Senate approves coronavirus bill for sick leave, free testing. Bill now goes to Trump’s desk -...

Hopefully

MCPO Roger Collins Even Congress can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen I’ve heard that said, but saw to evidence that validated the claim for the past three years or so.

MCPO Roger Collins Actually been at least 11 years.

January? LOL. Here is what our president was saying just 10 days ago:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!
10:47 AM · Mar 9, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Think about that. 10 days ago, he is saying "no big deal"; 10 days later cases in the US are over 11,000 and deaths at over 150. The only reason our numbers appeared so low before isn't because Trump's policies did such a great job of containing it; rather, the roll out of the testing program was so slow that very few had been tested.

In Feb, Trump said that $2.5 billion to combat the virus was plenty. Criticized Congress for upping that. Now he wants what, hundreds of billions?

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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Feb 25
Cryin’ Chuck Schumer is complaining, for publicity purposes only, that I should be asking for more money than $2.5 Billion to prepare for Coronavirus. If I asked for more he would say it is too much. He didn’t like my early travel closings. I was right. He is incompetent!