$600-a-week jobless benefits expire, posing fresh danger to Trump's re-election

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$600-a-week jobless benefits expire, posing fresh danger to President Trump's re-election.

Democrats said Republicans were the ones inflicting political harm on their own party's leader."Beyond being substantively stupid and incredibly cruel, the Republicans are making a massive political error," said Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama."Controlling COVID and rescuing the economy are the best ways to preserve their hold on power, yet they are too focused on helping corporations and hurting people to do what is in their own interest.

Central to the breakdown are Republican divisions that are aggravated by a mercurial Trump, who has undercut party leaders on numerous occasions.

 

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Mitchy and his Senate Republican crew left Thursday and won’t be back until 3 p.m. Monday. No urgency there. They don’t care about Americans. Democrats were finished in May! Take their package. COVID MitchMcConnell stimulus unemployment

At the time the US economy - REAL Economy - contracted 33%? Oh, yes, we're doing well! And those poor slobs who can't go back to their jobs - they don't exist - don't deserve the $600 per week. After all, Senators only make a measly $3346 per week.

Businesses now could get sued if they are proven to be the enebler of the virus, that being said could the federal government hold acountable and responsible for reopening everywhere too early!?

Why’s that, I just read that the Democrats didn’t want to extend unemployment benefits then you write a headline like it’s Trump’s fault. You work for the Democratic Party obviously.

Use the money we spend on weapons because we're all going to be dead anyhow at this rate.

Nope. Enough freebies. Open up & get back to work, bunch of spineless lazy arse whimps. Business's hospitals already opened, that keep ya supplied and fed and well. Open this country and all pitch in to rejuvenate the USA

No more danger. He's going. Gone. Done. History.

Actually it poses a danger to the Democrats getting elected. They are trying to buy votes and it isn't going to work.

Like the tower of Babel, covid-19 is the great equalizer. Now many that spoke disparagingly of the poor will have a chance to live the life of the poor. Like during the depression. Apples for sale.

You cant pay people more than they make at work. They stay home. Its happening. $52,000 is alot of money. Businesses cant get their workers back.

Sad old rich senators worried about the cost of their dinner which makes all the difference for a laid off worker and their family. Shame on you!

From what I understand they offered to extend it while a deal is worked out and SpeakerPelosi and SenSchumer decided that wasn’t good?

So that's why you Democrats don't want to help Americans get anymore financial relief? Let's hurt normal people, so they blame Trump. You people will try anything. Nice try, but most of us know your tricks.

Thats funny because I thought it would hurt Pelosi.

One would think they could compromise. The Dems' say 6 the GOP says 2 you would think they could do 4 and not have a lapse in coverage. The poor will be creamed if they do nothing and homeless will be the new economic class.

To take away the $600 unemployment subsidy will lead to the flipping the Republican do nothing senate and the out of control White House. Take it away and bring out the voters y’all sorry asses.

Easy solution...convince MoscowMitchMcConnell to allow the HEROES act to come to a vote in the Senate and send it to tRumps desk.

Hey Mitch, President tweeted never take sides against Republicans, your in trouble 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

What are the people going to do President knew thier money was going to run out😭😭😭😭

We need to get rid of Trump by any means necessary

not when he isnt the one keeping people from working

Why? realDonaldTrump and his supporters think people should go to work

Great job republicans 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

America cannot Continue to increase our national debt we must open the country up immediately

Good

That's on the Republicans

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Mitch McConnell needs to take the responsibility for getting Nothing done in Congress!! DitchMitch2020 FlushTheTurdNov3rd BidenRepublicans

The GOP do not want Trump reelected. They want Biden so they can continue business as usual. The money means nothing to them. They are in this for the power and influence, which pays super well far into the future. The voters/peons don't count.

The lazy people do t want to go back to work!

So the Senate went on vacation while people begin to lose everything?. During a pandemic? Deplorable!.

It looks like the Republicans are more tired of Trump than the Democrats are, and by letting jobless benefits expire they assure economic collapse and defeat in November.

Fake bullshit

Both sides have to do what's best for the people , until the Job Market is fully up and running and jobs abound, than Benifits should be cut and greatly reduced ,,,

Aziz Yıldırım is that you

$600/week = $15/hr x 40 GROSS PAY Federal minimum wage = $7.25/Hr x 40 =290 GROSS.

It’s all politics and neither party cares about the people. As you see scrolling through these comments Dems want this to fail because it chinches them the election. There are jobs out there. People are out of work. Essential workers need child care. I see jobs there.

