Reading the tea leaves, it isn’t hard to see how House Democrats have attempted to use the coronavirus emergency to promote their base’s political priorities:
- Rep. Clyburn said that previous legislation would let House Ds restructure things to fit their “vision”
- Speaker Pelosi introduced her own bill containing far-left policies unrelated to combatting the coronavirus.
Now, as the Speaker pushes for additional legislation, she’s making the purpose of that effort clear. She told CNN this afternoon:
“We Couldn’t Get Everything We Wanted In The Other Bill, Let’s Begin To Go Down This Path”
As a reminder, here is some of what Speaker Pelosi wanted in the other bill:
-Publication of corporate pay statistics by race and race statistics for all corporate boards
-A bail out on all current debt at the Postal Service
-Required early voting
-Required same day voter registration
-Provisions on official time for union collective bargaining
-Full offset of airline emissions by 2025
-Publication and reporting of greenhouse gas statistics for individual flights
-Retirement plans for community newspaper employees
-Federal $15 minimum wage
-Permanent paid leave
-Study on climate change mitigation efforts
Her dangerous plans will only making it harder for the nation to recover, especially at a time when we need to stand together for the health and safety of the American people.
Watch the video of her telling the truth out loud earlier today: