"..What May Have Held Up The Next Stimulus Bill"? (A new Hotel that competed with Trump Int Hotel.)
You Won’t Believe What May Have Held Up The Next Stimulus Bill
July 24, 2020
....the next stimulus package, you probably heard that Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was set to release it yesterday, Thursday, July 24th. It was then pushed to next week.
SNIP
Up until this point, all the discussions were among Republicans and the White House. We still had disagreements over the unemployment benefits but those were actively being negotiated and Senator McConnell was still on track to deliver a draft proposal yesterday.
Then it came to a stop as the White House wanted to look over the fine details.
According to the New York Times NYT,
one of the sticking points involves the F.B.I. headquarters in Washington D.C. This seems like an odd thing to have paused a stimulus package that millions of Americans are waiting on but it’s because this has been a priority for the President since before he came into office.
*The Times reports:
“The administration’s push for language to deal with a new F.B.I. headquarters was among multiple last-minute snags in the negotiations.
Mr. Trump has previously taken steps to block a planned move by the bureau to the Washington suburbs and to turn its existing headquarters space over to a commercial developer, who could have installed a hotel to compete with the Trump International Hotel, which sits a block away.”
MORE.....
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimwang/2020/07/24/you-wont-believe-what-may-have-held-up-the-next-stimulus-bill/amp/
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