You may NOT get another $1,200 check from the government…
You may NOT get another extra $600 in your jobless benefits after July….
Democrats seem to be slowing their push for more money going out….
Republicans….
Mindful of Trump’s push to get the economy going are complaining that giving people money is stopping them from going to work….
Also?
Some are beginning to worry about how are they gonna get the billions back in the Treasury ….
Democrats have to get anything thru the US Senate….
They ALREADY have another bill passed….The HEROS’ Act
But Senate leader McConnell doesn’t want anything more, but is un Der pressure from Trump to keep things going until November…
To Me?
If these guys stop feeding the economy in July?
Things ARE gonna be worst from then on going into November….
And THAT is gonna be a bad look for Republicans, Trump and of course America’s economy trying restart…
House Democrats looking to deliver another round of $1,200 relief checks to Americans are encountering skepticism from an unexpected source — fellow Democrats in the Senate.
The $3 trillion House-passed measure is not only facing opposition from GOP senators, it’s also prompting Senate Democrats to raise concerns about what they see as a huge untargeted expenditure.
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said he wants the next round of coronavirus relief to be more focused on the households that have been hardest hit by the economic downturn brought on by the pandemic.
“I’d like to take a look at all that aid we provided and get good economic information on the value for that, from the point of view of our economy but more importantly on fairness to people who are really hurt,” Cardin said when asked whether he would support another round of checks.
Cardin said the direct payments made more sense in March when Congress wanted to get money out the door as quickly as possible. But now, as states are allowing businesses to reopen around the country, he says lawmakers should look at who will most need relief in the coming months.
“We wanted to get money out quickly. We used the refund checks to do that, we used the PPP program to do that,” he said, referring to the Small Business Administration’s popular Paycheck Protection Program.
“I think the next round we’ve got to be more targeted to those who are really in need. So I hope we can target this a little bit better to those who have been hit hard because of COVID-19,” he added.
Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the senior Democrat on the Finance Committee, earlier this month acknowledged there’s “a little bit of debate” over whether another round of checks should be included in the next relief bill.
Senate Republicans have panned the $3 trillion HEROES Act, which the House passed on May 15, calling it a non-starter.
While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) now says Congress will “probably” pass another relief bill, Republicans say it is likely to carry a much smaller price tag than the House package.
Many Republicans have raised concerns over the increasing federal deficit, which is projected to reach $3.7 trillion in 2020, according to the Congressional Budget Office. …