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24 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Quick Christmas Eve twitter post:

There is a policy analyst and a Congressional aide who have been *relentlessly* flirting On Here for at least 6 months

They are both terrific & I hope the holiday season spurs 1 of them to finally ask the other out

They'd make a good couple
DM'ing me for names is not going to work sorry!
OK multiple people have guessed incorrectly so if this is about you don't worry
This has proven an amazing way to turn the tables on Congressional staffers who normally are the ones telling me: "No comment."

No comment guys!

Nothing for you off-record, either.

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17 Dec
Latest we expect on checks, *as of now*, per aides:

-- $600 per adult; $600 per kid
-- No family cap
-- Adult dependents DO qualify, unlike Cares
-- Same phase-out as Cares (diminishes +$75K, ends +$99K)
-- Incorporates Rubio mixed status family bill

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
Also key:

Aides now expect unemployment boost to go *10 weeks*

That's down from 16 in Romney-Manchin, and 12 in our previous reporting

Wall Street Journal has also reported 10 weeks -- but this has been a fast-moving target/changing rapidly throughout

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
*IF* this ends up being right -- For a family of 4 with 2 unemployment parents, that would mean adding $2,400 in checks ($600 x 4) but losing $3,600 in UI ($300 x 6 x 2) -- down $1,200 from Romney-Manchin

Of course, more ppl get checks than UI
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9 Dec
I pressed @stevenmnuchin1 today on the White House decision to offer a $600 check per person but no robust unemployment benefits in their proposal

Mnuchin said: "This will have the impact of creating demand, which will have the impact of creating jobs."

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
.@ENPancotti estimates the difference between the bipartisan Senate plan & the Mnuchin plan would be as large as $10,000 per person

20.2 million Americans unemployed

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
A senior Treasury official also said that Democrats and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) support stimulus checks' inclusion in the relief package. These Democrats support including both checks and robust federal UI
washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
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9 Dec
🚨🚨🚨White House proposes dramatically cutting federal unemployment benefits as agreed to by bipartisan Senate group, in potentially huge blow to relief talks

Mnuchin pitches $0 in federal UI benefit for jobless in exchange for one-time check of $600

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
Offer takes the bipartisan Senate group's $180 billion in proposed UI benefits down to $40 billion. It would extend some federal unemployment programs but crucial UI supplemental benefits would be at $0. Trump unilaterally approved $300/week this summer

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
This is an obvious nonstarter among Dems and a bad sign for negotiations overall.

In July, Trump said he supported extending UI benefits: "We're going to take care of the people." WH now proposing $0 in supplemental UI benefits for tens of millions

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
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2 Nov
After election, US faces “dark winter”:

— Enormous unemployment programs 4 millions to expire
— Protections 4 renters, student borrowers end
— ACA at Supreme Court
— Gov shutdown Dec 11
— 40% restaurants, 66% hotels face closure
— 1M travel jobs at risk

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
These deadlines likely coincide with a spike in Covid cases *and* while Washington may be paralyzed

Some former senior WH officials predicted Trump will lose interest in a post-election stimulus — tho he has said he will seek one after GOP wins House

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
Hunger already up dramatically. 30-40 million face eviction. 80K bus drivers furloughed. Retailers under siege. Huge layoffs in oil & gas. Public transit face major cuts.

*90%* of $2.7T in Covid aid has been disbursed or committed, per @MarcGoldwein

washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
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12 Sep
Have watched this like 10 times
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Extremely strange to come across this in between Eric Andre episodes
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5 Sep
Late Friday news w/ @jdawsey1: Trump moves to bar "un-American" sensitivity trainings at US agencies

Tells agencies to cancel sessions involving:

1/ "critical race theory"

2/ "white privilege"

3/ Propaganda that the US is "inherently racist or evil"

washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/… Image
White House memo: “The President has directed me to ensure that federal agencies cease and desist from using taxpayer dollars to fund these divisive, un-American propaganda training sessions"

washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
Just spoke w/ M.E. Hart, who has done racial sensitivity trainings in DC for +20 years.

Hart points out the body of research showing enormous discrimination against black Americans in awarding of federal contracts

These trainings try to help the US correct that, Hart says
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