Senate Argues Aid Should Not Include FBI
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We ran the numbers: There are 1711 news articles covering this topic. 49% (843) are left leaning, 37% (630) center, 14% (238) right leaning.
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he wants the $1.75 billion in funding for the new FBI headquarters in Washington to be removed from the GOP’s coronavirus relief package. While left-leaning articles highlight that without aid from Washington, states’ budget crisis threatens to worsen the economic downturn, right-leaning articles highlight that Republicans are struggling to unify around the coronavirus aid package.
Bloomberg published a left-leaning article highlighting that without aid from Washington, the budget crisis building up in state capitals and city halls threatens to worsen the economic downturn, as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state would be forced to slash aid to localities by 20% without federal aid. Although any aid in the Republican plan is expected to fall short of what Democrats proposed, Bank of America Corporation analysts said they expect as much as $400 billion in aid by the third quarter.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that McConnell said that he hopes that any “non-germane” items will be removed from the legislation, no matter what bill they were in at the start. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby told reporters that the lead White House negotiators pressed GOP senators to include FBI funding in the bill, leading Democratic leaders to suspect that Trump wants to refurbish the existing FBI headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue for personal gain.
The Washington Examiner published a right-leaning article highlighting that Senate Republicans are struggling to unify around a coronavirus aid package that party leaders negotiated with the White House. Missouri Senator Josh Hawley is among several Republicans who have publicly questioned the wisdom of passing a new round of aid, along with Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul.