They're honestly trying to avoid passing any further legislation on this before November.. and both sides are trying to find the best angle to blame the other side-- Republicans are gambling that keeping a bill from passing is going to hurt the Dems way more than passing a bill would help the Republicans. And honestly-- its a pretty safe bet that they're right.
Originally Posted by Grace Preston
How do you know that? You're not a mind reader. It could be the Republicans honestly think the economy doesn't need as much stimulus as they thought, and the virus is being contained enough to reopen again without it. I don't know but I imagine there are a host of reasons why they changed their minds on the next round of $1200 checks, which IMO would have sweetened their chances in November.
I don't have a problem with the rest of the GOP bill. The fucking dems need to consider each proposal on its individual merit, instead of holding everything hostage to their outrageous and unreasonable demands which include wasting trillions on items wholly unrelated to covid relief.
If you really want an example of not wanting to do anything because you would rather run on an issue and blame the other side than fix the problem, just look at how the fucking dems refused to work with Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina to craft legislation on police reform.