On Sunday, Senate Democrats blocked the massive $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill intended to inject new life into an economy struggling to survive under the weight of social distancing necessary to combat the global pandemic.
Democrats claimed they opposed the bill because it would give Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin the ability to direct billions in a secret "Slush fund" - which he would ostensibly use to benefit political allies and President Donald Trump's companies, but Democrats had other reasons to delay the bill, as well.
Schumer claimed Democrats opposed the bill because "It includes huge bailouts without protections for people and workers and without accountability, and because it shortchanges our hospitals and healthcare workers who need our help."
Democrats had already secured key concessions from Republicans in the process of drafting the bill.
Democrats may hope to get more of their liberal wish-list crammed into the coronavirus stimulus bill because Senate Republicans entered self-quarantine after Sen. Rand Paul tested positive for the coronavirus.
Democrats are engaging in political gamesmanship on this essential stimulus bill in part because some of their Republican colleagues are out-of-pocket due to the very coronavirus their bill is aiming to combat.
Democrats are right to fear an unchecked government expansion to meet the coronavirus crisis - in fact, their fears that Mnuchin might abuse government funds in this crisis should serve as an important warning about the big-government solutions Democrats favor.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-real-reasons-democrats-stopped-the-coronavirus-stimulus-bill/
Democrats claimed they opposed the bill because it would give Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin the ability to direct billions in a secret "Slush fund" - which he would ostensibly use to benefit political allies and President Donald Trump's companies, but Democrats had other reasons to delay the bill, as well.
Schumer claimed Democrats opposed the bill because "It includes huge bailouts without protections for people and workers and without accountability, and because it shortchanges our hospitals and healthcare workers who need our help."
Democrats had already secured key concessions from Republicans in the process of drafting the bill.
Democrats may hope to get more of their liberal wish-list crammed into the coronavirus stimulus bill because Senate Republicans entered self-quarantine after Sen. Rand Paul tested positive for the coronavirus.
Democrats are engaging in political gamesmanship on this essential stimulus bill in part because some of their Republican colleagues are out-of-pocket due to the very coronavirus their bill is aiming to combat.
Democrats are right to fear an unchecked government expansion to meet the coronavirus crisis - in fact, their fears that Mnuchin might abuse government funds in this crisis should serve as an important warning about the big-government solutions Democrats favor.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-real-reasons-democrats-stopped-the-coronavirus-stimulus-bill/
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