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Yeah the Dems kinda screwed this up from a PR perspective.

All they had to do was put forth a version which appeared more little-guy friendly (even if it would hurt everyone long term), and they could get election mileage out of it.

Instead, they stuffed a lot of crap into their version, and made it look like they were exploiting the emergency bill in order to sneak pet project laws into place. Pretty much wrote the Republican attack ads we'll eventually see.

But none of this will matter much if the coronavirus situation drags for many months. Trump will take the fall for that.
I think you two may be missing the point. Pelosi and the house bill is Off the table. The only other thing out there is that 6T proposal from Kudlow/Trump that was talked about to muddle the real story. The reality is this. The only bill that is up for debate is the original GOP bill with an independent committee as to who gets the 500B of loans. The only
Other thing the democrats want is mail in votes.

They are going to repeat that over and over again starting tomorrow morning. “We are ready to pass the GOP senate bill..... all we want is the guarantee everyone gets to vote by accepting mail in ballots in every state....... why do you hate democracy GOP and why are YOU holding up the bill”

It’s going to be said over and over again and they won’t be able to turn the table on this.

It’s bold cotton, let’s see how it works out for them.
The 6T bill is the GOP bill. 4T in liquidity that’s already happened and then the 2T bill that we are waiting on.

I stayed up late last night and watched Schumer and McConnell come back to the Senate floor and speak. 100% Democrats were trying to add components and ear marks from what House proposed to the Senate bill.

It seems like most of that nonsense didn’t get added because Republicans held the line and said they were willing to go to the people over the failed bill.

They talked last night that the extra $600 a week might be tied to furloughing workers instead of laying them off and that might come with conditions.

They also said the $350 billion for small businesses may end up being forgivable loans if certain criteria are met.
No collateral required on the loans.

Some other interesting tidbits as well, Schumer said they were on the 2 yard line and they started the day on the 5.