It’s expired because of Pelosi and Schumer. Be real.

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The extra $600 a week made it a disincentive for those making less than around $40K annually to work. People need to get back to work

Best President ever. Get to work ya bums!

Liberals, you wanted the economy shut down, and here are the results. Open the economy back up, and allow people to earn a living again.

TheDemocrats plan and the complicit media tries to make up the news. We don’t care! We’re voting for realDonaldTrump !

The same people who sat and watched trump create this mess are now the same fools who don’t believe millions of people should be compensated. Even if everyone who is collecting unemployment wanted to work, the jobs aren’t there. ExtendUnemployment now!

Trump literally begged Dems to extend the $600. They refused unless he signed off on 2 trillion for things that have zero to do with the pandemic. People are smart and can see this.

Give me free money or I won’t vote for you. That sounds....logical....

I thought the danger was people with no jobs in a ~30% GDP contraction having no rent money tomorrow

Why should it. The dems have wasted the money on their own agendas. People must get back to work it's that simple.

FUCK trump’s re-election millions of people are about to be completely FUCKED & by fucked i mean evicted, hungry, scared, in need of mentalhealth services......but go ahead and play fucking sports. COVID19 WearAMask

Greedy fking Republicans 👎🏻😡😡😡

GOP ignorant hate of people over business will back fire during this pandemic. If you are not helping everyone you will be replaced this fall. Why do GOP hate helping people? why?

Due to trumps negligence in controlling the spread of Covid caused 30 million people to lose their jobs most of which will not be replaced. Jobs are not being added back at the same rate they were lost. So pay the people the money until this mess is fixed. WhyIDontLikeTrump

So cut it down to $300, remove all the pork lashed to this supposedly relief bill, and go from there...........

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Its the HOUSE of Misrepresentatives that said NEY! Get your facts straight before pointing fingers! Democrats are Anti American and Pro China just like NFL, NBA, and MLB and BIDEN CNN MSNBC Save our country now, or lose it to the Chinese!

Benefits should never exceed regular pay.

Not sure what’s more dangerous to the USA 🇺🇸 COVID 19 or MoscowMitch the GDP is tanked we are deeply in debt with no plans in place! To correct anything 🤢🤮🤢 this is how you Bankrupt a profitable enterprise all that’s left is to sell off the assets. Trumps business plan!

And the republicans have taken the w/e off.

If 30 million people get evicted Trump will have to delay the election until he alone can fix it. TrumpGOPgenocide

What it really poses a danger to is the 40 million families that now can no longer pay for rent or food.

No more handouts! Make these people get jobs and then maybe they’ll stop “protesting.”

nah. he's good.

Good, the fact that people were making more to be unemployed is a total joke, under realDonaldTrump the country had its lowest unemployment in decades and Dems couldn’t stand it so literally tried to pay ppl to be unemployed so they can try to say realDonaldTrump s aren’t good

Maybe this is McConnell’s secret plan to get rid of Trump.

Expired last week. TrumpVirusCatastrophe TrumpLiesAmericansDie TrumpFailedAmerica

Mitch the Bitch!!!

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So this combined with the eviction crisis that nobodies doing anything about and is about to explode is gonna be a civilization breaking event.

Moscow Mitch is at it again. 'Let them eat cake'

Time to get off welfare and get back to work

If you don’t even make $600 a week you should have never gotten an extra $600 a week, what a joke of a program. How is that helping anyone go back to work? Trump should drug test EBT recipients as well.

Go to work!

The extra $600 a week was so BS. Most low income workers get 300-500 a week WORKING. Why go back to work if I get more to stay home? What a joke that program was, nobody wants to go back to work for less money!

Democrats trying to fill the bill with crap and are holding the unemployed hostage to their demands. We see through the BS. America sees through the BS. Democrat self-destruction!

Republican senate had plenty of time to put a plan together. Trump doesn’t care.

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Except it was the dems that blocked it

The leftist MSM and the Democrats will be, 'posing fresh danger[s] to President Trump's re-election' continuously from here on out to election day. You can take that to the bank.

Fhey need to GO! Let’s vote them ALL OUT. Retain the house and take back the. Senate. NovemberIsComing November3rd VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare

Sure but the real crux of the matter is that Americans who cannot work because will be unable to pay their rent or mortgage as well as bills.

This man was doomed at birth!

Remember in November.

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