Wednesday, June 3, 2020

House to Vote on Progressive-Style Spending Bill Today

From the story: The White House chided Democrats for making certain undocumented immigrants eligible for the second round of $1,200 direct payments, for including a $25 billion “bailout” for the U.S. Postal Service and for funding vote-by-mail and same-day registration priorities (Fox News).  

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board:  In its vast scope and cost, the bill essentially attempts to replace the private economy crushed by the shutdown with government programs—old, new and expanded. It uses the economic damage caused by the government shutdowns as an opening for a huge expansion of the welfare state that would keep millions of Americans on the government payroll into 2021 and make the private recovery that much slower (WSJ).

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