PRINCE CHARLES REPORTED POSITIVE, BUT HAS REPORTEDLY
ONLY SHOWN MILD SYMPTOMS AND IS
SELF-ISOLATING.
SELF-ISOLATING. BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, CONGRESS
IS HOPING THE NEW FUNDING WILL
HELP WITH THE MASSIVE TOLD,
INCLUSION CHECKING UP TO $1,200
FOR STRUGGLES AMERICANS, $2400
FOR COUPLES, AND AN EXTRA $500
FOR A CHILD.
AND 150 BILLION IS NOW FOR STATE
AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AS WELL
AS $100 BILLION TO GO TO HOMES
AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
LAST POINT, UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE WILL GET BEEFED UP.
CHUCK SCHUMER SAYS THINK OF IT
AS UNXWROIMT ON STEROIDS, AND
FOR PEOPLE WHO USUALLY DON’T
QUALIFY.
QUALIFY. SENATOR McCONNELL SAYS HE EXPECT
THE SENATE TO PASS THIS
LEGISLATION WHEN IT RETURNS
THREE HOURS FROM NOW.
>> MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE
GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH ARE
GOING TO DEFEAT THIS CORONAVIRUS
AND THE SENATE IS GOING TO MAKE
SURE THEY HAVE THE AMMUNITION
THEY NEED TO DO IT.
>> TO ALL AMERICANS, I SAY HELP
IS ON THE WAY.
BIG HELP AND QUICK HELP.
WE’RE GOING TO TAKE UP AND PASS
THIS PACKAGE TO CARE FOR THOSE
WHO ARE NOW CARING FOR US.
HELP CARRY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
THROUGH THESE DARK ECONOMIC
TIMES.
TIMES. >>> LET’S GO STRAIGHT TO MSNBC’S
GARRETT HAAKE ON THE HILL.
GARRETT, HOW DID THEY GET TO
YES?
YES? >> Reporter: STEPHANIE, REALLY
THE ONLY PART OF THIS PACKAGE
THAT WASN’T AT LEAST TINKERED
WITH WAS THE SMALL BUSINESS
PORTION.
PORTION. EVERY OTHER ELEMENT HAD SOME
KIND OF CHANGES IMPOSED ON IT.
I THINK SOME OF THE BIG STICKING
POINTS IN THE END ARE HOW TO
TAKE CARE OF AIRLINES AND
AIRLINES WORKERS, HOW TO MAKE
SURE THE MONEY FOR STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WAS GOING TO
BE ENOUGH, AT LEAST TO BRIDGE
THEM THROUGH TO A PHASE 4 DEAL,
WHICH MAKE NO MISTAKE ANOTHER
PACKAGE WILL COME DOWN THE PIPE
EVENTUALLY.
EVENTUALLY. AND HOW TO ACCESS THAT $500
BILLION SET ASIDE FOR THE
COMPANIES.
COMPANIES. I’M TOLD THERE’S AN ADVISORY
BOARD PUT IN PLACE.
COMPANIES WILL HAVE TO DISCLOSE
FAIRLY QUICKLY IF AND WHEN THEY
RECEIVE MONEY.
RECEIVE MONEY. THE FULL TEXT IS NOT EVEN OUT
YET, WITH THE BILL THIS MASSIVE,
WITH SPENDING THIS HIGH,
REPUBLICAN SENATORS IN
PARTICULAR WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THEY WENT OVER IT WITH A
FINE-TOOTHED COMB.
FINE-TOOTHED COMB. THERE WAS NOTHING IN THIS BILL
THAT WASN’T INTENTIONAL, AND
WHEN THEY TAKE THIS TO THE FLOOR
THIS AFTERNOON, THEY CAN PASS
SOMETHING THEY KNEW WOULD WORK
THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED TO.
WE NOW BELIEVE IT’S THE CASE.
WE EXPECT THE LONG TEXT TO BE
OUT AND A VOTE SHORTLY AFTER THE
FLOOR OPENS AT NOON.
>> DO WE KNOW WHERE THE HOUSE
BILL STANDS?
BILL STANDS? >> THE HOUSE BILL THAT NANCY
PELOSI ROLLED OUT IS GOING TO
STEP ASIDE FOR A WHILE.
THAT WAS MORE OF A MESSAGING
DOCUMENT TO BEGIN WITH.
NOW THAT THERE’S A SENATE
COMPROMISE THAT WAS ACTUALLY
NEGOTIATED WITH REPS, THAT BILL
TAKES CENTER STAGE.
I THINK WHAT WE’LL SEE IS THAT
SENATE BILL PASS, MOVE TO THE
HOUSE, THE SPEAKER SAID THE
SENATE BILL DOESN’T GO AS FAR AS
THE HOUSE BILL WENT IN TERMS OF
HITTING THE PRIORS THAT
DEMOCRATS WANTED TO HIT, BUT THE
HOUSE INTENDS TO REVIEW IT AND
DECIDE NEXT STEPS.
THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM
TRYING TO PASS THE BILL BY
UNANIMOUS CONSENT, TO BRING
HOUSE MEMBERS BACK TO AMEND IT,
AND IF HOUSE MEMBERS REALLY
DON’T LIKE IT, TO TRY TO PASS
THE DEMOCRATIC BILL.
I THINK THAT’S THE LESS LIKELY.
THERE’S ENORMOUS RISK AND
CONCERN ABOUT BRINGING HOUSE
MEMBERS BOOK FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY, BOTH FROM THE TRAVEL
IMPLICATIONS AND FOR HOW LONG IT
WOULD SIMPLY TAKE TO GET
SOMETHING DONE.
SOMETHING DONE. I THINK THE GOAL WOULD BE TO TRY
TO PASS SOMETHING BY UNANIMOUS
CONSENT IF THAT’S POSSIBLE.
SHE HAS TO TAKE THE TEMPERATURE
OF HER CAUCUS AS WELL AS
REPUBLICANS TO MAKE SURE NO ONE
WILL SHOW UP AND OBJECT TO THAT