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Originally Posted by calculoso
You’re completely misrepresenting the story.
Democrats wanted the payments upped to $2000 but without the extra social media stuff that Trump wanted.
Mitch and the Republicans introduced a Bill that tied the $2000 and the other Trump demands together. The Democrats objected and this is why the payments aren’t $2000.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/29/covi...us-checks.html |
Yup, what happened with the $2000 checks was literally the exact same scenario from the classic
Simpsons episode "Bart's Comet":
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KENT BROCKMAN
With our utter annihilation imminent, our federal government has snapped into action. We go live now via satellite to the floor of the United States congress.
SPEAKER
Then it is unanimous, we are going to approve the bill to evacuate the town of Springfield in the great state of--
CONGRESSMAN
Wait a second, I want to tack on a rider to that bill - $30 million of taxpayer money to support the perverted arts.
SPEAKER
All in favor of the amended Springfield-slash-pervert bill?
FLOOR
Boo!
SPEAKER
Bill defeated.
KENT BROCKMAN
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply doesn't work.
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In this case, the party tacking on the completely unrelated rider that poisoned the bill was the Republicans. The Democrats passed a clean $2,000 stimulus check bill in the House. Moscow Mitch torpedoed it in the Senate by trying to satisfy an unrelated demand from Trump.