sunday. It did all of those things, including accommodating Democratic requests. What changed? With the caveat that it's still being patched together and written, it looks like the filibuster delay may led to the allocation of more money to the unemployment insurance pot, and added a layer of oversight protection for the corporate assistance portion of the bill:


In any case, a number of these 'concessions' could plausibly have been won without days of obstructing procedural votes. Yet with the pandemic raging and Americans losing their jobs by the millions, economists and experts across the spectrum agreed that time was of the essence. Senate Democrats -- with a destructive, pointless, and revealing cameo from Nancy Pelosi -- frittered away three days in order to achieve little:....snip~


https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guyben...ittle-n2565690



Now why isn't that surprising.

[MMC]

Senate includes $25 million provision for Kennedy Center in coronavirus relief package.....


It appears Democrats managed to finesse $25 million for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts into the bipartisan Senate coronavirus relief deal.

In the $2 trillion coronavirus emergency relief package, the Kennedy Center, which is located in Washington, D.C., got a line item of $25 million for "deep cleaning, increased teleworking capabilities, and operating and administrative expenses to ensure the Center will resume normal operations immediately upon reopening."


Kennedy Center aid was one of the items included in proposed legislation from the House that was widely criticized as having little to do with addressing the coronavirus pandemic or the wide-scale effect on the economy. The bill from House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sought $35 million for the Kennedy Center. Other provisions included alternative fuel requirements for airlines, debt forgiveness for the U.S. Postal Service, and mandates for same-day voter registration.


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will hold its vote on the package on Wednesday. Pelosi, a California Democrat, hopes to reach an agreement that would allow the House to pass the measure by voice vote to avoid summoning all 430 sitting members back to the chamber, which would further risk spreading the virus, particularly among many older lawmakers.....snip~


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...relief-package



The Demos still got something in that don't have anything to do with relief for the people. Repubs caved on that knowing Schumer would block if they didn't give the Deviates something.

[MMC]

At least some of the leftness had something to say about wasting money on the Kennedy center on Twitter. I doubt the leftness here at tPF will.

[Peter1469]

The Kennedy Center is a major source of entertainment for the Congress Critters. They are taking care of themselves again.

Senate includes $25 million provision for Kennedy Center in coronavirus relief package.....


It appears Democrats managed to finesse $25 million for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts into the bipartisan Senate coronavirus relief deal.

In the $2 trillion coronavirus emergency relief package, the Kennedy Center, which is located in Washington, D.C., got a line item of $25 million for "deep cleaning, increased teleworking capabilities, and operating and administrative expenses to ensure the Center will resume normal operations immediately upon reopening."


Kennedy Center aid was one of the items included in proposed legislation from the House that was widely criticized as having little to do with addressing the coronavirus pandemic or the wide-scale effect on the economy. The bill from House Democrats, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sought $35 million for the Kennedy Center. Other provisions included alternative fuel requirements for airlines, debt forgiveness for the U.S. Postal Service, and mandates for same-day voter registration.


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will hold its vote on the package on Wednesday. Pelosi, a California Democrat, hopes to reach an agreement that would allow the House to pass the measure by voice vote to avoid summoning all 430 sitting members back to the chamber, which would further risk spreading the virus, particularly among many older lawmakers.....snip~


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...relief-package



The Demos still got something in that don't have anything to do with relief for the people. Repubs caved on that knowing Schumer would block if they didn't give the Deviates something.

[MMC]

The Kennedy Center is a major source of entertainment for the Congress Critters. They are taking care of themselves again.

Hopefully those Low Income Democrat voters across the rest of the country will notice that.

[carolina73]

After 3 years of Russia Russia Russia why does @PJL post RT so often?

Not that MSNBC and CNN are not more anti-American but using Russia news sources?

[bulletbob]

After 3 years of Russia Russia Russia why does @PJL post RT so often?

Not that MSNBC and CNN are not more anti-American but using Russia news sources?

lol Russian news spunklessnut news and Russian fairy tales ranked 148 out of 178 in accuracy and trusted sources lol what a joke .

[PJL]

After 3 years of Russia Russia Russia why does @PJL post RT so often?

...because it's simply a better news services , and I have no axe to grind with Russia.

[PJL]

or America for that matter , unless its something that has a direct influence on global affairs or my own existence.

[bulletbob]

...because it's simply a better news services , and I have no axe to grind with Russia.

Its a news service that is full of lies and ranked so low on the scale of being trusted it crawls on its belly like a snake lol better news service lol thats a good one its a joke