Republicans to start unveiling coronavirus package Thursday

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Senate Republicans are set to start unveiling at least part of their forthcoming coronavirus relief proposal on Thursday. The package will not be one bill, but instead be broken up into several bills, according to Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a member of GOP leadership, with the goal of releasing them all on Thursday.

As part of the agreement, the White House and Senate Republicans agreed to $16 billion in new funding for testing and re-focusing another $9 billion in unspent funds from the March $2.2 trillion bill toward testing. For schools, they agreed to a total of $105 billion, including $70 billion for K-12 and $30 billion for colleges. Only half of the K-12 funding will be tied to schools holding in-person or hybrid classes, while the money for colleges would not be tied to in-person classes.

Several GOP senators have warned that in order to keep the GOP top-line around $1 trillion, they might have to pick between another round of stimulus checks, which McConnell favors, or including the payroll tax cut. Thune noted that while the checks have their own detractors within the caucus, overall they have more support than a payroll tax cut.

“There are people who aren’t for the checks either, but my sense is there’s not much support for the payroll-tax cut,” Thune said. “There is considerable support for stimulus checks if we’re going to do something on an individual, personal level.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/508626-republicans-to-start-unveiling-coronavirus-package-thursday

[Doreen]

1. If they have more than one bill they can get more pork and destruction to other humans.

I am terrified of what they want to pass.

[chriscan64]

2. GOP senators need to tell Trump to shove his payroll tax cut.

Their election fortunes would be mostly the same either way. They will lose more votes due to the economic chaos from Trump's plan than from the public break on policy. Grow the spines you should have had since the Access Hollywood tapes and tell him, "we make the laws, you just sign them"