Senate Rs are going to end up caving and will pass Nancy's Heroes Act

[stopbush]

According to Yertle, there are 20 R Senators who refuse to approve any more relief aid whatsoever. That means that D votes are needed to produce a Senate bill. But the prospect of getting 20 D Senators to vote for a R POS package is also nil.

Which puts Pelosi’s Heroes Act from May front and center, with Schumer in the drivers seat. The Heroes Act starts with 47 Yea votes - 45 Ds, 2 Indies - and needs only FOUR R votes to pass. Four. It will not be difficult to get 4 R votes for that bill to pass, and tRump will not veto any bill at this point.

Yertle has backed his caucus into a corner. He will need to put the House bill up for a vote AS IS, with no chance to insert amendments, because he will never be able to produce and pass a Senate version of the bill on which to conference.

He already knows this, and so does Schumer. In truth, it would be in Yertle’s best interest to pass the House bill as so doing provides the excuse for not adopting any of tRump’s odious demands like the payroll tax cut, while also squashing the complaints of his own caucus as they left him no choice.

[LonePirate]

1. It needs 13 votes, not 4, as Cruz or Paul or someone will filibuster it.

[stopbush]

4. I think Yertle could get 13 votes for cloture, even if he won't get them

for passage. Public pressure against the delaying tactics in the Senate is already at fever pitch.

[qazplm135]

5. yeah and that's not going to happen

without some serious watering down of the House bill.

And probably so much so that the Dems won't agree.

So I'm pretty skeptical of anything passing anytime soon, if at all.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. those 20 cons are ASSHoles

Evvery American needs to SCREAM in their FACES LOUDLY whenever they are seen in public

they are KILLERS

[Sherman A1]

3. Hopefully you are correct

Time will tell.

[Lucinda]

6. They met today, and they know their seats are on the line, so I suspect they will move quickly.

They tried to bum rush Nancy and she didn't back down, so they are going to have to move forward.

[gratuitous]

7. Oh, no, no, no

The Senate Republicans don't need to cater to anyone and pass a bill just so their constituents don't go starving, homeless, in the streets come autumn. They can run on their sterling record of governance the last two years, confident that voters will long remember their, uh . . . hmmmm.

[Thekaspervote]

8. Sure hope you are right!! Madam speaker rocks!!

[johnthewoodworker]

9. Why would republicans feel motivated to do anything? So some poor, working class people

go hungry,better yet for them, get evicted. It's pretty difficult to vote when you're homeless. Those aren't good republican voters anyway. Shut down the post offices, reduce the polling stations, gerrymandered districts, another recipe for success for the republican party. Besides they will just blame the democrats, fox and OAN will repeat that. Problem solved.

[Demsrule86]

10. It is an election year and McConnell could lose. And the Senate is in trouble...GOP types could lose

big.

[uponit7771]

11. Pelsoi should load up then, If nothing is passed the economy crashes, its LITERALLY...

... been middle class spending that's kept money flowing nationwide, no other explanation seeing 15% of the economy has had little to no production cause of CV

[Tiger8]

12. If they DON'T do it - then Recession/Depression is 100% the fault of Conservatism

They have already lost, and they know it.

If Speaker Pelosi's CARES ACT doesn't pass then it's 1932 all over again. I've collected unemployment for only 2 weeks out of my entire 40+ year working career - so I'm not trying to scam anybody like Republicans say. My business is dead because of COVID. I'm pushing 60 so not many people are going to hire me.

Without the $600/week, I will not be able to make payments on loans, taxes, etc. I'm not the only one forced into this situation. The $600/week is working, both for me and the economy. Why change it?

[stopbush]

13. The CARES ACT was passed by Congress. It's the Heroes Act that's stuck in the Senate.

[liberalla]

14. I'm happy to read your opinion/analysis, and think you may be right.

I've had this feeling that Pelosi would prevail. Her political instincts and smarts are not to be underestimated. It looks like the R's overplayed their hand, not fully appreciating the dire circumstances, impact of their inaction, and mood in the country.

...and if we can bypass adopting any of drump's 'odious demands', so much the better!