POLITICO Playbook: What Chuck Schumer wants vs. what Mitch McConnell wants – By Anna Palmer & Jake Sherman (Politico) / Sept 3 2020
HAPPY THURSDAY. OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS, we’ve seen the two Senate leaders — MITCH MCCONNELL and CHUCK SCHUMER — strike diametrically different tones and stake out opposite positions on a new economic relief package, helping again shine a light on the very rocky road toward another deal in the next four weeks.
SCHUMER, the Senate minority leader, is sending his colleagues a letter calling for “another comprehensive, bipartisan” Covid relief bill.
HERE IS WHAT SCHUMER has to say about the Republicans’ small-bore bill we described in Wednesday’s Playbook — which we expect to get toward the floor next week: “Republicans may call their proposal ‘skinny,’ but it would be more appropriate to call it ‘emaciated.’ Their proposal appears to be completely inadequate and, by every measure, fails to meet the needs of the American people. With no money for rental assistance, no money for nutrition assistance, and no money for state and local services, the census, or safe elections, Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans would be making another unacceptable and ineffective attempt at providing relief.”
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