‘It’s no compromise, it’s surrender’

Democrats mock at the last minute a $ 600 billion ‘compromise’ of ten Republican senators who say President Joe Biden’s $ 1.9 billion plan is too expensive and plead to exclude the GOP lawmakers who have been trying for months has to reverse an election and refuse any form of “unity.”

Congress Democrats who want to get through Biden’s plan quickly are mocking a group of self-proclaimed ‘two-party’ GOP senators who are drafting their own ‘compromise’ at the last minute for a much smaller $ 600 billion package. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, is among several members of the new Democratic majority who say coronavirus relief relief for Americans is more important than IDP complaints about ‘unity’. Sanders said the ten senators are not ‘practical’, but rather use an insignificant demand for duality to make more moderate Democrats, including Biden, disappear.

Critics of the proposal at the last minute noted that a number of the ten senators were the same people who wanted to block Biden’s election victory just a few weeks ago, and refused to hear any discussion about a second emergency relief package during the summer. . Many Democrats have expressed hope that the White House will simply “ignore” the GOP’s compromise effort.

Several economists and Washington strategists, including Paul Krugman, have exploded the ten Republicans’ watered-down proposal and sudden calls for duality. “It’s not a compromise, it’s going to be a serious surrender. Not even worth discussing,” the New York Times columnist noted Sunday.

Michigan Congressman Rashida Tlaib was among several Democrats who told Republicans that their proposal – which eliminates $ 170 billion for schools and a minimum increase of $ 15 an hour – was too late. Several critics have noted that when Republicans had the majority under Mitch McConnell in 2020, they did not even want to consider a second emergency relief package for months.

“Real talks: during a global health crisis and a historic economic hardship, this is not the time to ‘compromise’ our residents. The QanonGOP has stalled through tax cuts and treats for their corporate friends. Let’s bump into the people now “Reconciliation if they do not want to play ball,” Tlaib tweeted on Sunday.

Sanders reiterated his willingness to work with Republicans to meet Democratic demands or to leave them out of the vote altogether, given the Senate majority of 51 votes. Sanders reminded MSNBC viewers Sunday that McConnell and Republicans would never offer Democrats the same ‘dual’ offer if their roles were reversed.

‘When we talk about unity and duality, you have to remember that when Republicans were in control, they pushed through a nearly $ 2 trillion program that consisted of tax cuts for the richest people and the largest corporations … we have to now proceed. Sanders said he has the power to use a budget reconciliation action that could leave Republican senators with unanimous Democratic support completely out of the vote.

One of the ten Republican senators seeking “unity” from Biden and Democrats is Bill Cassidy of Louisiana. The legislature complained Fox News Sunday that the White House never tries to call him or the other nine a compromise. The ten Republicans claim that too much money has already been distributed during the pandemic – $ 4 trillion, including $ 900 billion passed in December. The checks to individuals for $ 1400 will also be significantly reduced according to the IDP proposal.

Cassidy outlined some details of the GOP’s smaller $ 600 package, saying that their package would reduce the $ 170 billion for schools because ‘we have already given them 110 percent of what they normally receive … these are teacher unions which their members say not to go to work. “Democratic efforts to include the first federal hourly minimum wage increase in 12 years will also be removed from their legislation, which will be officially introduced on Monday.

Some progressives on Sunday suggested that Biden should respond to the ten Republicans by having them publicly declare his victory in the election valid. Others have characterized the IDP simply by holding on to the hope that they can delay democratic legislation in the name of the budget.

“Republicans sat on the sidelines for seven months last year and did nothing to alleviate Covid. Now they are waiting until the last day before the Democratic Congress passes legislation and they want to negotiate a new bill,” the politician said. expert Keith Boykin replied. a tweet.

Newsweek issued Sunday night at the White House and Sanders’ office for additional remarks.