What is Pelosi's coronavirus committee? Why overseeing COVID-19 money will be met with hurdles

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Increasing Congress' oversight ability of coronavirus relief packages faces hurdles, including fierce accusations from Republicans of injecting partisan politics into a global health crisis—tension that could exacerbate talks as Democrats push for more aid amid skyrocketing unemployment numbers.

"What made sense then, makes even more sense now," Pelosi said, directly referencing Truman."Where there's money, there's also frequently mischief."

But chief among the Republican criticizers was Trump, who resurrected Robert Mueller-era language to indirectly lambast Pelosi at a coronavirus White House briefing on Thursday. And if Republicans won't allow a unanimous consent vote to do so—a notion that's highly implausible—hundreds of members would need to come back to Washington for a recorded vote. At the earliest, Congress could return the week of April 20In theory, the House could pass new rules to allow remote voting. But after studying such a proposal, Pelosi nixed the idea."Let's not waste too much time on something that's not going to happen," she told reporters earlier this week.

Separately, Pelosi also wants to create a 9/11-style, independent commission to investigate the administration's response to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has received criticism for initially downplaying the severity of the virus and a delayed response, despite intelligence reports that forecasted a forthcoming pandemic.

 

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Too many pork barrels to look in. Start by defunding the Kennedy Center to clean the slate a bit

She wants the money to spend on climate change killing babies through abortion stuff like that her pet projects. She could care less about people with a virus.

WHY ARE NONE OF THEM WEARING PROTECTIVE FACE MASKS ?

marygribbin809 Well, I appreciate her efforts to actually protect our TAX money. All that money will come from TAXES to Americans.

Foxes guarding the hen house.

Flying too close to the sun. We may uncover stuff on her and her friends, just like we found out about Hunter Biden's sweet deals. Pull the curtain back, SpeakerPelosi , let's see what's really going on.

Mitch Republicans hate America. Deport them to Moscow.

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