Democratic leaders scoff at emerging GOP coronavirus aid plan, promise it won't pass
Posted on AllSides July 23rd, 2020
From The Left
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders on Thursday panned the emerging Republican package for coronavirus relief, calling it an "unserious" proposal that won't pass Congress.
"What we have seen so far falls very short of the challenge that we face in order to defeat the virus, and in order to open our schools and open our economy," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said on Thursday. "We have to act. And what they're proposing falls far short."
Senate Republicans reached a tentative agreement with the White House on Wednesday for a proposal expected...