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Republicans are angry that Democrats want to do too much for the economy washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…

📌Democrats wanted $150 billion for hospitals and health centers to deal with the virus; Republicans wanted $75 billion.

📌Democrats wanted to give families checks for at least $1,500 per person; Republicans wanted $1,200.

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📌Democrats wanted $500 billion in aid to small businesses; Republicans wanted $350 billion.

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📌Democrats wanted a requirement that large companies given assistance keep their workers on the payroll; Republicans would have left open a loophole companies could have used to take the money and lay off workers anyway.

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📌Democrats wanted to require companies that got aid to pay a $15 minimum wage and agree to strict requirements limiting executive compensation and stock buybacks.

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📌Democrats wanted more money for states to help them deal with sudden costs and avoid a budget spiral that would lead to severe cutbacks in state services.

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📌Democrats wanted four months of extended unemployment benefits; Republicans wanted three months.

📌Democrats wanted help for people to pay their utility bills and would bar utilities from cutting off people’s service during the crisis.

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*DEMS demanded oversight of the “slush fund” that in the GOP plan would have let the Mnuchin distribute half a trillion dollars to corporations at his own discretion, with no oversight.

When asked about it on Monday, Trump said “I’ll be the oversight.”

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