Ocasio-Cortez Will Oppose 'Insulting' Coronavirus Response Package

[TexasTowelie]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told reporters on Monday that she would vote against an interim deal on coronavirus response funding, saying that it leaves too many important priorities on the table while allowing Republican priorities to move along unimpeded.

The $450 billion deal, an interim extension of some programs from the CARES Act, will reportedly include $350 billion more for disaster loans and forgivable Paycheck Protction Program (PPP) loans for small businesses, along with $75 billion more for hospitals to defray costs and $25 billion to surge testing. Republicans wanted the additional small business loans to move forward by itself, but Democratic leaders demanded more testing and money for hospitals as “concessions.”

Democrats also asked for money for state and local governments whose budgets are crashing amid significant lost revenue; Republicans blocked that for the bill. On the press call, which included not just Ocasio-Cortez but Progressive Caucus co-chairs Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Squad members Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the left-wing members rattled off a series of priorities, including direct payroll support for workers, rent cancellations and broader eviction moratoria, hazard pay and emergency temporary workplace standards for essential workers, postal service funding, vote-by-mail guarantees, and expansions of health coverage for everyone during the pandemic.

None of those appear to be in the bill, which Ocasio-Cortez derided as incrementalism. “We have not seen the final text of this bill, but what I can say is that if it matches up with what has been reported, I will not support this bill personally,” Ocasio-Cortez said in response to a question from the Prospect.

Read more: https://prospect.org/coronavirus/ocasio-cortez-will-oppose-insulting-coronavirus-bill/
(American Prospect)

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[Newest Reality]

1. OOOO!

Cool. Thanks for including the media bias fact check rating. That's an excellent resource and should be utilized more to combat the blitz of distorted bias spewing all over.

I like that and +1000!

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2. Post office funding and vote by mail guarantees are critical and I'd vote no without it.

Stop drumpfs' trying to block this mode of voting. Since the first pile of $$ was stolen by large corps, not a fan of giving them more, their assurances are dust and lies.

[TexasTowelie]

3. I'm not denying post office funding and the vote by mail guarantees are important,

but the spin that AOC is voting against a relief program is going to hurt her substantially. The optics are pretty bad.

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4. Thing is - is it really relief or just another taking of our $$ by the ultra rich & won't be repaid?

How the fuck can anyone trust drumpf to follow instructions and not do as he pleases, disregarding every rule to help the common folks and ensuring no one but rich profit? Guarantee you that is exactly what he intends to do because he doesn't think anyone will stop him with SCOTUS squarely on the side of fascism and him and against the constitution.

[TexasTowelie]

5. The thing is, AOC is going to have to do a monumental job explaining why she would vote

against the package. Her opponents in the primary are going to pounce on this and her constituents may not be willing to listen to her explanation.

[lark]

6. AOC is very talented

Besides so far the administration proved her 100% right with the first bill so why should she trust them one bit this time? Guaranteed this is just another big steal for big business and is being used to destroy the economy by the rich taking everything and destroying the working class and poor. They are fine with paying us peanuts if we live and fine with taking everything we own and killing us for their rw domination plans.