This doesn't mean they torpedoed the stimulus bill it means they'll jiggle around with what's exactly in it. At the end of the day they decided they're not allowed to go over $1.9 trillion. So anything more you put in has to come out of something else. All of this is just messing around at the margins.
The end product is going to be $1.9 trillion of relief (most of which will go to the rich and ultimately written off their taxes) with $1400 checks for the plebs, just like the last couple bills.
This doesn't mean they torpedoed the stimulus bill it means they'll jiggle around with what's exactly in it. At the end of the day they decided they're not allowed to go over $1.9 trillion. So anything more you put in has to come out of something else. All of this is just messing around at the margins.
The end product is going to be $1.9 trillion of relief (most of which will go to the rich and ultimately written off their taxes) with $1400 checks for the plebs, just like the last couple bills.