10 GOP Senators Propose Lower, Limited Stimulus Checks | MSNBC

Congressional Democrats have a plan to get Covid-19 relief to Americans, vowing to pass it quickly and by any means necessary. Ten moderate Republicans requested a meeting with President Biden to pitch a slimmed-down relief proposal. NBC News’ Sahil Kapur reports.» Subscribe to MSNBC:

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10 GOP Senators Propose Lower, Limited Stimulus Checks | MSNBC

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  1. How does lowering the stimulus checks make it any better, Democrats need to stop thinking they can change the minds and souls of Republicans. Get stuff done Biden

    1. @T D Scranton Joe promised big covid relief, and to heal our souls. $1400 isn’t even enough to pay the rent in Amerikkka. Get woke you MAGATARD.

      Joe Biden’s big accomplishment was putting POC in jail with the 1994 bipartisan crime bill

    2. @yo finna thanks for proving my point you aren’t an American, I hope one day you’ll find friends in real life instead of crying on YouTube…

    3. They need to pass this bill now, even without the $1400. Do that in another bill, the Covid vaccine rollout is the priority.

  2. This has been going on for 12 months now, and they have handed people one single $1200 dollar check. That equates to and average $100 dollars a month… that’s less than people get for food stamps.

    1. I find it hard to survive on the $300 or so I get on assistance each month, myself. And I’m lucky to have that where I live.

    2. @Cyclone

      We Democrats and Progressives are fighting for you Cyclone, we’ll get you that $1400 check if we have to run right over the Republicans to do it.

  3. See, republicans don’t give two F’s about anyone suffering as long as they continue collecting a paycheck.

    1. John Kerry flies on his private jet whilst telling energy workers to find other jobs whilst in a pandemic where there is mass unemployment. Imagine if that statement had come from the trump administration

    2. @William H Bernie Sanders is hardly a multi millionaire. He’s worth barely $2 million, Pelosi on the other hand is worth maybe $96 million, but let’s not leave out Sen. Rick Scott (R) now he’s worth over $250 million after his hospital co defrauded the military’s healthcare program, Mitt Romney is worth over $250 million, Michael McCaul (R) TX congressman is worth over $100 million. So what’s your point?

    1. Because the Democrats basically do NOT own the Senate, their own Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is refusing to vote with the other Democrats because he wants “bi-partisanship”, a most laughable concept at this point. In reality he is a Democrat in name only(DINO), and quite frankly a traitor, he should be kicked out of the party, eventually. But his vote is the deciding vote so every bill Joe Biden wants to pass will have to begin, “To WV we give x number of jobs/dollars/stuff, and then for the rest of the nation we shall give. . . ” Typical Washington BS; you see what happens America when we don’t vote for enough blue Senators!!!!!!!!!!!! Please, please, please vote blue in 2022, and save America!

    2. How bout an eye for an eye?? Rep been stiffing Dems for four years, packing judicial courts and what about ACB ?? The hypocrisy with her by itself is just cause to press forward.
      Let the retrumplicans pound sand on this one,… Push it thru Monday!! (tomorrow)

    3. @No Smoke Unfortunately the Democrats have 2 Republicans masquerading as Democrats in their ranks. They’re useless and will screw up every vote.

  4. When the GOP isn’t in power, everything they do is to make the dems fail. They would rather stall a recovery than let dems get credit for one. That’s exactly what they did to Obama, so this isn’t conjecture. The GOP will learn to compromise and work WITH the dems when they realize they have no choice. Same for Manchin.

    1. @Michael Rice Can’t agree more with Likes and reposting. We have been played by the GOP and forgetful Lemmings for when they were so Obstruction Oriented!!!

    2. @Rapsheets Depends on how you count Manchin and Sinema. They’re nominally democrats, but they’re blue-dog conservative democrats. In the old days, before Gingrich, etc.. that would be fine. Those used to be the people who compromised to get things done, but the parties haven’t worked that way for quite a while. Now no quarter is given, so we need to stop hoping or asking for it. Manchin is a democrat in one of the most conservative rural states in the country (West Virginia).

    3. @Michael Rice like I said it’s all on the democrats. All blame and praise is on them. They have 0 excuses after the GA win.

