At this point, I ’m not supporting any CR that does n’t include a fix. Now what I am telling you is, if that fix includes a wall, I ’m ready.

Chuck Schumer

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Congressional Democrats pushed it. It's got ta be 100 %, not 94 %, not 97 %.

This was the longest meeting weve had and it was more productive than the other meetings.

Right now they don't get how serious the problem is, did we have a good discussion ? Yes. Will we continue to discuss ? Yes. Do we want to continue to come to an agreement ? Absolutely. But it's got to meet the gravity of the problem.

The idea that we need to drastically reduce these benefits because workers will stay home otherwise is greatly exaggerated.

When it comes to spending money on these kinds of things, a number of Republicans just are not going to be willing to do that.

The lack of any urgency, understanding, and empathy for people who need help from Senate Republicans has led us to a very precarious moment.

Job No. 1 for us is to get the majority. We don't take anything for granted, but it's looking better and better, once we get the majority, we'll discuss it in our caucus.

We have not heard a peep from( Senate Democrats Majority Leader Mitch) McConnell or the Republicans or the administration on any proposal, even though we've been asking for weeks and weeks and weeks.

McConnell knows from the previous bills that passed in Senate Democrats he's got to work across the aisle.

The bottom line is we're going to fight for the whole HEROES bill period.

Republicans are stuck shilling for special interests.

I was not briefed on the Russian military intelligence but it shows that we need in this coming defense bill, which we're debating this week, tough sanctions against Russia which thus far Mitch McConnell has resisted.

This place is full of people who want to do finger pointing and partisan games. The American people are sick of it.

When you don't believe in truth, you can't solve the problem. And the President avoids truth in every way, that's all I'm going to say.

This legislation is so important because just like any other small business, access to this federal funding could be a vital lifeline for local news outlets that are losing major advertising revenue and suffering huge financial losses.

We've made very good progress and I'm very hopeful we can come to an agreement tonight or early tomorrow morning.

We have greatly strengthened the bill and we're proud of what we've done.

It's a huge bill of $ 2 trillion, with many different moving parts.

We haven't dotted the i's and crossed the t's. But conceptually, I think we're there.

That means a dramatic expansion and reform of unemployment insurance ; we need unemployment insurance on steroids, some are calling it employment insurance.It must be easier to access. It must cover many more Americans during this crisis, including Americans who have non-traditional employment. And it must provide more generous benefits. Workers who are laid off should receive a paycheck equal to what they were receiving while employed. Workers must be protected whether they work for businesses small, medium or large. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats have also proposed including additional $ 200 per month of Social Security benefits for recipients, as well as to suspend all student loan payments throughout the entirety of the national emergency. President Trump, on Friday, announced that he would suspend all federal student loan payments, penalty and interest free, for at least the next 60 days. Despite the disagreements from GOP senators, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Senate Democrats are.