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Celerity

(43,517 posts) Tue Mar 10, 2020, 03:49 PM Mar 2020

This is a very good legislative package

Link to tweet

Pelosi/Schumer statement calls for:

- Paid sick leave
- Enhanced unemployment insurance
- Food security
- Protections for frontline workers
- Widespread, free coronavirus testing
- Affordable treatment for all
- Anti-price gouging protections
- Increase medical system capacity

6:56 PM · Mar 10, 2020

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This is a very good legislative package (Original Post) Celerity Mar 2020 OP

It meets the challenges we know right now eleny Mar 2020 #1

Yes Bev54 Mar 2020 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #3

Let's compare Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2020 #5

They need to free the states from the CDC and allow them to do their own testing. NOW. Squinch Mar 2020 #4

They forgot the cases and cases of tp and water cbdo2007 Mar 2020 #6

eleny

(46,166 posts)

1. It meets the challenges we know right now

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 03:50 PM

Mar 2020

Bev54

(10,072 posts)

2. Yes

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 03:55 PM

Mar 2020

It seems they were working on this over the weekend while Trump went golfing

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democratisphere This message was self-deleted by its author.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,437 posts)

5. Let's compare

Reply to democratisphere (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 04:10 PM

Mar 2020

the cost between keeping people safe and healthy vs. having lots and lots of people sick and having to possibly "shut down" the entire country. The sooner we lick this the sooner we can get back to business as usual and more mundane concerns.

Squinch

(51,014 posts)

4. They need to free the states from the CDC and allow them to do their own testing. NOW.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 04:08 PM

Mar 2020

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)

6. They forgot the cases and cases of tp and water

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 04:10 PM

Mar 2020

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