Stephen Moore: Republicans should focus on negotiating with Pelosi about stimulating the coronavirus

Economist Stephen MooreStephen Moore The Hill Campaign Report: Campaigns gearing up for the final stretch of the Election Day Senate panel advance to the Trump Fed candidate who recently supported the push to cut the payroll tax from the Gold Trump creates a new headache for Republicans MORE advised Republicans to focus on negotiating with the Speaker of the House Nancy PelosiNancy Pelosi 7-year-old John Lewis’s great-nephew calls civil rights icon ‘my hero’ from the White House, Congress talks about upcoming coronavirus relief bill as COVID-19 continues to grow The family honors John Lewis at the monument in his hometown MORE (D-Calif.) Ahead of the next coronavirus stimulus plan that the Republican Senate will introduce on Monday.

Trump economist said Republican lawmakers should introduce unity, and stop “negotiating with themselves,” calling for a partisan deal among conservatives to “do something with those $ 600 a week unemployment benefits,” adding that they discourage people from joining the workforce.

“Republicans have to say what they stand for here. They have to stand for tax cuts, deregulation, school choice. All of these things that should be in the stimulus bill, but right now it seems like they don’t. they are, “Moore said. he said Sunday on John Catsimatidis radio show.

“My message to Donald TrumpDonald John Trump Seattle police declare riots amid ongoing protests. Brazilian Bolsonaro says he tested positive for coronavirus. The Reagan Foundation asks the Trump campaign, RNC, to stop using the former president’s name to raise money. PLUS it’s a bad stimulus plan worse for the US economy than any plan at all, “added Moore.

Moore’s comments come as negotiations between Republicans and the White House have been underway on the fifth coronavirus stimulus package. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and the Republican Senate Party have reached a “fundamental agreement,” a senior negotiator said Thursday, however, they are trying to finalize the text of the bill.

Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsMnuchin, Meadows makes a rare weekend trip to Capitol Hill as the Republican Party prepares the White House coronavirus package, Congress talks about the upcoming coronavirus relief bill as COVID-19 continues to increase Mnuchin puts jumpy hawks nervous about relief law talks MORE made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill on Saturday as part of negotiations on the proposed Republican legislation. Administration officials were there to meet with Senate staff, an unusual move, considering that lawmakers were not present.

The Senate bill is supposed to be released on Monday, as the reinforced unemployment insurance and other critical provisions included in the March CARES Act will fully expire on Friday, July 31.

Moore also criticized Pelosi for the $ 3 billion relief bill passed by the House of Representatives in May, calling the legislation “liberal financing of special interest groups.”

The House bill, passed in mid-May, includes billions for testing, personal protective equipment, medical equipment, as well as additional stimulus checks for Americans. A third of the bill would go to state and local governments whose budgets have been depleted while fighting the coronavirus.

John Catsimatidis is an investor in The Hill