Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) lambasted Senate Republicans’ stripped-down coronavirus relief package as “emaciated,” accusing his colleagues in a Thursday letter of just trying to “offer the appearance of action.”
Why it matters: Talks broke down in between Democrats and the White Home prior to Congress left for August recess last month, but Schumer’s comments show an offer may be hard to come by even when the Senate returns next week.
- Senate Republicans wish to pass a “slim” coronavirus relief plan that would consist of some expanded welfare, a PPP extension and funding for the U.S. Postal Service.
- While it would lay a marker for Republican politicians, who have yet to pass anything for the next round of stimulus, it’s likely to be a non-starter with Democrats in both houses who have actually continuously promoted something more extensive
What he’s saying: Schumer stated Republicans in the Senate “have actually been ‘on pause'” in fighting the pandemic and accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) of “preparing another round of partisan games.”
- ” Democrats have actually negotiated in great faith and we have offered to fulfill our Republican counterparts in the middle, but the White Home has refused to make any substantial compromise.”
- ” Republicans might call their proposition ‘skinny,’ but it would be better to call it ’em aciated.’ Their proposal seems totally insufficient and, by every step, stops working to satisfy the requirements of the American people.”
- ” We ought to strive for, and hope we can achieve, another comprehensive, bipartisan expense that satisfies the minute facing our nation.”
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