For what it's worth, Democrats passed a bill last night with paid sick leave and coronavirus testing.
It's not perfect. But it'll never pass the Senate if they had added too much.
EDIT:
Too many people have bought the Republican spin that this bill would somehow provide billions of dollars in taxpayer money to pay for abortions.
This is a lie.
This was leaked by Republicans to make their opposition to this bill sound more reasonable to their base. They wanted to force payroll taxcuts into the bill (which would have defunded Social Security), but Democrats weren't having it. Not in this bill anyways. Hopefully not in any future bills either, but let's see how that goes.
feignapathy on March 14th, 2020 at 13:35 UTC »
For what it's worth, Democrats passed a bill last night with paid sick leave and coronavirus testing.
It's not perfect. But it'll never pass the Senate if they had added too much.
EDIT:
Too many people have bought the Republican spin that this bill would somehow provide billions of dollars in taxpayer money to pay for abortions.
This is a lie.
This was leaked by Republicans to make their opposition to this bill sound more reasonable to their base. They wanted to force payroll taxcuts into the bill (which would have defunded Social Security), but Democrats weren't having it. Not in this bill anyways. Hopefully not in any future bills either, but let's see how that goes.
BotheredToResearch on March 14th, 2020 at 14:34 UTC »
The federal reserve stimulus are short term loans to encourage lending by giving room to go under their reserve requirements without a big expense.
Any loan issued needs to be repaid in a day or so.
bettorworse on March 14th, 2020 at 15:21 UTC »
The $1.5 trillion isn't part of the federal budget
The $1.5 trillion is a short term loan
The $1.5 trillion is meant to stabilize the banks and calm the markets