Approved along mostly party lines, the HEROES Act is largely a messaging bill from Democrats that will not advance in the GOP-controlled Senate in its current form.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly passed legislation to appropriate another $3 trillion to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Still, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Fox News Thursday labeled the HEROES Act a"parade of absurdities that can hardly be taken seriously." On the House floor Friday, Rep. Virginia Foxx called it a"socialist wish list." Lawmakers have already approved roughly $3 trillion in federal assistance since the onset of the pandemic, not including the cost of Friday's legislation.
"Let's take a 'pause'? Do you think this virus is taking a pause? Do you think that the rent takes a pause? Do you think that putting food on the table, or the hunger that comes if you can't, takes a pause?" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on the floor."The hardship of losing a job doesn't take a pause or, tragically, losing a loved one doesn't take a pause... We don't end this by pausing in the fight.
"Inside [Pelosi's] HEROES Act, which she continues to twist arms to try to get as many Democrats as she can to vote for, the focus is on bills they dreamed of before COVID even existed," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters."It is her own dream with a liberal view of her party with no input from either side knowing that it's going nowhere."
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