Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., on Sunday exposed President Trump’s recent executive orders as “a big show” that “will do nothing” because lawmakers are dissatisfied. talking about the president’s move following the collapse of negotiations with Congress over a new coronavirus rescue package.
Schumer, who appeared on “This Week of ABC,” is one of the most prominent voices in Congress who on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction with Trump’s executive orders to defer payment taxes and a past unemployment benefit to be replaced with a lower amount.
While the president casts his actions as necessary, with lawmakers unable to reach an agreement to plunge more money into the steamy economy, Schumer and other Democrats argue the move seems more designed to boost Trump’s chances of re-election in November. to help and say that the orders are likely to get against the opposition in the courts.
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“The country club event is exactly what Trump is doing, a great show, but it does nothing,” said Schumer of Trump, who signs his executive duties at his country club in New Jersey. “When the American people look at these executive orders, they will see that they do not come close to doing the work in two ways, one in what has been proposed, and second in what has failed.”
Trump moved to continue paying an additional federal unemployment benefit to millions of unemployed Americans during the outbreak. However, his order demanded a maximum of $ 400 payments each week, one-third less than the $ 600 people received. How many people would get the benefit and how long it might take to come were open questions.
The previous unemployment benefit, which expired on August 1, was fully funded by Washington, but Trump is asking states to cover 25 percent now. He seeks to set up $ 44 billion in previously approved disaster relief to help states, but said it would be up to states to determine how much, if any, of it to fund so that the benefits can be even smaller.
“Most states will take months to implement it because it’s glowing, it’s kind of put together with spit and paste, and many states because they have to chip $ 100 and they have no money they will not. do, ”Schumer said. “And to boot it, the hurricane trust fund depletes this money, postponing it, paying for it when we’re aware of the hurricane season.”
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Many states are already facing budget shortages due to the coronavirus pandemic and would find it difficult to adopt the new obligation.
Trump hopes the four executive orders he has signed will signal to Americans that he is acting where Congress will not address economic outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic, which affects almost every aspect of American life up. It is unclear what the economic impact of his actions will be, and his mandates do not address various areas that have been part of the congressional negotiations, including funding for schools and state and local governments.
Democrats initially sought a $ 3.4 trillion package, but said they had reduced their asking price in talks to $ 2 trillion. Republicans had proposed a $ 1 trillion plan.
Trump’s Democratic opponent in the presidential race, Joe Biden, called the mandates “a series of half-baked measures” and accused him of endangering social security, which is funded by the taxman.
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However, it is not just Democrats who took Trump’s orders.
Republican sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska said, “The pin-and-phone theory of executive legislation is unconstitutional slum.”
Sasse, a member of the House Judiciary and Finance Panels, added that Trump “does not have the power to unilaterally rewrite the tax law. Under the Constitution, this power belongs to the American people who act through their members. of Congress. “
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