    4. Obama failed on his own and earned the title of worst president in history on his own, doesn’t take a Republican to see that lol. And considering we had not only 1 bit 2 Bush presidents and Obama is still the worst, that took some dedication.

    1. The trouble is that the Dems then get boxed in as they only have one more chance to pass any budget related bill this year with 51 votes. The Republicans want Biden to fail and take the country down too… all in the name of power.

    2. And the Democrats also have multiple far left policies that can not pass via budget reconciliation, and they need to use the American people as leverage to pass there other far left policies.

  5. The danger of not doing enough is far more devastating than the danger of doing too much. It’s literally now, or never.

    1. @Zain Zoala those countries alao have a smaller populatio. And an incredibly high tax rate that rich people DO PAY!

    1. Nah, he is supposed to at keast try or pretend to listen. He should hear what they have to say. Then scold them to their faces for wanting americans thrown under the bus.

    2. Exactly. But more specifically, McConnell and Republican controlled Congress at the time used that “reconciliation ” process to avoid bipartisanship. Dems should do the same. That’s fair.

  6. I’m with BERNIE.. Stop letting the Republicans DICTATE and Joe Manchin needs to stop the nonsense and get on board. The Republicans CAN NOT BE NEGOTIATED WITH

    1. mdeezy: No easy answer. A 55D-45R split would make it much easier. But the big mistake would be the one Obama made on the ACA, and of course, Joe Biden was there to witness it. Obama did not go over the heads of Congress directly to the people. He let the debate go on forever, as if 30 years of debating health care reform hadn’t been enough. That had two significant results: 1) Republicans could go on and on about “death panels” that they invented to scare voters, when not having insurance at all is much more likely to lead to one’s death, and 2) the implementation of the ACA came that much further down the road. I wouldn’t necessarily be trying to pressure Manchin and Synema as I would be to pick off several Repubilcans, like Collins, Murkowski and the retiring Portman. In 2009, Obama gave too much deference to senators like Nelson (NE) and Lincoln (AR) in his own party, who, somehow or other, he and his political operatives didn’t realize were going down to defeat in 2010, no matter how much he deferred to them. It is hard for me to imagine how Joe Manchin is going to get reelected in 2024, a presidential election year, unless he switches parties. The problem is that the Dems can’t afford to lose Manchin to the other party unless they can corral, say, Lisa Murkowski, who has unfortunately, suddenly shut up about her disaffection with what the GOP has become. As a result, they have to cater to him or cede the leadership role to McConnell again, in which case, nothing will get done. To be honest, I don’t see what the problem is in limiting the next stimulus checks to people who really need them, unless it is, for some reason, impossible to identify who makes, say, $200,000 a year or more and who doesn’t. That suggestion on Sen. Manchin’s part makes sense to me. However, it is also essential to get financial help to the states if we want essential services to continue to be provided and schools to reopen with the refitting necessary to make them safe, as well as money to make sure vaccines get distributed quicker than is happening now.

  7. If Biden agrees with this, that’s a sign that he feels it will help the American people. If he doesn’t, he will reject it and push forward. That will tell you about the Republican plan.

  8. Huh. I don’t remember them wanting to cut the tax cuts for corporations and billionaires, but I guess they were really needing help.

  9. We should consider their offer when they vote guilty in the impeachment trial, and take it seriously when their fellow seditionistas in the Senate are expelled.

    1. I hope it happens , I to call senator Republicans as I can and I encourage others to do the same to hold Trump accountable. If you go to contactsenators.com you can get the phone number and email for any senator

  10. If Biden was pushing for large tax cuts for the rich, Republicans would be saying, not big enough!!!!!

    1. It hasn’t even been 2 weeks. I’m afraid those big tax cuts will still come before our public option does.
      But you’re right. It’s never enough.
      If Biden took the last penny from the 99% and gave it to the 1%, republicans would scream that he needs to print more money.
      Manchin is as bad as the worst republicans too.

    1. They would, indeed. I cannot fathom the republicans, total ignorance towards, decent hardworking American families, struggling !? What do they have against their own fellow citizens, trying to survive this pandemic !? It’s senseless ??

  11. The republican is trying to get the Dems in trouble with their base they don’t want to work with them ✋✋🖐️🖐️

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