Mcconnell announced a vote on the next covid relief package coming up tomorrow although we expect discussion on the matter today as well. Now live to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Faithful father, our refuge and strength, give us such lawmakers that their lives will enable you to be glorified by bringing healing to our land. Lord, provide our nation with physical, mental, social, and spiritual healing by the power of your grace. Sustained by this grace, may our senators seek to please you in all they do. Inspire them to give you cheerfully their highest be gracious, mighty god, to our nation and world. Intowr us all empower us all until the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts are acceptable to you. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i ple
The democrats reply with partisan cheap shots. The republicans develop a to get money in the pipeline for kids, jobs, schools. Democrats just point fingers, call names and keep American Families from getting help before the november election. In july, republicans put forward a serious framework but Speaker Pelosi and the democratic leader refused to talk unless the starting point was there absurd 3. 4 trillion farleft wishlist that even House Democrats called a stent. Talksust, with those stalled, republicans opposed no agreements on specific, urgent policies to help families, theployment benefits, paycheck protection program, democrats fused again. This time, there inventive was to piecemeal and not worth doing. If democrats did not get their diversity studies for the cannabis industry, stimulus checks for legal immigrants, tax cuts for blue state millionaires, it would make sure that millions of americans would lose their own Employment Benefits and ppp would close. That is what they
From getting any more help before the november election. In july, republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the democratic leader refused to talk unless starting point was their literally absurd 3. 4 trillion farleft wish list that even House Democrats called a stunt. In august, when those talks stalled, republicans proposed narrow agreements on specific urgent policies to help families. Unemployment benefits, the paycheck protection program. Democrats refused again. This time their invented excuse was that any assistance short of their entire wish list was too piecemeal, too piecemeal and not worth doing. If democrats didnt get their diversity studies for the cannabis industry, stimulus checks for illegal immigrants, tax cuts for bluestate millionaires, theyd make sure millions of americans would lose their Unemployment Benefits and p. P. P. Would close. Thats what they threatened and thats what they did. So here we are in september. Schools and colleges have
Familiar. Republicans roll out yet another effort to forge a bipartisan compromise around Coronavirus Relief, and democrats reply with partisan cheap shots and threats to block everything. Republicans develop a serious plan to get historic amounts of additional money in the pipeline for kids, for jobs, for schools, and democrats just point fingers, call names and keep blocking American Families from getting any more help before the november election. In july, republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the democratic leader refused to talk unless starting point was their literally absurd 3. 4 trillion farleft wish list that even House Democrats called a stunt. In august, when those talks stalled, republicans proposed narrow agreements on specific urgent policies to help families. Unemployment benefits, the paycheck protection program. Democrats refused again. This time their invented excuse was that any assistance short of their entire wish list was too piecemea
Plan to get historic amounts of additional money in the pipeline for kids, for jobs, for schools. And democrats just point fingers, call names and keep blocking American Families from getting any more help before the november election. In july republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the democratic leader refused to talk unless the starting point was their literally absurd 3. 4 trillion far left wish list that even House Democrats called a stunt. In august, with those talks stalled, republicans proposed narrow agreements on specific urgent policies to help families. Unemployment benefits, the paycheck protection program, democrats refused again. This time their invented excuse was anything short of their entire wish list was to piecemeal, to piecemeal and not worth doing. If democrats didnt get their diversity studies for the cannabis industry, stimulus checks for illegal immigrants, tax cuts for blue state millionaires, theyd make sure millions of americans