Monday, December 07, 2020

AMERICAN POLITICS - The COVID Economic Relief Bill

"Democrats shift position on a sized-down economic relief billPBS NewsHour 12/02/2020

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SUMMARY:  Lawmakers are under pressure to reach another economic relief deal as COVID-19 cases and deaths spike across the country.  Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is the second-highest ranking Democrat in the U.S Senate.  He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss a new bipartisan proposal and why Democrats have changed their stance on a relief bill.

 

 

"What are the obstacles for Republican support of a bipartisan relief bill?" PBS NewsHour 12/02/2020

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SUMMARY:  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement Wednesday that the bipartisan COVID relief bill just unveiled should be the starting point for negotiations going forward.  Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is one of the lawmakers responsible for that bipartisan bill.  He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.



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