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This is ridiculous dishonesty from Republican negotiators.

Let's get a few things clear.

This is happening because when House Democrats passed an extension ten weeks ago Senate Republicans said they needed a "pause." Then they didn't do a single thing until it was too late. 1/
Then they introduced a bill that is terrible, stupid, and unworkable. Even the Republicans hate their own bill, there is nearly universal agreement that it is bad policy.

Enormous cuts to unemployment benefits in the middle of a pandemic are heartless! 2/
The Republicans are playing with the lives of 30 million people not to mention the recovery of the entire US economy and their logic is HORRIBLE.

McConnell is refusing to negotiate over protecting corporations from lawsuits that aren't even happening: 3/ politico.com/news/2020/07/2…
The cuts to unemployment benefits they are demanding will cost an estimated 3 million jobs and blow an enormous hole in the recovery with a huge gent in GDP.

There is widespread agreement among economists that making this cuts will hurt the economy. 4/
And they say we have to make these cuts because unemployment is so generous it will cause people to stay home. Again: there is widespread evidence that this isn't happening very much! Certainly not enough to justify tanking the whole economy over. 5/ news.yale.edu/2020/07/27/yal…
And the proposal the Republicans finally came up with to make unemployment benefits more "fair" could take FIVE MONTHS for states to put in place. Their bill only even authorizes the program to continue for FOUR MONTHS.

This is insanely bad policy! 6/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
No exaggeration: people are going to go hungry, get evicted, or lose their homes because Republicans are obsessed with the idea that people *might* get paid more to stay home than they did at work -- even if that obsession means wrecking the economy. 7/ wsj.com/articles/is-60…
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They did this and we cannot fix it unless they allow some amount of reality and empathy to penetrate the shield of cynicism in which they've shrouded themselves.

We don't have time for these destructive games -- just extend unemployment benefits now. 8/8 huffpost.com/entry/coronavi…
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Senate Republicans’ departure for the week makes it official:

There WILL be a lapse in enhanced federal unemployment benefits.

As the recovery stalls and layoffs grow, an estimated 30 million American workers will soon lose over half of their income.

Mitch McConnell did this.
If Senate Republicans do not act soon, we could see a new Great Depression in the United States.

Their failure to act has already set in motion enormous, unnecessary suffering on millions of Americans. Here's what the damage will look like in each state:
Faced with our nation’s worst crisis since WWII, Senate Republicans spent two months doing nothing but rubber stamping nominees.

With the pandemic exploding, the economic recovery stalling, and job losses accelerating, Senate Republicans simply refused to do anything about it.
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Mitch McConnell just wasted two months.

If the Senate leaves tomorrow without extending enhanced unemployment benefits, tens of millions of Americans across the country will suddenly lose of most of their income and face extreme hardship.

Here's what that looks like:
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"As deadline looms to renew $600 jobless benefits, Pa. ‘workers are terrified’"
pennlive.com/news/2020/07/a…

An estimated 2.5 million workers in Pennsylvania are set to lose half of their weekly income at the beginning of August.
"Jobless Kansans Foresee Harder Times Ahead As Federal Aid Nears An End"
kmuw.org/post/jobless-k…

An estimated 118,000 workers in Kansas are set to lose over 55% of their weekly income at the beginning of August.

Ryan Fox is one of them:
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Who are these people? What agency do they work for? Who gives them orders? What are their use of force guidelines? What is their jurisdiction in Portland?

This lack of accountability is UNACCEPTABLE from federal authorities.

We don't have secret police in the United States.
These officers in Portland should wear badges.

Since the Trump Administration keeps refusing to identify federal law enforcement - despite Justice Department guidance - Congress should pass the bill I introduced with @ChrisMurphyCT to force them to do so.
We shouldn't need to pass legislation to get federal policing units to take basic steps for transparency and accountability, but this keeps happening and it has to stop.

Congress should pass the Law Enforcement Identification Act.
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