Are people in any state receiving the magic EO unemployment? If so, how long is it supposed to last?
So, no?
It claims they’re being received in 4 states as of right now, then the article expressly says only one state is receiving it right now. It predicts most people will have to wait several weeks and they’ve only sent 3 weeks of $300 to the states that have been authorized. Almost no one will receive any of this before September 1 but they might before October 1. I think based on the amount of states that have been approved, there might be 6 weeks worth of money, though they’re raiding FEMA to pay for it right after a major hurricane.
The states that haven’t been authorized to receive it are:
Delaware, D.C. (not sure what the status was there for the $600), Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming
How? I think it captures how stunningly silly the Democratic strategy has been.
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She tells the truth.
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The cruelty is the point
I thought it was funny
No the best possible outcome is the senate republicans feeling trapped into doing something before the election that will be substantially more than 1 trillion dollars.
Why do you not know this?
Agreed. Referring by these plans by their total cost is disingenuous. One trillion of mostly shit is worthless. Capitulating for that would be absolutely bonkers crazy.
Lurker mostly, but #teamcuse
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My guess is that Mitch is holding it up a while longer so they can pass something closer to the election and then incumbents like Susan Collins can say, hey, I just did this great thing for you.
Not as sure as I was earlier, though.
But this is definitely not some kind of lack of middle ground negotiating problem. It’s deliberate.
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Early voting in some states starts in September. I’d imagine that undecided voters are going to vote later, but, if it really is a timing play, they’re going to be threading some tight needles between returning from recess after Labor Day, passing a bill, and getting their members time to campaign on its passage. Especially if they want any of the assistance to actually make it’s way into pockets before folks vote.
All true, which is why I expect they’ll pass something soon after reconvening. But, yeah, as you point out, many undecideds don’t pay attention until the end. And more importantly, the percentage of republicans planning to vote by mail is very small – only 11% in the NBC/WSJ poll from last week. So it seems to me there’s good reason to wait until after the recess (if you’re a heartless ghoul, that is).
Part of it is probably them knowing their going to win the messaging battle no matter what because loldems.
The timing play makes sense. Time it to where people start getting money a week or two before the election and frame it that they and Trump compromised to save the people and get checks with Trumps name on it and dems will probably praise them for their bipartisanship
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40 million seems almost like nothing, if Mnuchin’s saying it. 
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So basically if you can move in with friends/family, no moratorium for you.
JFC
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