Congressional Democrats are again pushing Republicans to provide details of their proposals for a COVID-19 rescue package.
On Friday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi insisted the Republicans are “in disarray and their disarray is causing great, great damage to America’s working families.”
President Donald Trump Thursday reluctantly dropped his bid to cut Social Security payroll taxes as Republicans stumbled anew in efforts to unite around a $1 trillion to begin negotiations with Democrats.
The administration scrambled to avert the cutoff next week of a $600-per-week bonus unemployment benefit that has helped prop up the economy while staving off financial disaster for millions of people thrown out of work since the coronavirus pandemic began.
“This is deadly serious, ” Pelosi told reporters.
“A house is burning down in terms of the economic security of America’s families and these people are fiddling wherever they may be this weekend,” she said.
Pelosi and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer issued a joint statement lambasting Republicans for the inaction on the bill.
In a message to Republicans she said: “Put your bill on paper and then we’ll see what you have included and what you have left out. ”
The long-delayed legislation comes amid alarming new cases in the virus crisis. It was originally to be released Thursday morning by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. But the Kentucky Republican instead hosted an unscheduled meeting with Mnuchin and White House acting chief of staff Mark Meadows and delayed the planned release of the proposal until next week.
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