by Tyler Durden
Mon, 03/23/2020 - 21:11

Update (1240ET): Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) slammed Congressional Democrats for holding up the stimulus bill for unrelated demands.

"Are you kidding me?" he asked, adding "This is the moment to debate new regulations that have nothing whatsoever to do with this crisis? That’s what they’re up to over there," motioning to Democrats.

"Democrats won’t let us fund hospitals or save small businesses unless they get to dust of the Green New Deal," he said.
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Alec Sears @alec_sears

· 22h

Here are just a few things Democrats are holding up the Coronavirus Relief Bill for:

-Corporate Board Diversity

-College Debt "relief"

-Election Auditing

-Canceling the debt of the Postal Service

-Same-day voter registration

-Requiring airlines to offset their emissions

But wait! There's more:
-Pay Equity
-Funding for community newspapers
-Free internet
-$100,000,000 for NASA's environmental restoration group?
-Mandatory paid sick leave for every single business
-hiding the citizenship status of College Students from the Census Bureau

Link for counter proposal here
https://www.scribd.com/document/452931866/House-Democrats-Counterproposal-for-Stimulus#from_embed

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Via Bloomberg:

• Includes $1.5k in aid per individual; as much as $7.5k for a family of 5

• Would create a temporary Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation of $600 a week for any worker affected by the virus and eligible for unemployment compensation benefits

• Would expand paid leave and family medical leave

• Aims to help current borrowers with student debt

• Seeks more than $500b in grants, interest-free loans to small businesses

• Would provide $200b in funding for states; $15b to local govts through the Community Development Block Grant program

• Calls to ensure states can carry out this year’s election with $4b in grant funding; includes national requirement for both 15 days of early voting and absentee vote-by-mail

Of course, it also requires airlines bow down to the almighty carbon credit god and to adopt strict 'green new deal' style emissions rules.

Update (1630ET): The new Democrat counterproposal will equate to nearly $2.5 trillion, including a $1,500 direct payment to citizens.

It will include $150 billion in healthcare funding, $80 billion in loans, and $600 per week in unemployment benefits for those affected by the virus. $215 billion will be allocated for state and local funds.