There goes that
We learned that the plan included $600 payments for Americans but the total pricetag was virtually the same. What was missing was: What was cut to pay for the stimulus checks?
Now we know: It was cutting extra $300 unemployment benefits.
That's a non-starter for Pelosi and Mnuchin, they say.
"While it is progress that Leader McConnell has signed off on a $916 billion offer that is based off of the bipartisan framework, the President's proposal must not be allowed to obstruct the bipartisan Congressional talks"
No doubt the White House knew that but now they're going to say that Chuck and Nancy are stopping $600 stimulus payments.
As usual, it's all politics. The whole thing certainly doesn't look like a good faith effort to make a deal to me, but sometimes it's an ugly process so we'll have to wait and see.
