The Democrats will block a bill that would assist small businesses today

[Mr. Friscus]

The Trump administration’s demand for $250 billion in new funding for small businesses provoked a high-stakes standoff Wednesday as congressional Democrats rejected the no-strings-attached request and made an expensive counter-offer. As of late Wednesday, Senate Republicans and Democrats planned to bring competing measures to the floor on Thursday, virtually ensuring that neither measure would pass.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said any package that included $250 billion in new small-business funding would need to include more than $250 billion in extra money for hospitals, state and local governments and food stamp recipients.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/04/08/pelosi-schumer-coronavirus-economy-trump/

Once again, we can't just pass a bill to help the people we need it to help, it has to be held up with political pressure and games.

I know historically it's not exclusive to the Democrats, but geez, they look supremely petty and out of touch here. If they want to assist a segment of the population or an institution, draw up a separate bill, don't just hold everything up. Also, they're clearly fine with delaying this help to small businesses, I bet those in the trenches aren't. While the media will cover for them, I hope those who look into it remember this in November.

 

[EatTheRich]

Presumably the issue is that the hospitals would not have gotten the funding otherwise since the GOP members of Congress would have voted it down.

 

[voyager]

Those dem0crap bastards.

 

[marvin martian]

The Trump administration’s demand for $250 billion in new funding for small businesses provoked a high-stakes standoff Wednesday as congressional Democrats rejected the no-strings-attached request and made an expensive counter-offer. As of late Wednesday, Senate Republicans and Democrats planned to bring competing measures to the floor on Thursday, virtually ensuring that neither measure would pass.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said any package that included $250 billion in new small-business funding would need to include more than $250 billion in extra money for hospitals, state and local governments and food stamp recipients.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/04/08/pelosi-schumer-coronavirus-economy-trump/

Once again, we can't just pass a bill to help the people we need it to help, it has to be held up with political pressure and games.

I know historically it's not exclusive to the Democrats, but geez, they look supremely petty and out of touch here. If they want to assist a segment of the population or an institution, draw up a separate bill, don't just hold everything up. Also, they're clearly fine with delaying this help to small businesses, I bet those in the trenches aren't. While the media will cover for them, I hope those who look into it remember this in November.

Voters won't forget this kind of stuff in November. Especially the ones who are getting hurt by the Democrats' hate.

 

[Mr. Friscus]

Presumably the issue is that the hospitals would not have gotten the funding otherwise since the GOP members of Congress would have voted it down.

Do you know this or are you spewing bullsh*t... I doubt your in the inner circle to know these sort of things so...

 

[EatTheRich]

Do you know this or are you spewing bullsh*t... I doubt your in the inner circle to know these sort of things so...

I’m inferring from the public votes and from the legislative history of these parties.

 

[Mick]

Presumably the issue is that the hospitals would not have gotten the funding otherwise since the GOP members of Congress would have voted it down.

So we hold small businesses hostage in order to pass left wing political agenda? Lefty is rotten to the core. If lefty wants more funding for hospitals or their lazy electorate via food stamps then bring it up in separate bills and debate the merits. The American people and small businesses need help NOW. It is not the time to sabotage.

 

[Drumcollie]

Voters won't forget this kind of stuff in November. Especially the ones who are getting hurt by the Democrats' hate.

They didn't forget in 2016. The counties that carried Trump in PA, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, were the ones the felt the effect of B. Clinton's NAFTA (Now Another Failed Trade Agreement) policies, who lost jobs across the border. Your point is right on the money.

 

[Drumcollie]

The voters will want to vote (D) because they feel safer knowing the Democrats funded the Kennedy center which still laid off people during a pandemic instead of helping the average Joe.

 

[Nutty Cortez]

What's Nancy trying to get $$ for ? Killing babies or cleaning poop off blue city streets ? Or goodies for illegals.?

 

[sensible don]

The voters will want to vote (D) because they feel safer knowing the Democrats funded the Kennedy center which still laid off people during a pandemic instead of helping the average Joe.

vp trump** came out in FULL SUPPORT OF THE KENNEDY CENTER, did you forget that - said he would go see a play if he had more time, too busy golfing !

why do you continue to ignore facts AND POST LIE AFTER LIE ?
Oh wait - you don't like vp trump** right ?

Kennedy Center Receives $25 Million In Federal Relief, Furloughs NSO Members

Trump defended the inclusion of the arts center in the bill, despite previous opposition.

wamu.org

In a press conference Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump defended the inclusion of the Kennedy Center in the emergency relief provisions, saying the center has “suffered greatly” since its closure earlier this month, despite his and other Republicans past opposition to funding arts programs through the bill.

“They do a beautiful job, an incredible job,” Trump said. “They do need some funding, they have tremendous deficits that have built up.”

 

[sensible don]

So we hold small businesses hostage in order to pass left wing political agenda? Lefty is rotten to the core. If lefty wants more funding for hospitals or their lazy electorate via food stamps then bring it up in separate bills and debate the merits. The American people and small businesses need help NOW. It is not the time to sabotage.

Hey I heard you socialists are printing another 2.7 trillion dollars in the next few days - so has anyone actually gotten any money yet besides all the big biz out there ?

I mean that Delta CEO BETTER GET HIS 21 MILLION THIS YEAR , MY GAWD MAN !

 

[sensible don]

Voters won't forget this kind of stuff in November. Especially the ones who are getting hurt by the Democrats' hate.

49 STATE LANDSLIDE INDEED

 

[sensible don]

What's Nancy trying to get $$ for ? Killing babies or cleaning poop off blue city streets ? Or goodies for illegals.?

Fire up the printing press Joe, we have overtime now - the socialist WH just ordered up another 2.7 trillion dollars - it is just paper in our new banana republic ............hey why does it cost 30.00 for a loaf of bread now ?

 

[EatTheRich]

So we hold small businesses hostage in order to pass left wing political agenda? Lefty is rotten to the core. If lefty wants more funding for hospitals or their lazy electorate via food stamps then bring it up in separate bills and debate the merits. The American people and small businesses need help NOW. It is not the time to sabotage.

Again, they had leverage here because their votes were wanted for this small business relief ... if they tried to propose hospital funding or relief for the working class (which as you note is a left-wing political agenda) on its own they would just be given the runaround by the Republicans.