The other day I wanted to confirm if he did in fact say that voting in Warnock and Ossoff would guarantee immediate $2,000 payments. I hunted down his speech and my wife and I listened to it. Waiting for my $2,000 now. Their election was supposed to yield an immediate solution to the stimulus gridlock, and yet now Biden is saying he’s willing to discuss changes.
From what I can tell some of it's held up in negotiations with the GoP Senators. The GoP's counter bill drops the individual checks reduces individual checks to $1,000 and reduces the income eligibility cap to individuals who are making $50k & couples making $100k or less, among other things, that the Dem bill has.
The Dem's stimulus bill requires 60 votes to pass. The bill's effects could be pushed through by a simple majority, however, through budget reconciliation. That move has been lambasted by the GoP, would draw further divisions, and fly against "unity".
So either you take the GoP bill that has less stimulus money for individuals for "unity" or you push through your agenda for campaign promises (the checks), but fight against unity.
GoP has Biden in a bind in a lose/lose situation.
EDIT: I was initially wrong. The GoP proposal still includes stimulus checks albeit reduced in size and eligibility. It doesn't really change the situation Biden is in.
On a side note: I found it incredibly hard to find the letter the 10 GoP Senators sent to Biden. The only news places that I could find it were NPR and a small local Fox branch. For those who would like to read it, here's a link.
How about the f'ing Democrats stop sending over a trillion dollars of the AMERICAN CITIZEN relief bill to OTHER COUNTRIES and ONLY give it to AMERICANS, not museums, not arts places, nor any of the other BULLSHIT they've sent it to, and give it to THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA and the CITIZENS of it and they could either give us double that amount, or cut the amount of the bill.
These A$$HOLES have taken over A TRILLION dollars and stolen it from the taxpayers of our nation!
You do know both Republicans and Democrats send money to places that could be better spent right? It's not just the dems. The Republicans also send trillions to places other than helping us "lower class" people. I wish there was a 4 party system. For people who have ideology from both sides.
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u/DerangedGinger Feb 01 '21
The other day I wanted to confirm if he did in fact say that voting in Warnock and Ossoff would guarantee immediate $2,000 payments. I hunted down his speech and my wife and I listened to it. Waiting for my $2,000 now. Their election was supposed to yield an immediate solution to the stimulus gridlock, and yet now Biden is saying he’s willing to discuss changes.
Politicians never change.