(12-31-2020 10:10 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(12-31-2020 07:25 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Just wondering - are those posters on here that railed against Pelosi and labeled her as the reason why aid bills were not passed, equally as mad at McConnell? He is clearly THE person in the federal government holding up direct aid to US citizens that looks to have broad support across the House, Senate, and White House.
It was good to see that a clean bill, no riders, just straight up an increase to $2k to everyone, passed the House.

McConnell is an idiot. He got totally played by Pelosi and Schumer on this one, and apparently was too stupid to realize it.

What he should have done was to have the senate "amend" the house bill by replacing it with that "clean bill, no riders, just straight up an increase to $2k to everyone," and sent it back to Pelosi. That would then frame the debate properly.

What he has done is to bungle it to the point that the democrats have now already taken care of their fat cat special interests, and now republicans look like the stingy ones. And with two critical Georgia runoffs Tuesday, the timing could hardly be worse.

I despise Schumer and Pelosi, but I wish republicans had someone--anyone--with their leadership abilities.

I do not want the democrats' socialist utopia, but it's going to take better people than Mitch McConnell to keep us from going there.

I am really tired of having to choose between socialist/communist democrats and idiot republicans.

I believe the bill McConnell received from the House was the clean bill. It was just increasing the $600 to $2,000.