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Jul 24, 2020, 6 tweets

House Dems again pushing for renewing the $600 unemployment insurance- runs out in a few days unless Congress finds a legislative solution #NexstarDC

Republican @DrPhilRoe tells me GOP wants to extend it too, but says $600 is simply too much money weekly and makes it difficult for small businesses in his state to keep their workers #NexstarDC

We’re here today with one message for the President, the Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, do your job. -@RepDanKildee, he says GOP must move on a #coronavirus stimulus plan on paper. #NexstarDC

“Imagine taking away this lifeline”...@RepDanKildee says letting the unemployment benefit expire would tank the economy. He says his constituents in Michigan are writing, saying they might lose their homes without it. #NexstarDC

“What do the Republicans and the a White House have against working families in our country that they would begrudge them $600.” -@SpeakerPelosi

Speaker Pelosi says Republicans disarray (not having a #Covid_19 stimulus plan yet) is causing harm to American families #NexstarDC

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