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Chuck Schumer continues to harp on "bipartisanship" in another "stern" warning to Republican House Speaker, Mike Johnson.

  This latest “stimulus” bill coming out of Congress is a total POS. This country has waited nine damn months so Pakistan could get $10 million for gender programs. The list is nauseating $169,739,000 to Vietnam, including $19 million to remediate dioxins (page 1476). Unspecified funds to “continue support for not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Kabul, Afghanistan that are accessible to both women and men in a coeducational environment” (page 1477). $198,323,000 to Bangladesh, including $23.5 million to support Burmese refugees and $23.3 million for “democracy progra...

But this has caused what’s being called a “full-blown legislative crisis”: We are in the beginnings of a full-blown legislative crisis. It's two days before Christmas. Congress is home. We're in a pandemic. Unemployment insurance runs out on Saturday. Govt shuts down Monday. And the president is suggesting he'll blow up a bipartisan bill to avert this. And it’s not clear what the president will actually do as he did not specifically say he would veto the bill: I laid out some of these thoughts in Playbook this morning, but I have further thoughts now. Ppl counting on @real...

Progressives Claim Credit for Second Stimulus Check Despite White House, GOP Support Newsweek 12/21/2020 © Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images Rep. Pramila Jayapal told MSNBC Progressive lawmakers took credit for the second round of direct stimulus payments on Sunday night after it was revealed that the long-awaited second COVID-19 relief package would include $600 checks for millions of Americans. The Democratic representatives said that a "principled stand" from their caucus led to the checks being included in the new $900 billion stimulus deal, despite the fact some Republicans also joi...