McConnell to force vote on 'targeted' coronavirus relief bill next week

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that the Senate will vote on a "targeted" coronavirus relief bill next week that will include more aid for small businesses hit hard by the fallout of the pandemic.

The Senate is out of town this week after an outbreak of the coronavirus among its members but will return to Washington, D.C., on Monday.

"When the full Senate returns on October 19th, our first order of business will be voting again on targeted relief for American workers, including new funding for the PPP," McConnell said in a statement, referring to the Paycheck Protection Program.

The GOP leader gave no hints about what would be in the forthcoming Republican plan beyond the small-business funding. But McConnell has previously pointed to other areas, including protection from coronavirus-related lawsuits and money for schools and testing, as other must-have items in a potential bill.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-to-force-vote-on-targeted-coronavirus-relief-bill-next-week/ar-BB19YV6J?li=BBnb7Kz

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Sounds like another lame ass attempt that falls short

[elleng]

1. Some (was it here?) urged Dems to support something like this yesterday.

[Demsrule86]

4. I am unemployed and I do not support 'targeted' as in giving airline people help and no one else.

But if you are helping the unemployed across the board than make a deal...already people are being evicted and going hungry...we won't get the state money and child credit and everything I heard Nancy and other talk about...very worthy stuff. However, at least send help to the unemployed and the hungry...vote for the unemployment extension and stimulus check for example but nothing else.

[Turin_C3PO]

6. Yes!

[brush]

7. Yes, the was an OP on Andrew Yang supporting it, unfortunately.

It's disappointing that he supports that.

[yaesu]

2. No stimulus checks just means its another corporate bailout. nt

[LizBeth]

3. +1

[BlueNProud]

5. I'm guessing big airline and cruise liner bailout as well

[beachbumbob]

8. No money for people. Democrats must say no way jose

Pelosi is going tear McConnel a new one

[icymist]

9. Protection from coronavirus-related lawsuits?

This is the priority? Worry that giant corporations will get sued for forcing people into unsafe working conditions?

[redstatebluegirl]

10. All of it to airlines and cruise ship companies who give to the orange anus.

[Harker]

18. And who will make it easier for travelers to go

to his seedy "resort" properties.

[Scruffy1]

11. He already knows he doesn't have the votes to pass anything that the house would vote for.

It's just a BS play to blame the failure on someone else.

[lark]

12. Be vigilant Dems, don't fall for their fuckery.

If there's anything in there about forgiveness for businesses for infecting their workers or clients - just say no! Airlines don't deserve to be bailed out after either giving billions in bonuses to executives and not keeping their companys afloat. Make them repay every dime, or this is just another boondoggle to help drumpf and other rich fat cats, not the workers.

[LiberalLovinLug]

13. More aid for "small businesses"

Like his and Donald's and other big donors.

[Warpy]

14. They'd better define "small businesses"

by something other than number of employees at a given location or megacorporations and real estate barons will grab the lion's share again. Oh, that will pump up the already inflated stock market and make Dumdum look like a winner to rich guys, but it will do nothing to decrease the severity of the coming crunch for the rest of us.

Also, they're going to need to find a way to offset the effect of printing trillions of dollars with nothing to back them up or we'll be paying Weimar Republic prices before we know it.

Unfortunately, Larry Kudlow, one of the biggest dunderheads ever to disgrace the airwaves on business channels, is running this show.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Stim the People and let it trickle UP to the businesses and corporations

Let the people teach Republicans how the real world works!

[pfitz59]

19. Yes The only way

People gotta eat, and do laundry, and pay rent...

[ananda]

16. Hmmmm....

It sounds pretty lameass to me.. just a little sop
to help vulnerable senators.

Give me a big fucking break!

[DallasNE]

17. More Appropriate

Would be to take up the bill passed by the House, offer their own amendments and then vote on that bill and see if it passes. If passed it would go to conference to iron out the differences. That is how legislation worked for decades. Now it just goes to McConnell to draft up every bill - makes you wonder why we need all of those other members of Congress given the degree to which they are bypassed.