Turner, a former Ohio state senator and co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders I ve been a coalition builder for a long time, and I know folks see me as fiery, and I am that, but I m a multifaceted person just like anyone else, said Turner, who is running in Ohio s 11th District. But what people can see in the culmination of my endorsements, whether it s the house of labor, SEIU.all my union sisters and brothers, I have been in the vineyard side by side with these people doing the work, and I am a coalition builder, she continued, before speaking about her work with Ohio s former Republican governor John Kasich.
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In an interview with The Intercept s podcast, the progressive hero and firebrand said that Democrats have failed to create a succession plan once Pelosi and her generation of longtime leaders many of them now in their 80s step aside. Pelosi has indicated that this upcoming two-year term will be her last as Speaker.
“I do think that we need new leadership in the Democratic Party … the internal dynamics of the House has made it such that there s very little option for succession,” said Ocasio-Cortez, who is 31. “It s easy for someone to say, ‘Oh well, you know, why don t you run?’ but the House is extraordinarily complex, and I m not ready. It can t be me. I know that I couldn t do that job.
“I want to get done by Friday night, but if we don t get done by Friday night, I don t want to shut down government. And if we need three or four more days, we re going to take as much time as is necessary to fund the government and as well as [bring] relief to those who have been savaged by COVID-19,” Hoyer told reporters.
He added, “Why this takes so long is because we procrastinate and we pretend just one more day and we’ll get a better deal. It’s frustrating.”
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Leadership is wading through a myriad of policy and political fights as they try to wrap up an agreement.
Thune said he expects the package to provide $300 a week in supplemental federal unemployment assistance through March and confirmed that it would not include additional state and local aid funding.
The senator said there could be language in the deal aimed at addressing concerns that people who receive both enhanced unemployment benefits and stimulus checks would be getting a double benefit. Tax experts said that it would be difficult for the IRS to administer a provision that prevents unemployment recipients from getting direct payments.
Thune said the plan for the House to act on the combined COVID relief-omnibus spending package first and send it to the Senate to pass before the Friday night deadline.