There is some credible chatter from DC that after the House pass the new relief pkg, the GOP are planning to 'unfurl' a new political attack ag Dems: blaming them for sky-high jobless numbers after they spent 2 weeks pushing to broaden the package to incl hospitals etc..
2-It started on Tues when Kevin McCarthy told Lou Dobbs the new jobless claims data this week will be “Nancy Pelosi’s unemployment list..A lot of people are going to be laid off, a lot of small businesses are going to close because she held it up again to play politics,
3- just like she did with the CARES Act, trying to put into that more money for the Kennedy Center for the Arts, changing election law, Green New Deal, Planned Parenthood, sanctuary cities."
4-Word is GOP plan to 'broadside Dems' w this argument breaking Congress' tacit Covid agrmnt that negotiated, bipartisan policy accords should not become political wedges, & placing the next relief pkg in grave doubt. McConnell is sounding the alarm on Congressional spending now
5-Telling Politico on Tues, “We’ve allocated a stunning amount of money-$2.2 trillion-knowing full well that that probably wouldn’t be enough..I think it’s also time to begin to think about the amount of debt that we’re adding to our country & the future impact of that.”
6-Signaling that he & GOP legislators have little interest in the large-scale bill that some are talking about as the next phase of rescue efforts-incl relief for the USPS and more Stimulus $ for Americans. They want the Country reopened-at all costs now. #WednesdayWisdom
