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— Stone (@stonecold2050) July 24, 2020
Mitch McConnell is a world-class obstructionist, and is competent at accomplishing high priority goals around which his conference is unified, and is otherwise a sub-replacement-level legislative leader. Harry Reid he ain't.
— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) July 24, 2020
Headline in the Washington Post‘s Business Section — “McConnell says stimulus deal could take ‘a few weeks,’ putting millions with expiring jobless aid in limbo”:
With days to go before enhanced jobless benefits expire, the White House and Senate Republicans are struggling to design a way to scale back the program without overwhelming state unemployment agencies and imperiling aid to more than 20 million Americans.
The hang-up has led to an abrupt delay in the introduction of the GOP’s $1 trillion stimulus package. The White House and Democrats have said they want a deal by the end of the month, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested Friday that reaching an agreement could take several weeks, a timeline that could leave many unemployed Americans severely exposed.
“Hopefully we can come together behind some package we can agree on in the next few weeks,” McConnell said at an event in Ashland, Ky.
Part of the problem stems from a push by administration officials and GOP lawmakers to reduce a $600 weekly payment of enhanced federal unemployment benefits. The White House and the GOP disagree about how to do this, and talks remain highly contentious. They hope to release a proposal early next week…