Third stimulus check updates: Biden to meet today with Republican senators who want smaller COVID-19 relief plan
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President Joe Biden is to meet on Monday with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed $618 billion in coronavirus aid.

Even tho a democrat-controlled Congress could pass this day with a 50/50 Senate vote w Kamala as the tiebreaker. Dems love losing even when they win

  • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Did you see that Harris did an interview with some media outlet in West Virginia without letting Manchin know first? And he was not exactly happy about it because she pointed out that WVians need relief?

    Are Dems:

    • actually trying to exert political pressure for something good (albeit inadequate), or,

    • trying to get Manchin to switch parties, thus losing their Senate majority and relieving them of the expectation of doing anything?

    • shitstorm [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      (Harris, it's worth noting, also did an interview with a local station in Arizona to pressure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on the same bill, according to Punchbowl News.)

      Probably the former. Kamala Harris might be a corporate loving opportunist, she is new blood into the party. The Dems know they have to give some concessions to the working class out of this or they'll lose their narrow grip on power.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Dems know they have to give some concessions to the working class out of this or they’ll lose their narrow grip on power.

        I really doubt it, they don't care as much about losing power as losing donors

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I mean, honestly, I think it's the first one. Obviously the Dems are bad and don't really want to do things but Manchin definitely is a PITA to them.

      • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I'm glad that I've found a level of jaded that is too far for even this website.