This is an admission that Democrats used this emergency as a political opportunity to lard up a bill with an amendment that 1) they will crow about to their constituents, and 2) is repugnant to the other side, this stupidly and unnecessarily delaying the passage of the bill.

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Posted by LATIDER

Loxley , Al

Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 3/13/20 at 8:32 pm to LovetheLord

It's f/n shameful what Pelosi is sneaking in on the bill while all the while using the threat of not condemning our president as a bargaining chip.

Now, the old woman's decision to close our schools? Then the daycares are to follow? Wat the frick?

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Posted by imraged

Member since Nov 2010

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Posted on 3/13/20 at 10:16 pm to LovetheLord

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This is an admission

Uhhhh, no?

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Democrats had already agreed to make some changes to the bill, outlined in a managers' amendment submitted by House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey, D-N.Y.

The changes would clarify that reimbursements for uninsured COVID-19 testing at diagnostic laboratories can't cover individuals receiving other testing assistance in the bill, and that Medicaid coverage only applies to COVID-19 tests, as well as tighten exemptions from work search and other state unemployment assistance rules.

Again, no one reputable has reported anything about the original bill including anything about abortion. There's no way it would override the Hyde amendment anyway and the Dems agreed to close the non-existent loophole from the start. This is literally "virtue signalling" by Republican congress people