02-03-2021, 07:23 PM
Ca Bob wrote:
The more serious negotiation is with Joe Manchin, but let's hope that he understands that this is a historic opportunity and quite possibly one that won't last too long.
Hopefully this will help:
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch...-19-relief
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican, on Monday argued that fiscal concerns should be set aside as the nation struggles to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, putting pressure on centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to support a large COVID-19 relief bill.
“We need to understand that trying to be, per se, fiscally responsible at this point in time, with what we’ve got going on in this country — if we actually throw away some money right now, so what?” Justice told CNN in an interview.
“We have really got to move and get people taken care of,” he said.
Justice doubled down on his statement in a follow-up interview with MSNBC in which he urged Congress to “go big.”