House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) worked to scupper the phase-three coronavirus relief package on Sunday after Majority Whip James Clyburn (D., S.C.) told caucus members last week that the bill was “a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision.”
Clyburn’s comments came on a Thursday call featuring more than 200 House Democrats, during which caucus members laid out a list of provisions they wanted to be included in the Senate’s trillion-dollar package.
Republicans have said that Democrats have reportedly demanded increased bargaining powers for unions, as well as environmental regulations for airlines and more wind and solar tax credits.
A bit of a clap back from republicans. pic.twitter.com/8iiwtHs4HC
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 23, 2020
Pelosi flew into Washington, D.C. over the weekend to add demands to negotiations, a move that Senate Republicans have cited as the reason why the procedural vote to fast-track the legislation fell by a party-line vote on Sunday night.
Speaking after the vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) slammed Democrats for playing politics in a time of crisis.
“All of a sudden, the Democratic leader and the speaker of the House shows up and we’re back to square one,” McConnell said, saying the shift amounted to “obstruction.”
nancy is such a whore
I wonder if Plastered Pelosi has ever heard of a PHONE? She knew the Senate was working on this, what it contained and how hard they were working on it. If she didn’t like it and knew it would pass the House, she could have notified McConnell. But, she played games.
Democrats play games (while people hurt) better and more than anything else. In fact, its ALL they do.
If there was ever any doubt that the demokrats absolutely don’t give a shit about regular Americans or America, this is it. They are left wing ideologues who crave power. There should be zero concessions to their new demands.
their vision of America as a 3rd World hell hole poverty,famine and tyranny all our major cities as slums looking like San Francisco or Detriot