Doktor ZoomMarch 05, 2021 04:59 PM
Jamie gave you this Sleepy Kitten The Senate s consideration of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill appears to have gone off the rails this afternoon, with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) apparently giving serious thought to a really bad Republican amendment on emergency unemployment that would almost certainly be unacceptable to most other Senate Democrats. Jesus Christ, Joe, we thought we already told you to just pass the goddamned thing. You never listen to us. Is it personal? As we noted earlier today, Senate Dems had already accepted one change from the House version of the stimulus bill. Instead of increasing the emergency supplemental unemployment insurance to $400 a week until the end of August, the compromise would keep the payments at $300 a week (on top of whatever state unemployment insurance benefits someone s getting), but keep the benefit running until the end of September.