March 23, 2020 Original publish date.
UPDATE: House passes $2 Trillion+ Senate Bill After adding in more (D) spending programs on March 27, 2020. President Trump signs bill into law same day. House resumes vacation.
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WASHINGTON, DC. Congressional calendar shows the Democrat-controlled House in Session for just 11 days in March, while the Republican-controlled Senate in Session for 15 days (including last weekend).
The Republican-controlled Senate was ordered to stay in session last weekend to address and vote on a near $2 Trillion dollar financial aid package for American families and small business related to the Covid-19 economic shutdown.
Notwithstanding the scheduled state work period, the Senate will be in session next week. I am glad talks are ongoing between the Administration and Speaker Pelosi. I hope Congress can pass bipartisan legislation to continue combating the coronavirus and keep our economy strong.
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) March 12, 2020
The aid plan is a result of states and federal guidelines that have forced closure of businesses across the country, impacting workers and business owners. When it came time to vote on this plan, all Senate Democrats BLOCKED the aid bill. U.S. Stocks fell -582 points or -3.04% on the lack of party attention to the bill.
Democrats wanted to add pet projects in the bill including new collective bargaining powers for unions, and new fuel emission standards for airlines. Right now most of the airlines are not flying, at least globally, and airline emissions is not the immediate problem in hand anyway.
Dems Push $2 Trillion for Unrealistic Green New Deal Plan.
Democrats proposed an initial $2 Trillion dollar Green New Deal plan.
The plan would in part aim to put solar panels on top of most buildings; have federal, state governments, non-stockholders, non-investors, seize ownership interest in companies; all rent and mortgages are magically free. The deal also would seek to create more public housing (like the crime-ridden, Public Housing Projects)(further reading)(more reading).
The Democratic plan would force all industries to be “100% carbon-free” in ten years (by 2030). Thus no more oil, heat, gasoline, electrical plants, clean coal plants, airlines, trains, automobiles, etc. Basically, the Democrat plan changes the entire U.S. economy into a government-controlled economy, much like what happened to Venezuela [See our report].
The plan draws off ideas from 2020 Presidential candidates and mostly radical university professors. We reviewed a similar proposal back in February.
The Democrat plan basically puts America back in the Stone Age with solar panels.
For those who are not familiar, solar panels have a difficult time collecting large amounts of electricity when there are clouds. Solar panels collect no electricity when the sun is not shining (such as at night).
Democrat-Controlled House Went On Vacation All Last Week While Millions of Americans Are Forced Off Work.
Instead of working to come up with solutions for Americans over the economic impact of Covid-19, House Democrats left Washington DC last week and went on vacation.
Officially, the ‘recess’ from not working in Washington DC is to go back and work in their local districts. But if most of the country is at home, not much work is being done. Congress cannot pass legislation from home.
The Democrat-controlled House went back in session on March 23, with little to no work on calendar for the rest of the month.
We took a look at the details of the revised House calendar (since image above), of what exactly the House (who typically controls “the purse“) has been doing or planning to do.
March 2020 (D) House Calendar:
Mar 01. Weekend. No Work.
Mar 02. In session. 1 Item on Calendar. ‘Business Meeting: H.R. 1140 Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020.’
Mar 03. In session. 15 Items on Calendar including 2021 budget issues, airline passenger experience.
Mar 04. In session. 20 Items on Calendar including ‘HR 5519 Atmospheric Climate Intervention Research Act.‘
Mar 05. In session. 5 Items on Calendar including, Hearing: Coronaviruses: Understanding the Spread of Infectious Diseases and Mobilizing Innovative Solutions.
Mar 6. No session. Field hearing. Burden on ‘Underbanked and Excluded Communities in New York.’
Mar 6-7-8. Three-day weekend. No Work for most (except those attending meeting above).
Mar 09. In session. 1 Item on Calendar. ‘Business Meeting: Senate Amendment to HR 2486, No Ban Act.’
Mar 10. In session. 22 Items on Calendar including OMB 2021 budget hearing, Hearing on Community Perspectives on Coronavirus Preparedness and Response, Business Meeting on Impact of Coronavirus on Americas Small Businesses, and ‘Missions of U.S. Forest Service & Bureau of Land Management.’
Mar 11. In session. 28 Items on Calendar including Confronting the Coronavirus: The Federal Response.
Mar 12. In session. 11 Items on Calendar including “Irreparable Environmental…Cultural Impacts of…Copper Mining…”
Mar 13-22. Ten (10) Day Vacation. No Work.
Mar 23. In Session. No Work on Calendar.
Mar 24. In session. 1 Item on Calendar. ‘Subcommittee on the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development.’
Mar 25. In session. 1 Item on Calendar. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.
Mar 26. In Session. No Work on Calendar.
Mar 27. In Session. No Work on Calendar.
Mar 28-29. Weekend. No Work.
Mar 30. In Session. No Work on Calendar.
Mar 31. In Session. No Work on Calendar.
Mar 26. In Session. No Work on Calendar.
Mar 27. In Session. No Work on Calendar.
Mar 28-29. Weekend. No Work.
Mar 30. In Session. No Work on Calendar.
Mar 31. In Session. No Work on Calendar.
Senate Republicans decided to take charge as Democratic proposals thus far are not only void from reality, they don’t address the current economic problems facing American families, business and thus the economy from the Covid-19 shutdown.
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