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Is there a source for this that isn't random twitter accounts? Looking at the Senate record[0] I can't see anything about the Senator and there doesn't seem to

Is there a source for this that isn't random twitter accounts? Looking at the Senate record[0] I can't see anything about the Senator and there doesn't seem to be any news coverage of his involvement in the bill other than the fact that he missed procedural votes for the initial draft. [0] https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3548 https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/354...

jkestner 7y ago
I’m sure a lot of negotiations are not done on the record—that’s how it works—but here’s a clip of Sanders advocating: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4863928/user-clip-corona-virus-bill https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4863928/user-clip-corona-viru...
- granzymes 7y ago
  The negotiations were certainly not on the record, but we know who was at the table from reporting and where many provisions came from. * Senators Hoeven and Stabenow secured the $9.5 billion and other aid for the agricultural industry. * Senators Thune and Warner pushed for the new tax benefit for employers helping employees pay off student loans. * Senator Shelby got a cap on funds being used for dredging work on harbors removed. * Senator Leahy ensured every state got a minimum of $1.5 billion in funds so small states weren't left out. * Senator Booker got the Bureau of Prisons to making videoconferencing free for inmates. Obviously Secretary Mnuchin and Senator Schumer did most of the heavy lifting. I can't find anything about Senator Sanders, and that clip is from after the unemployment provisions were already in the bill. The Senator didn't mention anywhere in that speech that he pushed for the inclusion of the unemployment provisions. He actually said "this isn't the bill I would have written," which I personally would have followed up on with an explanation of what I did to make the bill better if I had worked on it.

jkestner 7y ago

I’m sure a lot of negotiations are not done on the record—that’s how it works—but here’s a clip of Sanders advocating: https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4863928/user-clip-corona-virus-bill https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4863928/user-clip-corona-viru...

granzymes 7y ago
The negotiations were certainly not on the record, but we know who was at the table from reporting and where many provisions came from. * Senators Hoeven and Stabenow secured the $9.5 billion and other aid for the agricultural industry. * Senators Thune and Warner pushed for the new tax benefit for employers helping employees pay off student loans. * Senator Shelby got a cap on funds being used for dredging work on harbors removed. * Senator Leahy ensured every state got a minimum of $1.5 billion in funds so small states weren't left out. * Senator Booker got the Bureau of Prisons to making videoconferencing free for inmates. Obviously Secretary Mnuchin and Senator Schumer did most of the heavy lifting. I can't find anything about Senator Sanders, and that clip is from after the unemployment provisions were already in the bill. The Senator didn't mention anywhere in that speech that he pushed for the inclusion of the unemployment provisions. He actually said "this isn't the bill I would have written," which I personally would have followed up on with an explanation of what I did to make the bill better if I had worked on it.