Revised Coronavirus ‘Boondoggle’ to Return to House Floor for Unanimous Consent Vote

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 Revised Coronavirus ‘Boondoggle’ to Return to House Floor for Unanimous Consent Vote
Debra HeineBy Debra Heine • March 15, 2020

On Monday, the House of Representatives will have to vote on a revised version of the coronavirus relief package that passed early Saturday morning, after “technical changes” were hastily added to the bill, Roll Call reported.

After hours of negotiations between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin, H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act  sailed through congress with a vote of 363-40-1.  Democratic legislators voted in lock-step for the bill while 40 Republicans voted against, bucking President’s Trump’s stated support for the emergency relief package. Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) cast the abstaining vote. The revisions didn’t make to the version of the bill the House voted on, so a do-over has been planned for Monday morning.

Almost all of the 40 House Republicans who voted against the Families First package, voted for the $8.3 billion coronavirus spending bill  last week. But these same conservatives are ringing alarm bells over the multi-billion dollar Families First legislation “boondoggle.”

The bill, which was rushed through congress without going through the necessary committees, includes provisions for two weeks of paid sick leave and up to 12 weeks of paid leave for workers affected by the virus. Companies with 500 or more employees are exempted from the bill’s paid emergency leave requirements. Small and mid-sized businesses will apparently be given a tax credit to pay for the benefits.

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