<p>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who led the effort to ink a comprehensive, bipartisan coronavirus relief package, erupted in anger Monday morning, excoriating Democrats who pulled an eleventh hour political stunt, calling time on the stimulus as they pursued a separate relief packaged, authored by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and packed with handouts to unions, and Green New Deal demands.</p>
<p>McConnell, clearly incensed, took to the Senate floor to voice his concerns, shredding the Democrats&#8217; proposals.</p>
<p>“Tax credits for solar energy and wind energy. Provisions to force employers to give special new treatment to Big Labor. And listen to this — new emissions standards for the airlines. Are you kidding me?,” McConnell raved.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is not a juicy political opportunity. This is a national emergency,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They ought to be embarassed.&#8221;</p>
<p>“I’d like to see Senate Democrats tell NYC doctors they’re filibustering hospital funding and more masks because they want to argue with the airlines over their carbon footprint,&#8221; McConnell added, jabbing at Democrats over their proposed conditions to coronavirus relief, including a cap on airline emissions and a handout for &#8220;alternative&#8221; energy companies that peddle solar panels and wind turbines.</p>
<p>The normally reserved McConnell even lashed out at Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) who, as recently as Sunday, was a supporter of the bipartisan coronavirus relief bill.</p>
<p>&#8220;And it looks like we’re worried more about the economy than we are the health care and the wellbeing of the people of America,” Manchin groaned, referencing a so-called &#8220;slush fund&#8221; for corporations, which Republicans say is merely a provision that will dole out interest-free loans to businesses still affected by the coronavirus lockdown in six months, provided that they don&#8217;t spend the money on C-suite salaries and stock buybacks.</p>
<p>McConnell fired back: “The American people are waiting for us to act today! We don’t have time for this! We don’t have time for it!”</p>
<p>“Answer my question!” McConnell demanded of Manchin. “In what way would the Democratic Party be disadvantaged?”</p>
<p>Manchin eventually trailed off on health care, clearly forgetting that the negotiated bill &#8212; which was up for <em>debate</em> and not <em>passage</em> when it was sidelined &#8212; contains money for hospitals and healthcare workers handling the coronavirus response.</p>
<p>Pelosi, reportedly the force behind the Democrats&#8217; decision to abandon a bipartisan relief effort, unveiled her bill at 2 p.m. EST on Monday. It is expected to total more than $1.6 trillion in spending and include provisions bailing out the post office, mandating same-day voter registration, pushing diversity quotas on corporate boards, and, potentially, funding abortion providers with money unhindered by the Hyde Amendment, which prevents taxpayers from directly funding abortion services &#8212; something Pelosi tried desperately to sneak into an earlier draft of a coronavirus response bill.</p>
<p>The Democrats may still have to come to the bargaining table on McConnell&#8217;s proposals, however. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), perhaps sensing pushback from his constituencies, said there was still room for movement Monday morning, but would not specify what the Democrats&#8217; were looking to do with the current, bipartisan bill.</p>
<p>Without assent or debate, a coronavirus relief package likely will not pass Congress until at least Friday.</p>

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