US Cases: 5,837,507*
US Deaths: 172,731*
Worldwide Cases: 24,356,619*
Worldwide Deaths: 829,861*
* - Numbers are a lower bound. True numbers are being suppressed by the Trump administration
Really, Trump and the Republicans don't care if you're unemployed, about to be evicted, and don't know where your next meal is coming from. And don't let anyone tell you this is the Democrats' fault. The Senate is in recess, and as for the White House, well:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday that during a call with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, she offered to drop the price tag on the top-line spending for COVID-19 relief legislation to $2.2 trillion, well down from the original $3.4 trillion.Meadows, Pelosi said, rejected the offer.The 25-minute phone call was the first significant contact the two have had since negotiations fell apart earlier this month.“Originally, House and Senate Democrats made clear we would be willing to cut a trillion dollars if the White House would add a trillion for a bill,” she said. “In order to meet in the middle, we have now said we would be willing to go to $2.2 trillion to meet the needs of the American people.”“Democrats are willing to resume negotiations once Republicans start to take this process seriously,” she added.
The article further goes on to suggest that there may not be any substantive stimulus/relief until September 30, the date at which Congress needs to have some kind of budget in place for the fiscal year.
That's still more than a month away.
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