Americans Left Hanging as Many Senators Return Home With No Stimulus Deal – By Ramsey Touchberry (Newsweek) / Aug 6 2020
Many senators prepared to head home Thursday afternoon, embarking from the nation’s capital to their home states despite congressional leaders and the White House still without an agreement of any kind on another coronavirus relief package.
The decision to skip town is a clear message about lawmakers’ confidence—or lack thereof—of a deal materializing anytime soon. Republican senators emerged from a closed-door lunch with no new clarity from leadership about ongoing negotiations.
“We’re at an impasse right now,” said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.). “I would hope over the next few days we can get together and do something that would help a lot of working people in America.”
“At the moment, it doesn’t look promising,” he added. “We might not get a deal.”
What’s at stake is federal relief for tens of millions of Americans: some 13 million people seeking jobless pandemic assistance, eviction protections for an estimated 20 million renters and another round of $1,200 checks for most Americans.
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