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Shutdown Looms as Republicans Block $2,000 Checks Demanded by Trump — Here’s What Happens Next
Shutdown Looms as Republicans Block $2,000 Checks Demanded by Trump — Here’s What Happens NextPosted: 24 Dec 2020 09:12 AM PSTHouse Democrats on Thursday failed to replace the $600 direct checks in the latest pandemic relief bill with $2,000 payments demanded by President Trump this week – which House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) sought to pass by unanimous consent, only to be blocked by House Republicans.House Democrats will try again on Monday, with a new stand-alone bill for the $2,000 checks, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). The House will also attempt to override Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act as government funding is set to lapse.To avoid a shutdown, the House could also pass another stopgap measure – however several pandemic relief measures will also run out between Saturday and Dec. 31, including $300 per week in bonus unemployment insurance and a moratorium on rent-related evictions.Politico’s Jake Sherman opines on the next steps after Trump tossed lighter fluid and a match on GOP leaders, who largely failed to support his challenge to the November election:IN HIS FINAL INTVW IN 1973, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON told WALTER CRONKITE that antagonizing Congress is never a good idea because it’s like a pilot having a co-pilot flying in different directions.TRUMP HAS taken it a step further. He has pressed the ejection seat on his allies— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 24, 2020If worse comes to worst, he’ll have a better hand in a few weeks with JOE BIDEN in the White House. BIDEN’S a Democrat, but at least you know his administration’s word is likely to be good.— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 24, 2020Trump’s remaining Hill allies — all in the House — are convincing TRUMP that he has a chance of overturning electoral results Jan. 6, and that he should veto this bill — both deep rabbit holes without exit paths.— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 24, 2020RIGHT NOW, Republicans tell us they have one goal: keep TRUMP calm and hope he changes his mind and signs the bill.— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 24, 2020Republicans are going to offer to strip all the foreign money out of the bill they just passed, and replace it with a stopgap measure. Democrats will block that. We’ll then be back at square one.— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 24, 2020Hoyer says he is going to talk to pelosi and to Dems about how to avoid a shutdown Monday.He says pelosi is talking to mnuchin — but to what end? Mnuchin doesn’t have trumps proxy. No one has a clue what trump is up to.— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) December 24, 2020Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permissionThe post Shutdown Looms as Republicans Block $2,000 Checks Demanded by Trump — Here’s What Happens Next appeared first on We Are Change.
18-Year-Old American Girl Jailed for Two Months in Cayman Islands for Breaking COVID RulesPosted: 23 Dec 2020 09:20 PM PSTAn American college student has been jailed by the Royal Cayman Islands Police for blatantly violating COVID-19 restrictions, according to CBS News.Skylar Mack, an 18-year-old college student at Mercer University in Georgia, was slapped with a two-month sentence for violating quarantine to attend her boyfriend’s jet ski competition.Mack’s attorney Jonathan Hughes told CBS:“Whilst it was our hope that Skylar would be able to return home to resume her studies in January, we accept the decision of the court and look forward to receiving its written reasons in due course,” Hughes said.Along with Mack, her boyfriend, Vanjae Ramgeet, was also sentenced to two months by the Cayman Islands Grand Court for breaking quarantine.After flying to Grand Cayman in late November, Mack was ordered by authorities to self-isolate for two weeks and given a wristband to track her movements. She signed a document to remain inside for the quarantine’s duration, but on day number two, she was spotted at a jet ski competition with Ramgeet, who lives on the island, without the wristband.It was not clear by CBS who reported the couple for breaking quarantine.Skylar Mack’s mom and stepfather say they are living through their worst nightmare as the jailed 18-year-old serves a 2-month prison sentence in the Cayman Islands for breaking quarantine rules. @VictorOquendo reports. https://t.co/i9rZzYvW4s pic.twitter.com/7dVCs21NIc— Good Morning America (@GMA) December 23, 2020At the hearing on Dec. 15, Judge Roger Chapple explained his decision for jailing Mack and Ramgeet:“This was as flagrant a breach as could be imagined; it was borne of selfishness and arrogance,” Chapple said, according to local newspaper Cayman Compass. “This was entirely deliberate and planned, as evidenced by her desire to switch her wristband the day before to a looser one that she was then able to remove.” The Grand Cayman has been a hot spot for Americans fleeing the country amid a “dark covid winter.” Remote work has allowed many to work internationally, in countries where the virus isn’t rapidly spreading.Americans jailed during the pandemic for breaking quarantine rules has not been uncommon. Hawaii, back in May, arrested “rogue tourists” who ignored local virus rules.Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permissionThe post 18-Year-Old American Girl Jailed for Two Months in Cayman Islands for Breaking COVID Rules appeared first on We Are Change.
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