New York lawmakers, including one Republican, said the state should not be 'penalized' for reducing its amount of coronavirus cases.
on Friday. He continued:"I'll work with others to see if we can advocate to increase the $49 billion dollar fund to be a bigger pot of money."Suozzi has for weeks blasted Senate Republicans, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in particular, tweeting in late April that New York taxpayers"have given the federal government $116 billion more than we've received in federal spending, while Kentucky has RECEIVED $148 billion more in federal spending than they gave.
Senate Republicans have repeatedly said they want to temporarily halt any and all federal spending amid the coronavirus pandemic,the country's astronomical debt. As Newsday noted Saturday, New York is still set to receive about $11.3 billion of the $49 billion fund as of last week. But even that amount is down from the $11.8 billion when the House passed the bill May 15.
Republican Congressman Peter King, the lone member of the GOP to vote for the Heroes Act in the House, concurred that the Senate should stop holding up the latest round of stimulus aid.Friday. Some states including New York are set to receive less federal stimulus money from Congress' $3 trillion Heroes Act the longer Senate Republicans hold up passage of the latest coronavirus response legislation.
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