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Dec. 1 - It's been four months since Congress' coronavirus relief bill expired, and the Senate and House still seem no closer to agreeing on a new one.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and the White House have debated for months over what to include in the next stimulus package, with Senate Republicans seeking a far smaller bill than Democrats. But McConnell said Monday that some Democrats are now willing to accept "half a loaf" rather than delay relief any longer, pushing the onus on Pelosi to bring a smaller package to the House.
House Democrats passed a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill months ago, while Senate Republicans have refused to accept a price tag anywhere close to that. But McConnell said Monday that "there is no reason" Congress shouldn't pass something by the end of the year, especially since some Democrats seem willing to accept Republicans' slimmer proposals; Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), for example, said Monday that "both sides are going to have to compromise." continue to read
Have Trump Republican leaders no sense of decency?
Our View: On President-elect Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy and other top Republicans appear determined to remain spineless until the end.
Nov. 30 - It now seems tragically clear that Americans might never see a "have-you-no-sense-of-decency?" moment coming from national Republican leaders fed up with President Donald Trump's destructive assault on democracy borne of his pique for losing the election.
Those words — uttered by Army lawyer Joseph Welch to Sen. Joe McCarthy, R-Wis., during a 1954 congressional hearing — unmasked a bullying demagogue engaged in a crusade of smears and investigations that history now calls McCarthyism.
And what of Trumpism? For four weeks after Election Day, the defeated incumbent has spun fanciful conspiracy theories of a "rigged" and "fraudulent" election, all the while convincing tens of millions of followers that America's presidential vote was a scam. Amid this (mostly inept) assault on the democratic process, top GOP officials like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy have remained silent. continue to read
Our View: On President-elect Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy and other top Republicans appear determined to remain spineless until the end.
Nov. 30 - It now seems tragically clear that Americans might never see a "have-you-no-sense-of-decency?" moment coming from national Republican leaders fed up with President Donald Trump's destructive assault on democracy borne of his pique for losing the election.
Those words — uttered by Army lawyer Joseph Welch to Sen. Joe McCarthy, R-Wis., during a 1954 congressional hearing — unmasked a bullying demagogue engaged in a crusade of smears and investigations that history now calls McCarthyism.
And what of Trumpism? For four weeks after Election Day, the defeated incumbent has spun fanciful conspiracy theories of a "rigged" and "fraudulent" election, all the while convincing tens of millions of followers that America's presidential vote was a scam. Amid this (mostly inept) assault on the democratic process, top GOP officials like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy have remained silent. continue to read
Former Obama adviser reacts to McConnell quoting him on Senate floor
Erin Burnett Out Front
Austan Goolsbee, the former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, responds to being quoted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor regarding a Covid-19 stimulus deal.
Source: CNN
Erin Burnett Out Front
Austan Goolsbee, the former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, responds to being quoted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on the Senate floor regarding a Covid-19 stimulus deal.
Source: CNN
