Playbook: “The president is complaining to people he speaks to that the coronavirus/government funding package has too much ‘pork,’ as he says, and the direct payments are too low. The bill has been flown to Florida from Washington for his signature. No one we can find knows if he’ll sign it.”
“Unemployment benefits run out Saturday. And the government shuts down Monday.”
“Here’s the scary thing: The House is in on Monday — the day the government runs out of spending authority — but the Senate doesn’t come back until Tuesday, which is, of course, after the funding deadline.”
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