American economy to a halt, suddenly. There may have been a shock that precipitated it. It still unfolded over an extended period of time where you could see it coming. This happened all at once. You have this huge shock to the system. That has led congress to say that we need to do something of a skill we have not done before. Now, the democrats in congress and republicans in congress and white house are all negotiating. Ofy want to do the same set things. There is an argument about the detail and the scale. For instance, the administration came out with a proposal that would, among other things, would give checks to every family. They wanted to do it with 1200 for each adult and 500 for each child. An just a one off of infusion of cash. Democrats wanted to do something much larger. They were talking about 2000 for each donor, maybe 2500 and doing it repeatedly over the course of however long this recession lasts. There is also a big question about unemployment insurance. You will hav
The presiding officer the motion is entered. Mr. Mcconnell the American People are watching this spectacle. Im told the futures market is down 5 . Im also told that thats when trading stops. So the notion that we have time to play games here with the American Economy and the American People is utterly absurd. So i want to explain what just happened. Our good friends on the other side would not have been disadvantaged one bit if this vote had succeeded because it would have required potentially 30 more hours of discussion, during which these seemingly endless negotiations could go on as long as they would like. Now the build up to this, so everybody fully understands, is that we had a high level of bipartisanship in five different working groups over the last 48 hours where members who were participating were reaching agreement. And then all of a sudden the democratic leader and the speaker of the house shows up, and were back to square one. Were fiddling here, fiddling with the emotion
Susan christian mcmillen, uva historian and associate dean for social sciences, author of the book on pandemics. I wanted to ask you as we start out, are there any historical precedents for what the world is its appearance in right now with covid19 . Christian yeah, there are several. I think the most recent one that comes to mind, and probably comes to most everyone elses mind, is the 1918 influenza pandemic in terms of its rapidity, how fast it spread across the world, and its scope and span. In the 19th century the cholera epidemic would be the most, the clearest analogy. Susan we are going to have an opportunity to dig into some of those lessons of history a bit more, but when you look at the response, of course things are so much different for society now. You talk about how important it is to learn lessons from past pandemics and epidemics. What lessons have we clearly learned . Christian what lessons have we clearly learned . That is a good lesson. Im only smiling because as an
9 00 a. M. Monday morning. Monday. Following the prayer and pledge the time for use later in the day and morning business be closed. Further following leader remarks the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h. R. 748. The presiding officer is there objection . Mr. Schumer reserving the right to object. The presiding officer the democratic leader. Mr. Schumer thank you, madam president. I know the majority leader likes to talk about partisanship, but were not here for that reason. The bill were voting on will affect us for not just in the days to come, but in the months and years to come, and we need the best bill possible. We democrats have seen some real flaws in the bill that was put on the floor by the republicans and what it has is, for instance, a giant, giant Corporate Bailout fund with no accountability. You wouldnt even know if the loans were made until six months later. What we have seen is a cutback in what we asked for, for hospitals, doctors, nurses, mask
Secretary for health will discuss the u. S. Response to the spread of the coronavirus. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Azor 47, the nazar 47 es of 47. The motion is not agreed to bring agreed to. Senate failed to move forward on nearly a nearly two 2ldren on a nearly trillion response to the outbreak. Impartial ling calling parts of a slush fund. ,ithout democratic supports republicans failed to get the measure passed and their own rank and file were down in numbers. Rand paul announced he is the first u. S. Senator to test positive for the virus. Reaction toet your the senate failing to pass that economic aid bill. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001 and. Ndependents, 2027488002 text us with your first name and 2027488003. At we will get your thoughts in a minute. , senatort vote failed Mitch Mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate had this to say. [video clip] mcconnell republican and Democratic Senators spent days collaborating on a bipartisa