Reach an agreement on a nearly trillion coronavirus response. Bill what we have a basic philosophical conflict, democrats blocked republican proposal oregon senator jeff merkley calls it a slush fund for big corporations like the Airline Industry so theyve invested 50 billion in profits during the good times and buying their own stock. And giving huge bonuses to to their their management. A bad time they want to see what the public bail us now republican senators say bipartisan negotiations were going well until House Speaker nancy pelosi showed up back in washington and got involved and angry senator john thune of south dakota said the bill included many provisions democrats walk like direct checks for americans increased Unemployment Insurance and money for Small Businesses to pay their employees that right there is billion. Going to workers. Soon says there is 500 billion worth of money for big corporations but stresses that money will be given out as loans and they all higher milli
Guidelines within the next couple of weeks, this is not a country that was built for this. It was not built to be shut down as for the economic stimulus plan for the coronavirus the Senate Republican bill put corporations first democratic and Republican Leaders are locked in a partisan battle, this is not a juicy political opportunity is a National Emergency im John Lawrence reporting. Well a major Sticking Point in the relief bill continues to be how money gets into the pockets of out of work americans are washington dc correspondent Trevor Shirley has more now on the idea to send a check to people impacted by the pandemic. It would be a fast way to get money into most americans hands. We all recognize giving money to people who are. Not receiving a paycheck is important texas republican senator john cornyn supports the idea well i think we all feel the need to act quickly to get money to the people who through no fault of their own out of a job and a paycheck as does Ohio Democratic
Side want to play political games senators clashed as they failed to reach an agreement on a nearly trillion coronavirus response. Bill what we have a basic philosophical conflict, democrats blocked a republican proposal oregon senator jeff merkley calls it a slush fund for big corporations like the Airline Industry so theyve invested 50 billion in profits during the good times and buying their own stock. And giving huge bonuses to to their their management. At that time they want to see what the public bail us now republican senators say bipartisan negotiations were going well until House Speaker nancy pelosi showed up back in washington and got involved and angry senator john thune of south dakota said the bill included many provisions democrats want like direct checks for americans increased Unemployment Insurance and money for Small Businesses to pay their employees that right there is billion. Going to workers. Soon says there is 500 billion worth of money for big corporations but
Right there is billion. Going to workers and they all higher millions of employees in this country. So yes, we probably need to do something so they are invested 50 million in profits during the good times and buying their own stock. And giving huge bonuses to to their their management. A bad time they want to see what the public bail us out. Well the latest version of the bill does include direct checks for americans as well which is something a sorely needed it would also increase Unemployment Insurance and would have money for Small Businesses to to help pay their employees while were dealing with this pandemic. What about here in the bay area on the south bay, several Silicon Valley companies are opening their wallets to help low income families that are suffering yet kron fours rob fladeboe tells us about a new Assistance Program designed to help people make ends meet. Well the covid 19 crisis is affecting the entire community low income an hourly wage residents who live paycheck
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