A vote to advance the massive coronavirus stimulus bill failed on Sunday night in the Senate as negotiations had yet to produce a deal on the more than $1 trillion aid package. A second vote has now been scheduled for Monday shortly after 12:00 p.m. ET.

1. Coronavirus stimulus bill fails to move
forward; McConnell cites ‘obstruction’
anderson jose murillo rojas
Mar 23 · 6 min read
A vote to advance the massive coronavirus stimulus bill failed on Sunday night in the
Senate as negotiations had yet to produce a deal on the more than $1 trillion aid
package. A second vote has now been scheduled for Monday shortly after 12:00 p.m.
ET.
Republicans, who needed 60 votes to move forward on the bill, weren’t able to win over
any Democrats to proceed, meaning no aid will ow to the economy — including checks
to individuals, help for small businesses and bailouts for big corporations — until an
agreement is reached.
Democrats said that they were dissatis ed with worker protections in the bill, which was
written by Republicans, and that the rules on corporate bailouts are too lax.
“We’ll see what happens. I think we’ll get there,” President Donald Trump said at the
White House moments after the measure failed to advance. “We have to help the
worker. We have to save the companies.”
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2. “All of a sudden, the Democratic leader [Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.] and the speaker of the
House [Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.] shows up and we’re back to square one,” McConnell said,
blaming Democrats for “obstruction.”
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“So we’re ddling here, ddling with the emotions of the American people, ddling with
the markets, ddling with our health care. The American people expect us to act
tomorrow,” McConnell said. “And I want everybody to fully understand if we aren’t able
to act [Monday], it’ll be because of our colleagues on the other side continuing to dicker
when the country expects us to come together and address this problem.”
McConnell said the second vote, set for Monday, would show whether there’s been any
“change of heart” among the Democrats and he noted it would take after the markets
open, which could increase pressure on Democrats not to oppose the measure and
frighten investors.
Schumer is scheduled to meet with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin at 9 a.m. ET on
Monday to continue talks.
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Schumer said: “Early this morning (Sunday), Leader McConnell presented to us a
highly partisan bill written exclusively by Republicans, and he said he would call a vote
to proceed to it today. So who is being partisan? He knows darn well for this bill to pass
it needs both Democratic and Republican support.
“Given more time, I believe we could reach a point where the legislation is close enough
to what the nation needs for all senators, all senators to want to move forward,”
Schumer added. “We are not yet at that point.”
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The stalemate unfolded after top Democrats said Sunday that they’re not yet ready to
sign o on the major coronavirus stimulus package — and will be preparing their own
legislation — as Congress tries to ready the bill for passage as soon as Monday.
Just before an 11 a.m. meeting of the top Republican and Democratic congressional
leaders, as well as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Pelosi told reporters that “from
my standpoint, we are apart.”
Schumer told reporters ahead of the meeting that “we need a bill that puts workers rst,
not corporations,” and declined to say whether he supports the current bill.
Leaving Sunday’s meeting, Pelosi said that she will introduce her own legislative
package but that “we are still talking” with Republican leaders. She said that at this
point, however, there is no bipartisan deal.
The meeting came hours before the critical procedural vote on the Phase III bill, the text
of which hasn’t yet been released. McConnell had delayed the vote from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
ET to give congressional leaders more time to hammer out the details.

3. Just before Sunday morning’s meeting, Democrats revealed what they are still opposed
to in the stimulus package. According to a person familiar with the negotiations,
Democrats say the language would allow for corporations to keep bailout money while
still ring workers, that the bailout money would have virtually no restraints and that
there are very weak stock buyback restrictions.
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A senior Democratic aide told NBC News that Democrats are concerned that the bill
lacks speci c provisions to protect people from evictions, foreclosure or forbearance and
that it would allow for only three months of unemployment insurance.
McConnell told reporters after the meeting that the Senate plans to move forward with
its bill and is “hopeful and optimistic” that it will have bipartisan support.
“But make no mistake about it, we’ll be voting tomorrow. I mean, the wheel has to stop
at some point,” McConnell said. “And I don’t want any of you to buy the notion that this
isn’t a thoroughly bipartisan proposal already. There’s still some elbowing and
maneuvering for room, as you can imagine, but this is a pretty solid-like bipartisan
proposal agreed to by a lot of rank-and- le Democrats who were involved in drafting it.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said that he thought the meeting “was
very productive” and that both sides are “very close” to a deal. He added that he doesn’t
think Pelosi’s introducing her own legislation would be “productive.”
“I don’t know that we’d have the time for that,” he said, adding he believes it “would do
the country a lot of damage.”
Mnuchin told reporters he’s still optimistic about a deal, saying, “We still think we have
an overall understanding, and we’re going to try to get this on paper.”
One potential complication was the news Sunday that Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has tested
positive for the coronavirus. Paul in recent days had contact with many other senators,
and his announcement triggered a discussion about whether senators should
immediately return home or self-quarantine. Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney, both
Utah Republicans, said later Sunday that they would be self-quarantining for two weeks

4. and would have to miss oor votes after having had “extended” interactions with Paul.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said he is concerned that other senators could be infected.
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“I am concerned about every American. This thing is incredibly infectious, so I am
concerned about every American,” he said. “Now senators, as a rule, tend to be a little
bit older, so senators are at an increased risk for complications. But, by the way, not as
high risk as a nursing home. And so we just need to be concerned about everybody right
now.”
Democratic senators learned of Paul’s coronavirus test while they were in their
Democratic caucus meeting Sunday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of
the meeting. About half the senators were in the room, with the rest calling in by
conference call. Once the Paul news came out, the senators on the phone urged those in
the room to leave immediately and to stop congregating in the room.
But other senators pointed out that there’s no provision for the Senate to vote unless
senators are physically present and that they can’t just all go home.
According to details of the bill released Thursday, Senate Republicans propose to give a
$1,200 check to every American adult with an income under $75,000, decreasing
gradually after that and zeroing out at $99,000 income. Checks would fall to $600 for
those with little or no income tax liability, and $500 would be added in per child. The
eligibility would be based on 2018 tax lings.
Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has proposed universal $2,000 checks per month
“for the duration of the crisis.” Other Senate Democrats have suggested quarterly checks
that begin at $2,000 per person, decreasing over time based on economic triggers.
The total coronavirus package McConnell released would cost about $1 trillion.
Already, Congress has approved — and Trump has signed — coronavirus aid legislation
that provides free coronavirus testing and ensures paid emergency leave, among other
measures.
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Originally published at https://www.nbcnews.com on March 23, 2020.
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