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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,098 posts)
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 02:26 PM Aug 2020

Congress stimulus deal hanging by a thread: 4 things that could happen if they miss today's deadline

Today is the self-imposed deadline for Congressional Democrats and Republicans to reach an agreement on the next stimulus package. Capitol Hill has seen both sides continuing to disagree on issues like enhanced unemployment benefits, extending a moratorium on evictions, and the amount of relief aid offered in the Republican-authored HEALS Act. While there's still time, the optimism that negotiators expressed earlier in the week has faded.

"I would say we are closer on a lot of issues. We are still very far apart on significant issues," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters on Thursday. After a three-hour meeting late Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer echoed Mnuchin's comments that the sides are still "very far apart" despite ongoing exchanges.

When the Senate gaveled in on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the chamber will convene on Monday instead of adjourning for its scheduled August recess. The House of Representatives gaveled in on Friday morning.

Here's what the next few days could look like for the HEALS Act if the White House, Democrats and Republicans reach an agreement on the proposed legislation.

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Congress stimulus deal hanging by a thread: 4 things that could happen if they miss today's deadline (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
Does FBI building still get done? If Obama did this, country stops on a dime, media covers NOTHING Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 #1
This!👆 SheltieLover Aug 2020 #2
where the hell is mcconnell? why has he walked away from negotitations? spanone Aug 2020 #3
I feel like they're playing poker with my life at stake. If Luz Aug 2020 #4
+1 LizBeth Aug 2020 #5

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
1. Does FBI building still get done? If Obama did this, country stops on a dime, media covers NOTHING
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 02:32 PM
Aug 2020

else for two months and every con in the country is plastered to their ceiling because their heads exploded.

THOUSANDS of times in 4 years they have done shit that NO Democrat can do...

spanone

(135,635 posts)
3. where the hell is mcconnell? why has he walked away from negotitations?
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 02:35 PM
Aug 2020

Imagine of Pelosi or Schumer had done this?

Luz

(769 posts)
4. I feel like they're playing poker with my life at stake. If
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 02:41 PM
Aug 2020

Nancy pulls this off, I keep my life. My home. My car. Hell, I'll even keep my bills. If she looses, I loose everything. So does my landlord. My finance company. Even my utilities company will not get paid.
I feel I have no control of my own life anymore

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