McConnell: First Chamber is unlikely to pass on stand-alone postal service evidence

Leader for majority Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellCortez Masto puts post-vote in convention speech First Chamber GOP to raise postal service funds in smaller relief bill for coronavirus On The Money: McConnell Not Sure About Fifth Coronavirus Package | States expect to end unemployment rate hike in late August | Navarro blows out ‘stupid’ Kodak (R-Ky.) Doubts the House of Representatives adopting a stand-alone post Service bill, even as House of Representatives Democrats prepared them on their own legislation.

“I do not think we, in the Senate, will pass a post-only bill,” McConnell told the Louisville Courier Journal Tuesday.

The House is expected to return to Washington, DC on Saturday to pass legislation on Postal Services. The Legislature Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiPelosi: ‘Republican goal’ is to scare people away from voting ‘Bloomberg promises M to encourage House Democrats: report Are women definitely back on track? MORE (D-Calif.) Will hold a vote on has not yet been released, but it is expected to include $ 25 billion in funding for the post office and prevent changes in its operations.

Against growing two-part backlog over postal delays, Postmaster General Louis DeJoyLouis DeJoyPelosi on postmaster general changes break: ‘She felt the heat’ More than a dozen states sue Post Office over delays Post Office defends removal of mailboxes after stack with drainage goes viral MORE announced Tuesday that it would suspend changes to the Post Office’s operations until after the November election “to prevent even the appearance of any influence on election post.”

Pelosi declared victory over the decision, saying she “felt the heat” but indicated that the House would go ahead with its Saturday vote as previously planned.

The vote on the stand-alone bill Service for Postal Services comes as negotiations on a larger package for coronavirus relief have been halted after talks between Pelosi, Leader of Minority in the Senate Charles SchumerChuck SchumerOVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Midshipmen have COVID-19 | Concerns over reopening | Snowden pardon gets bad reviews from major lawmakers | Eyes turn to Democratic convention Democrats plan to vote on Saturday to propose Post Service House Oversight Committee calls for ‘urgent’ hearing with postmaster general MORE (DN.Y.), Treasury Secretary Steven MnuchinSteven Terner MnuchinSenate GOP to Include Postal Service Funds in Smaller Coronavirus Lighting Scheme On The Money: McConnell Not Sure About Fifth Coronavirus Package | States expect to end unemployment rate hike in late August | Navarro explodes ‘stupid’ Kodak executes States expect to roll out weekly 0-month unemployment increase MORE and Chief of Staff of the White House Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsSenate GOP to Include Postal Service Funds in Smaller Bill for Coronavirus Relief Pelosi: ‘Republican Purpose’ to Make People Fear of Voting ‘Democrats Plan Saturday to Vote for Postal Service MORE unraveled earlier this month amid steep political and policy divisions.

Some House members are calling for Democratic leadership to push for a $ 600-a-week federal unemployment benefit increase on Saturday.

The federal benefit expired at the end of last month. President TrumpDonald John TrumpThe Memo – Michelle Obama shines, Trump shouts Trump out at Cuomo after his Democratic convention speech Biden tries to win over progressives and Republicans overnight MAY signed an executive order designed to provide an additional $ 400 per week. But the actual weekly payment will drop to $ 300 if states are unable to provide the extra $ 100. Some have warned that it could also take weeks for states to implement the new benefit.

McConnell described the talks during a stop in Kentucky on Tuesday as an “impasse.” During a separate event on Monday, he warned that although he thought there would be a fifth bill, “I can not tell you here today whether there will be extra relief.”

McConnell, during the interview with the Courier Journal, said that if the House can pass a bill, it could be used to resume negotiations between Congressmen and the administration.

It “could open up the possibility of discussion about anything less than what the speaker and the leader of the Democratic First Chamber instructed on the point of inconvenience,” he said.

But Pelosi and Schumer have repeatedly rejected attempts by Mnuchin and Meadows to pass a pared-down billonavirus bill, instead claiming they should get one big deal.

Freos earlier this month as talks resumed, Pelosi said it was up to the administration to increase its price tag to $ 2 trillion.

Meadows also rejected the idea of ​​doing a stand-alone Postal Service bill this week.

The president is “ready to provide money for the Post Office, as long as it is included in some other meager measure if we can not agree to a bigger deal,” he told reporters.

First Republicans are preparing to introduce a scaled-down version of their roughly $ trillion coronavirus package that is expected to contain $ 10 billion for the Postal Service.