The White House and the Democrats’ leaders on Capitol Hill have been locked in a stalemate over a new round of stimulus having to do with the Coronavirus for a couple of weeks now. Democrats are pushing for a return to the $600 a week unemployment compensation. The Republicans, and President Donald Trump have lowered that figure to $200. And every single time Democrats say “no” to the deal, the Republicans give something more.
Why would the Democrats ever say yes?
I’m sure that Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are convinced that the GOP wants to either get a deal done to say they’ve helped the American people, and they can get back home and campaign, or they’ll feel that they are the ones that will get blamed for not renewing the unemployment compensation. And they are wrong in that assumption.
They need to stand firm. They need to not…
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