Cuomo harshly criticizes $2 trillion coronavirus bill, saying it doesn't adequately address local gov't needs. 'This was the time to put politics aside...This is the time for governmental leaders to stop making excuses and just do your job. Do your job.'
9:04The Senate minority leader explains the deal reached by Senate leaders and the White House to save the national economy from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
"It's a historic day because it matches a historic crisis. And our people need help," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said."People came together to help the American people. And that's a great sign. It shows you that the Senate can function when the need is so real and so pressing." "In order to protect the safety of Members and staff and prevent further spread of COVID-19 through Members’ travel, the Republican Leader and I expect that the House vote on final passage will be done by voice vote," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., announced Wednesday night."Members who want to come to the House Floor to debate this bill will be able to do so.
"Reading Chuck Schumer's list, we half expected that the next thing I read would be the minority leader taking credit for inventing fire," a senior Senate GOP aide said."The reality is that almost every significant"win" he's taking credit for, is actually a Senate Republican idea." Wednesday afternoon, a quartet of Senate Republicans objected to a provision in the massive unemployment insurance expansion in the package that they say could mean that some Americans could be paid more to be out of work than they were earning before they were laid off or furloughed because of the pandemic.
The provision, which aides said was not a drafting error, was negotiated by the Trump Administration, Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and senior Democrats, including Schumer and Ron Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee. Scalise's whip team convened a conference call Tuesday where a source expressed optimism that all lawmakers won't need to return for a vote -- and that they won't have to change the rules to achieve that.
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