Thread by @CraigCaplan

Schumer begins his Senate floor remarks on $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill: "As the Senate prepares to take up the American Rescue Plan today...

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Schumer on Johnson planning to require $1.9T COVID relief bill to be read in full: "We all know this will merely delay the inevitable. It will accomplish little more than a few sore throats for the Senate clerks who work very hard day in day out to help the Senate function."

Schumer: "I want to thank our clerks profoundly for the work they do every day, including the arduous task ahead of them."

Schumer on Johnson: "We are delighted that the Senator from Wisconsin wants to give the American people another opportunity to hear what's in the American Rescue Plan. We Democrats want America to hear what's in the plan."

Schumer on $1.9T COVID relief bill: "And if the Senator from WI wants to read, let everybody listen because it has overwhelming support...The Senate is going to move forward with the bill, no matter how long it takes. The Senate will stay in session to finish the bill this week."

McConnell begins his Senate floor remarks on $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill: "Yesterday, our Democratic colleagues had planned to begin ramming through their partisan spending spree. But it seems they’ve had some difficulty just getting to the starting line."

McConnell: "Democrats are trying to exploit the last chapters of the crisis to pass what Pres Biden’s Chief of Staff calls ‘the most progressive domestic legislation in a generation.’ And they’ve told Republicans: Take it or leave it. No openness to meaningful bipartisan input."

McConnell on Schumer:"Our friend from NY told everyone to ‘go look up in the dictionary what bipartisanship is,it’s both parties working together'..In less than 4 months we’ve had 2 completely different versions of the Democratic Ldr.The 2 of them could have a fascinating debate"

McConnell :“I guess it’s become a rite of passage for a new Democratic president to begin with a poorly-targeted spending spree that doesn’t give Americans what they need."

McConnell on House-passed HR1: "House Democrats re-passed their plan to give Washington D.C. unprecedented power over the way our nation conducts elections. Just like their partisan spending spree from last week, the only thing bipartisan about the vote was the opposition."