It’s non-starter. Pure posturing.
If Mitch wanted to bring a vote up for the 2k checks, he would have allowed it already today, at least once. End of story.
The next story is if Bernie will bully him into a vote by sticking to his guns on delaying the NDAA veto override.
This is correct. The GOP needed a competing bill that the dems would never vote for so they couldn't point a finger and say the Republicans didn't want people to have $2000. All posturing.
Finger pointing (justified) is still going to happen, but at least they have a modicum of political cover. And the GA candidates were able to say they would support the 2k without actually doing anything about it. Dems will do what they can to block this Mitch version from getting a vote because they won’t go on record denying the bigger checks.
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