Frustrated. We had hoped that there would be a bill, and its dead in the senate they put together little pieces here and there and everywhere. Its pretty clear they dont have 51 votes in the city among the republicans for our proposal. And its frustrating because they have dithered for three months. Its pretty clear they dont have 51 votes in the senate among republicans for a proposal and frustrating because they dithered for three months. Now its these various that hurts lots of people. Unemployment, rental, state and local and theyre still trying to get their act together which is very frustrating because of the needs of people. We also have to read the bills carefully and thats what we told them to do overnight. They managed to have enough money for 2 billion for the fbi headquarters that benefits trump hotel and they say they have no money for food assistance. What the heck is going on so got to read the bill very carefully. We hope they can get their act together. We very much wa
American Psychological Association ceo arthur evans joins us to discuss stress in america report and how covid19 is affecting Mental Health field Mental Health. Host as Congress Tries to hammer out the covid relief package, Small Businesses are in trouble. Business health and cashel have stalled. Yelp says 2800 businesses in new york city alone have closed. The Small Business administration has given out more money in the past few months than its entire history. It is tuesday, august 4, 2020. We welcome you to washington journal. We will spend this first hour asking you about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Small Business. If you are a Small Business owner, call 202 7488000. Or former an employee Small Business employee, 202 7488001. For all others, 202 7488002. Texts, 202 ur 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are from. On twitter, cspanwj. Facebook. Com cspan. Negotiators on capitol hill continue with the pandemic relief package. We will hear more about that later. Her
But the Senate Republicans are so divided entire up in knots all leader mcconnell can do is go to the floor and make partisan speeches. Hes not in the room negotiatin negotiating, cannot even articulate a coherent position. Democrats on the other hand are negotiate with the white house because they wanted to reach an agreement were finally moving in the right direction a deal has to be made for the needs of the American People not to strike a deal for the sake of it, but we believe what he bold strong vigorous response to the crisis. Let me understand why there is a difference. We believe, the American People believe that this is the greatest price affecting america 75 years economically 100 years healthwise. We believe it needs a big bold response, and skinny bill that just touches on one or two of the problems a bill that says if we have a million start kids who are getting fed we should compromise and feed half of them. That does not work. And yet the republicans are so tied up, so
Affiliation. This is the first opportunity on the senate floor to offer a word about kamala harris, one of our colleagues in a historic move was asked by another former Senate Colleague of the Vice President joe biden in his preferred nominee to be Vice President of the United States. Ive come to know senator harrison or four years in the senate through her service on then Judiciary Committee and the intelligence committee, her publicservice track record is a significant one worthy of praise from her work as a District Attorney in the line prosecuteds no untrained and in San Francisco where she focused on trying to keep her Community Safe to services, California Attorney general running the portfolio toe include Environmental Justice and Consumer Protection and her work tin the senate since 2016. What i find so compelling about senator harris to her track record of Public Service during her long career as her personal story raises the child into immigrants and jamaican father and india
Couldnt help over at the table that what they were offering us was sophies choice. Not enough money for food not enough nothing for housing in terms of rentals a moratorium thats nice but its not money. For rent. It not enough money for money in the pockets of the American People who really need this who through no fault of their own. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talking about how desperate people are in this pandemic to get that stimulus money from congress but after 3 hours of talking yesterday they could not reach a deal know the deadline for a new stimulus deal with today. The whole thing appears in limbo right now little chances, daryn mention of any kind of bipartisan agreement least before this. Weekend begins John Lawrence has the latest from washington. Talks about the stimulus are in a stalemate Top White House negotiators say big roadblocks remain after thursdays 3 hour meeting with Democratic Leaders were willing to stay engaged. But i can tell you the difference are still si