In response to Senate Republicans blocking a House-passed bill to increase the stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000, Sen. Bernie Sanders recently issued a statement denouncing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders for refusing to provide more economic relief to working class families during the pandemic. On Friday, Senate Republicans successfully continued […]
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House passes stimulus check boost as Republicans splinter
“We could’ve passed the bill four days ago but our colleagues on the other side went against the president’s wishes and blocked it,” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) said Monday. Action now turns to the Senate, where it’s unclear if the chamber will even take up the House proposal, despite Trump […]
Chuck Schumer: ‘No Democrats Will Object’ in the Senate to $2,000 Stimulus Checks
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said no Senate Democrats will object to increasing $600 coronavirus relief stimulus checks to $2,000. He made the announcement Sunday night following President Trump’s decision to sign the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government spending bill passed by Congress last week. “The House will pass a bill to give […]
President Trump Signs Stimulus and Government Spending Bill
President Donald Trump has signed into law a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and government spending package aimed at restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting a partial federal government shutdown. President Trump released a statement announcing his decision to sign the relief bill in which he said, “I will never give up my fight […]
Stimulus Kills the Economy: “The ‘experts’ most in demand are those that tell the lies the public wants to hear.
Swiss America’sGold News Daily12.23.20 – How Stimulus Kills the EconomyGold last traded at $1,865 an ounce. Silver at $25.36 an ounce.NEWS SUMMARY: Precious metal prices rebounded Wednesday on safe-haven buying and a weaker dollar. U.S. stocks traded mixed after President Donald Trump criticized the new Covid-19 relief package, which could delay deployment of funds.Gold and silver […]
Video: Trump Slams “Wasteful And Unnecessary” Pork In COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
If Joe Biden were to be elected his Presidency would cost American taxpayers $11 trillion dollars, according to a study by The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. The conservative 501 found that Biden’s proposals on social security, health care, climate and infrastructure could plunge the US into a debt crisis. Speaking to the Daily Caller, […]
Stimulus: Billions of Dollars Handed to Foreign Countries While Americans Stiffed With $600 Checks
Stimulus: Billions of Dollars Handed to Foreign Countries While Americans Stiffed With $600 Checks Activist Post / Activist Post By PFW News Billions of dollars will be given away to foreign countries as part of the coronavirus-stimulus bill expected to be voted on Monday, begging the question: is it even a “stimulus” bill at all? […]
‘It is madness’: Governors rage over stimulus snub
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who claims he’s facing a $15 billion budget gap, slammed the news as “hyper-political parochialism” that will bankrupt his state and worsen the burden of responding to the pandemic. “This is a major problem. It’s also a major disgrace. We have been talking about this for months, since before the […]
Kyle Rittenhouse Says He Purchased AR-15 with COVID Stimulus Check
During a Thursday interview Kyle Rittenhouse says he used coronavirus stimulus money to buy the AR-15 he allegedly used in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2020. Rittenhouse was charged with the murder of two people during the riots that followed the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake. He claimed the shootings were in self-defense. On August […]
Carney: Surprise! Democrats Say Stimulus Talks Are Back On
Here we go again with the stimulus bill talks. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the New York lawmaker who leads the Senate Democrat minority, said on Thursday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) agreed last night to restart talks on a coronavirus relief bill. “Last night, they’ve agreed to sit down and the staffs are going […]
Biden likely to propose stimulus, taxes to repair US economy
AFP — When Joe Biden walks into the White House as US president in January, he will have the opportunity to reshape the world’s largest economy, but first he will have to get it back on its feet. The United States is starting to recover from a historic contraction in growth and the loss of […]
Oh, so this is why the GOP is blocking the Democrat’s $2 trillion stimulus bill.
(If the Dems get control in November, this is an example of what to expect. Same as giving criminals your checkbook) Hard to believe but look it up on the Congressional website for HR 748 from 116th Congress. American population: 330,483,530 Stimulus bill: $2,000,000,000,000 ($2 Trillion) Dividing the cost by every in America is $6,051.74 […]
3 weeks to election: No 2nd household stimulus? No mass protests? No pulse?
October 14, 2020 By Ramin Mazaheri for the Saker Blog If you had said back in May that the CARES Act would be the only fiscal stimulus in the world’s richest country surely you would have responded, “But then by October America will certainly be in pandemonium?” Well… where’s the pandemonium? I can best explain […]
No 2nd stimulus? Time to admit both parties want to destroy the average American
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden arrives at McCarran International Airport October 9, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by AFP) Saturday, 10 October 2020 3:20 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 10 October 2020 3:24 PM ] By Ramin Mazaheri cross posted with The Saker With both parties unwilling to agree on a desperately-needed 2nd stimulus package amid Great Depression-levels […]
Democrats’ New Stimulus Bill Includes Cash for Illegal Aliens
The latest stimulus bill proposed by the Democratic Party includes taxpayer-funded checks for illegal aliens and new protections from certain deportations. The eye-watering $2.2 trillion package proposed by House Democrats includes a number of dubious items that will benefit illegal immigrants in the United States. The bill also demands protections for illegals from deportations in […]
Bipartisan effort to oust the outsider Trump makes 2nd US stimulus unlikely
September 07, 2020 By Ramin Mazaheri and by author permission crossposted with Sputniknews. We are currently experiencing the biggest era of American division in 50 years, but one thing Americans are united in is that they want additional coronavirus stimulus: a poll last week showed 70% of respondents demand a re-routing of taxes back their way. […]
How Bailouts and Stimulus Pave the Way for a Lot More Spending on Everything
At this point in American history, it is now safe to say that the idea of “fiscal restraint” has become a quaint relic of the past. The prevailing gospel in Washington, DC, is now to simply spend taxpayer money (and the money of future generations in the case of deficit spending) virtually without limit while […]
Furious Dems Face a Catch-22: Will They Dare To Challenge Trump’s Stimulus Orders?
Three weeks ago, when looking at the staggering amount of cash piled up at the US Treasury thanks to a historic T-Bill issuance spree over the past three months, we said that it’s just a matter of if not when Trump gives the green light to unleash a historic spending spree to put as much of this record […]
Trump Scuttles Economic Stimulus Negotiations
By Jack Rasmus, Popular Resistance. August 8, 2020 | Educate! Above photo: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, center, and President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, second from right, leave following a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. as they continue to negotiate a coronavirus […]