the other mike
Diamond Member
- Jan 5, 2019
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Are voters paying attention or sleepwalking as usual,
letting Washington stab us in the back repeatedly ?
thehill.com
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that negotiations on the coronavirus relief package will go no further until Republicans get “serious about the process.”
Pelosi made the statement after a “25-minute” call with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Thursday, which apparently did not do anything to push the talks forward.
“Democrats are willing to resume negotiations once Republicans start to take this process seriously,” Pelosi said in the written statement. “Lives, livelihoods, and the life of our democracy are at stake.”
(snip)
Republicans have proposed a package that is a little over $1 trillion, and is focused on reopening schools safely and testing, treatments, and vaccines. They have criticized the Democrats for adding unrelated funding measures into their package and ballooning the price tag.
letting Washington stab us in the back repeatedly ?
![thehill.com](https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/ca_smallbusinessstudy_051320getty.jpg?w=1280)
More than 100,000 small businesses have permanently closed due to coronavirus, study estimates
A new study estimates about 2 percent of small American businesses have closed for good.
![thehill.com](https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/cropped-favicon-512px-1.png?w=32)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that negotiations on the coronavirus relief package will go no further until Republicans get “serious about the process.”
Pelosi made the statement after a “25-minute” call with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Thursday, which apparently did not do anything to push the talks forward.
“Democrats are willing to resume negotiations once Republicans start to take this process seriously,” Pelosi said in the written statement. “Lives, livelihoods, and the life of our democracy are at stake.”
(snip)
Republicans have proposed a package that is a little over $1 trillion, and is focused on reopening schools safely and testing, treatments, and vaccines. They have criticized the Democrats for adding unrelated funding measures into their package and ballooning the price tag.