Waiting for the Speaker, just got word Sen. Chuck Schumer will be joining for Speaker Pelosi’s weekly briefing today #NexstarDC
“The delay and the denial have caused deaths.” -Speaker Pelosi on the #Coronavirus growth since the outbreak began #NexstarDC
Schumer says Republican effort to come up with a #Covid_19 stimulus package un-unified, unserious #NexstarDC
Schumer -Republicans have made Corporate immunity the centerpiece of their #Covid_19 relief package #NexstarDC
Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer both say Democrats will stick to $600 weekly unemployment bonus. Republicans have proposed significantly less, some have suggested $100-$200 monthly for out of work Americans #NexstarDC
GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy focuses solely on China right out the gate. Critical of Dems for not being more outspoken on China’s role in spreading virus. He hasnt talked about #Coronavirus stimulus negotiations yet, or where Republicans are on their version. #NexstarDC
.@GOPLeader says no specific timeline on a Republican #coronavirus stimulus bill, says its too large and important, worth taking more time to get a good pkg done. #NexstarDC
.@GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy says a delay in a Republican #stimuluspackage over intraparty disagreements is worth it if the final product is a bill that's done correctly. #NexstarDC
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BREAKING: Kayleigh McEnany confirms President Trump has been taken to Walter Reed Medical Center. That’s a change of plans from this morning, when the President was going to remain at the White House @NewsNationNow
President Trump gave a thumbs up to the pool cameras on his way from the White House to Marine One. On his way to Walter Reed Medical Center for a few days, per WH Press Secretary @NewsNationNow
Walter Reed is full of local and federal law enforcement, entrance blocked off as President Trump begins his stay here at Walter Reed medical center @NewsNationNow
10 Democrat Senators signed this letter addressed to Sen. Lindsey Graham calling on him to state unequivocally that he will not consider any nominee to fill Justice Ginsburg's seat #RBG#RuthBaderGinsburg@NewsNationNow
The letter quotes Graham directly from 2016
1) “If there is a Republican President in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say ‘Lindsey Graham said let us let the next President, whoever it might be, make that nomination.’
2) And you could use my words against me, and you would be absolutely right.”
From President Trump's memo on defunding cities w/ social unrest "...it is imperative that the Federal Government review the use of Federal funds by jurisdictions that permit anarchy, violence, and destruction." @NewsNationNow#NexstarDC
"Yes, the President is serious about this."-Press Sec. Kayleigh McEnany got a few questions on this, mostly when pressed that the move is unconstitutional. POTUS does not have the authority to unilaterally withhold funds appropriated by Congress. #NexstarDC@NewsNationNow
McEnany broke down what this White House memo tries to accomplish in 3 parts...The legal experts & members of congress we've spoken to today say this is unconstitutional and will almost immediately be met by legal challenges. #NexstarDC@NewsNationNow