Then they adjourned for the day. Apparently they have better things to do?
So the Senate negotiates for three days with Steven Mnuchin, finally coming to an agreement at 1:30 AM this morning, all with the understanding that the House would pass the bill. Pelosi publicly stated that she would attempt to pass the Senate bill via a procedural motion that allows it to pass with only two people voting.
But now we find out that this "agreement" was not actually anything that Pelosi was either willing or able to follow through on. While I can understand that certain House members might be offended with the lack of House input, I don't think that this is the time for tantrums or being worried about hurt egos. If they wanted to be part of this process, then they needed to get back in session and negotiate "with" the White House and the Senate.
If Pelosi (with a Senate bill agreed upon) blows this up over airline emissions, minimum wages, and federal election overrides, this is really going to get ugly. I cannot imagine that most or the rank and file Americans who generally vote for Democrats are going to be happy that Pelosi blew this agreement up not once, but now twice. There is literally no excuse at this point. I cannot imagine that Schumer and the rest of the Senate Democrats will take kindly to this either.
Do we expect a little dishonesty, broken promises, and political gamesmanship from our elected leaders? Sure. But certainly not now. Certainly not to this level. Despicable.
UPDATE: There is speculation that the Senate vote will not take place till later in the day, and that the House may just be waiting till tomorrow to take the vote. But people close to the situation are claiming that Pelosi has a revolt on her hands from the usual suspects (the Squad, etc) who want the House to have a bigger say in this.
Either way, the idea that Pelosi is no longer publicly committing to holding a vote on the bill is a huge problem for the everyone. If I was Chuck Schumer at this point, I might blow my top!
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The Socialist Democrats are nuts.
Does she know she's diving her clown car straight into a ditch?
Or does she even care anymore.
Either way it's evil.
She’s waiting for tomorrow’s initial jobless report, then she’ll load it up.
Maybe they should have adjourned for the day rather than "adjured."
(snicker)
so today we received confirmation that democrats are the enemy of the people and of the state.
some of us already knew this. everyone knows now.
these people make it virtually impossible NOT to hate them.
So Reverend...
Explain how Pelosi signalling that she isn't prepared to vote for the Senate bill is a "good thing".
🖕Meanwhile, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo potentially threw a wrench into the process during his daily press conference when he railed against the agreement, saying that, "It would really be terrible for the state of New York."
"The $2 trillion bill — what does it mean for the New York state government? It means $3.8 billion dollars. $3.8 billion sounds like a lot of money…but we’re looking at a shortfall, revenue shortfall, of $9, 10, 15 [billion] dollars,” he said. “This response to this virus has probably already cost us $1 billion.”🖕
five years ago NYS acknowledge a severe ventilator shortage and did nothing to address it.
oh wait, we built casinos.
If an influenza pandemic on the scale of the 1918 pandemic were to occur, it is possible
that New York would face a significant shortage of ventilators. Because influenza pandemics
are unpredictable and their impact unknown in advance of the pandemic, officials must consider
and plan for a worst-case scenario.
31 Chapter 1: Adult Guidelines
E. Stockpiling Ventilators
New York State pandemic planning includes careful consideration of the potential
shortage of ventilators, based on the estimates discussed above. There is a federal government
stockpile of ventilators, but its use is limited for any one locality; there are not enough ventilators
to be distributed to meet demand if many regions need them at once.
New York State has stockpiled 1,750 ventilators57 to help reduce ventilator need in the
face of the moderate scenario;58 however, there are no current plans to buy enough ventilators for
the most severe model. The State’s current approach to stockpiling a limited number of
ventilators balances the need to prepare for a potential pandemic against the need to maintain
adequate funding for current and ongoing health care expenses. Furthermore, severe staffing
shortages are anticipated, and purchasing additional ventilators beyond a threshold will not save
additional lives, because there will not be a sufficient number of trained staff to operate them. In
the event of an overwhelming burden on the health care system, New York will not have
sufficient ventilators to meet critical care needs despite its emergency stockpile. If the most
severe forecast becomes a reality, New York State and the rest of the country will need to
allocate ventilators and other scarce resources.
F. Specialized Facilities for Influenza Patients
The majority of patients in need of ventilator therapy will be those affected by the
pandemic influenza virus and these patients could easily overwhelm acute care facilities. The
Task Force and various Clinical Workgroups discussed the creation of special “influenza
facilities” to care exclusively for influenza patients, while non-designated hospitals perform a
greater share of health care services not related to influenza.59
Benefits of a specialized center
include the ability to concentrate resources to fewer facilities that have the best infrastructure and
expertise to care for influenza patients, increase the probability of limiting the spread of the
influenza to other patients (who have been transferred to other facilities), and reduce the number
of facilities affected by the pandemic.
https://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/task_force/reports_publications/docs/ventilator_guidelines.pdf
ive years ago NYS acknowledge a severe ventilator shortage and did nothing to address it.
oh wait, we built casinos.
Pederast and teegan think that’s trump’s fault
btw, this document in its entirety is essentially a ventilator death panel guide.
it's chilling if you read it.
https://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/task_force/reports_publications/docs/ventilator_guidelines.pdf
quote of the day:
"Remember in November that so many leading Democrats put the parochial interests of some of their smallest constituencies ahead of the interest of the nation."
- Stephen Green
California Sees One Million Unemployment Claims
March 25, 2020 at 4:59 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 67 Comments
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that the state has seen one million unemployment claims in less than two weeks as the coronavirus pandemic has led to businesses being shutdown across the state,” CNBC reports.
“Newsom’s announcement comes one day before a key national data release on new jobless claims for the United States, which some have projected to be in the multi-millions. The initial claims data has never before surpassed 1 million, and it was 285,000 last week.”
REPUBLICANS WANT TO LOOK OUT FOR THE BIG RICH GUYS
DEMOCRATS WENT TO LOOK OUT FOR THE ORDINARY WORKING GUYS
________________
COULD THAT BE WHAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM HERE?
Last Minute Complaints Threaten Relief Bill
March 25, 2020 at 4:36 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 125 Comments
“A round of 11th-hour objections is throwing a curveball into the Senate’s consideration of a mammoth stimulus package,” The Hill reports.
“But a brewing fight over a deal on unemployment provisions is threatening to open the door to a push for broader changes to the bill, which was negotiated by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.”
DON'T THINK many leading Democrats put the parochial interests of
some of their smallest constituencies ahead of the interest of
the nation.
DO THINK many leading Republicans put the selfish interests of
their smallest, richest constituencies ahead of the interest of
millions of the suddenly unemployed
Don’t worry pederast Biden is in the wings. When the wheels fall off your canoe, he’ll fill your doghouse with pancakes
It's not the Republicans who are holding up unemployment relief.
It's the Democrats.
And anybody who says differently is a party hack.
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