CHECKS CUT?
You might NOT get a $1,200 stimulus check with Senate set to vote tomorrow on deal without direct payments
AMERICANS may not get a $1,200 stimulus check as the Senate gears up to vote tomorrow on a deal without direct payments.
A vote on the 's targeted stimulus package called the Delivering Immediate Relief to America’s Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act, which offers about $500 billion in relief, is set for Thursday.
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GOP lawmakers are offering much less than their the previous $1.3 trillion deal as they struggle to agree with over another round of , which aren't included.
Initially, it appeared with Senator Majority Leader predicting a vote on it "as soon as this week."
But instead, their latest bill offers an additional $300 a week in extra unemployment benefits through the end of the year, $105billion for schools, $10billion for the Postal Service, and $258billion for the Paycheck Protection Program.
It includes limited liability for bosses related to COVID lawsuits, as well as $47billion for vaccines and testing – but it isn't likely to change stimulus negotiations.
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The Dems have come down a bit since their $3.4trillion Heroes Act back in May to $2.2trillion.
Meanwhile, the ' $1trillion Heals Act hasn’t been put to a vote since it was put forward in July.
McConnell said they “want to agree where bipartisan agreement is possible [and] get more help out the door and then keep arguing over the rest later" – but Democrats aren't budging.
This emaciated bill is only intended to help vulnerable Republican Senators by giving them a ‘check-the-box’ vote.
Nancy Pelosi
House Speaker and Senate Minority Leader said the bill was “fraudulent.”
“This emaciated bill is only intended to help vulnerable Republican Senators by giving them a ‘check-the-box’ vote to maintain the appearance that they’re not held hostage by their extreme right-wing that doesn’t want to spend a nickel to help people," said Pelosi and Schumer in a .
Likewise, Republicans are reluctant to support a $1.3trillion stimulus package or of any size given $2.5trillion in relief has already come out of the Cares Act and other emergency laws.
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Republican senators are hoping for 51 GOP votes tomorrow, .
“Today, the Senate Republican majority is introducing a new targeted proposal, focused on some of the very most urgent healthcare, education, and economic issues," McConnell said in a on Wednesday.
"It does not contain every idea our party likes. I am confident Democrats will feel the same.
"Yet Republicans believe the many serious differences between our two parties should not stand in the way of agreeing where we can agree and making law that helps our nation.”
However, the ongoing stalemate and Democrats' refusal to compromise could hinder the chances of GOP members and even Donald Trump.
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This week, McConnell also took the opportunity to slam Pelosi and Schumer for "blocking" the previously proposed package.
In a series of , he wrote: "Senate Republicans have been trying for months to deliver more COVID-19 relief to American families. Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer have blocked us at every turn.
"Every action has suggested they simply do not want families to get any more bipartisan help before the election."
Senate GOP are preparing a reduced coronavirus relief bill
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