"Families First Coronavirus Response Act" is ready for House vote

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 6:08pm |

This conveniently gives constituents the weekend to contact and yell at their Senators about stuff like perfect being the enemy of the good:

New @SpeakerPelosi letter to Democrats: “We are proud to have reached an agreement with the Administration to resolve outstanding challenges, and now will soon pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.”

How she describes the bill pic.twitter.com/G8J0sX4juC
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 13, 2020

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https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1238587806311735296

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CNN story:

BREAKING: https://t.co/DXf8QYsOUp
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 13, 2020

Washington Post: BREAKING NEWS

Trump administration, House Democrats reach agreement on relief bill, Pelosi says

The package includes paid sick leave for affected workers, unemployment insurance and money for food stamps and other food security programs.

By Erica Werner, Mike DeBonis, Paul Kane and Jeff Stein
38 minutes ago
NOTE: MC CONNELL CUT OUT

McConnell absent from negotiations on relief package

The Hill:

Pelosi, Trump strike deal on coronavirus response package 03/13/20 06:11 PM EDT

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 6:37pm

all traditional ways of doing things out the window, it's a new world:

The House is monitoring Trump’s Twitter feed very closely - once he tweets his support for the Pelosi-Mnuchin coronavirus deal, GOP members are expected to embrace it. That means they can then pass it under suspension of the rules, meaning they’d fast track it to final passage
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 13, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 6:56pm

scratch that? it's not ready? temper tantrum, maybe? retweeted by Maggie Haberman, whose other recent tweets indicate a confusion beyond the usual with this admin:

An hour later, Trump hasn’t sent the tweet that WH officials said he would, and Treasury Sec. Mnuchin didn’t show up for his planned 7PM interview on Fox Business Network. Pelosi and WH officials were confident Trump approved the deal. Not clear if he’s since changed his mind. https://t.co/WFJjKdGQuq
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) March 13, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 8:09pm

back on track. A tweet = official approval now, new reality.

President Trump officially comes out for the House coronavirus bill, which likely clears the way for some Republican support and will pressure the Senate to pass it. pic.twitter.com/usXaz4HT2o
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 8:47pm

White smoke on a Friday night. https://t.co/jlwaTGZ6ub
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) March 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 8:58pm

Chuck Schumer calls on Mitch McConnell to vote on the Pelosi-Trump coronavirus bill “immediately,” calling him “remarkably irresponsible and out of touch” for adjourning the Senate through the weekend. pic.twitter.com/ISkX0QyaWm
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 8:51pm

This is huge for Vegas tourism, and hundreds of thousands of workers https://t.co/aGmJOW0diD
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) March 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 11:46pm

no need to talk to the Drumpf:

DC’S TOP POWER COUPLE: @SpeakerPELOSI & @StevenMNUCHIN1: the pair spoke 20 times by phone Friday as they hammered out the coronavirus response bill — their 3rd major bipartisan deal.

OTOH: PELOSI said “there was no need” to talk to TRUMP during process.https://t.co/iSq81B8vq7
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) March 14, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 12:05pm

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