Hopes fading for coronavirus relief bill as Congress returns
By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press SEPTEMBER 7, 2020 7:59AM
WASHINGTON At least there won't be a government shutdown.
But as lawmakers straggle back to Washington for an abbreviated preelection session, hopes are dimming for another coronavirus relief bill or much else.
Talks between top Democrats and the Trump administration broke off last month and remain off track, with the bipartisan unity that drove almost $3 trillion in COVID-19 rescue legislation into law this spring replaced by toxic partisanship and a return to Washington dysfunction.
Expectations in July and August that a fifth bipartisan pandemic response bill would eventually be birthed despite increased obstacles has been replaced by genuine pessimism. Recent COVID-related conversations among key players have led to nothing.
Democrats seem secure in their political position, with President Donald Trump and several Senate GOP incumbents lagging in the polls. Trump is seeking to sideline the pandemic as a campaign issue, and Republicans aren't interested in a deal on Democratic terms even as needs like school aid enjoy widespread support.
https://www.startribune.com/hopes-fading-for-coronavirus-deal-as-congress-returns/572340112/
dhill926
(16,234 posts)for HOW long? That's the fucking story...
duforsure
(11,882 posts)Don't want the poor and middle class to get anything more, while they keep printing up trillions, to funnel to companies in the form of stocks being bought , propping up the markets that'll then funnel payoffs back to them , draining the Treasury increasing debt then to use to destroy SS ,Medicare, Medicaid with drastic cuts. We were already in a recession before the virus hit , and sending us now into the trump depression. Then trump and Mnuchin and his wealthy buddies can pick up foreclosed homes again for pennies on the dollar. We're being taken to the cleaners by trump now.