TARP Failure Monday? With Hours To Go Until Futures Open, McConnell Delays Stimulus Vote

Update (1510ET): With talks having broken down, Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has delayed an initial Senate vote on the stimulus package from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. Sunday.

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Update (1254ET): Lawmakers failed to hammer out an agreement after having deadlocked on several key provisions, according to The Hill.

"We continue to talk," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said after the meeting that House Democrats would offer their own stimulus package that she hoped would be “compatible” with the Senate’s package.

“I don’t know about Monday but we’re still talking,” Pelosi told reporters, referring to the preferred GOP timeline for passing a bill.

The impasse comes as the Senate will hold a first procedural vote at 3 p.m., where bipartisan support will be needed to move forward.

Democrats will meet at 1 p.m. to discuss their strategy. McConnell has given no indication that he will delay the vote, potentially forcing Democrats to either move forward with the GOP leader’s plan or block the bill from advancing. Schumer did not say as he left the meeting if Democrats would allow the bill to move forward. -The Hill

McConnell says he still want to pass a stimulus package on Monday - describing talks as "very close," but acknowledging that people are still "elbowing and maneuvering for room."

"Now we’re at a point in the discussion where people will shortly have to say yes or no," he added.

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With unemployment surging and GDP crashing, negotiations over a massive coronavirus stimulus package are coming down to the wire, as a 3 p.m. vote looms in the Senate over what is expected to cost between $1.5 - $2 trillion.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tarp-failure-monday-hours-go-until-markets-open-congress-still-has-no-stimulus-deal

As TGP Predicted: Coronavirus Mortality Rate in US Dips to 1.0% of Confirmed Cases — When Will WHO Be Held Accountable?

The US coronavirus mortality rate dipped to 1.0% on Sunday using deaths (396) divided by confirmed cases (38,167).

That number is actually SIGNIFICANTLY lower if you factor in ALL OF THE CASES that are not being reported, where people are not feeling sick enough to be tested.

That number could be 6-7 times higher than the current number of 38,167.

The mortality rate for the coronavirus in the US continues to fall as more and more Americans are able to be tested.

12 days ago the US coronavirus mortality rate was 4.06

Today the mortality rate is down to 1.25%!

4.06% March 8 (22 deaths of 541 cases)

3.69% March 9 (26 of 704)

3.01% March 10 (30 of 994)

2.95% March 11 (38 of 1,295)

2.52% March 12 (42 of 1,695)

2.27% March 13 (49 of 2,247)

1.93% March 14 (57 of 2,954)

1.84% March 15 (68 of 3,680)

1.6% March 17 (116 of 7,301)

1.4% March 19 (161 of 11,329)

1.25% March 20 (237 of 18,845)

01.0% March 22 (396 of 38,167

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/as-tgp-predicted-coronavirus-mortality-rate-in-us-dips-to-1-0-of-confirmed-cases-when-will-who-be-held-accountable/

General who would command the US if coronavirus cripples government

The coronavirus crisis is forcing US military planners to look at 'extraordinary circumstances' and prepare for a range of radical scenarios, including the possibility of widespread domestic violence and the deaths of the country's top politicians.

In a report published Sunday, Newsweek reveals that standby orders were issued more than three weeks ago to ready Above-Top Secret contingency plans if 'all Constitutional successors are incapacitated' and martial law needs to be imposed across the country.

'We're in new territory,' one anonymous senior military officer told the publication.

Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy is the 'combatant commander' for the United States and would lead the country if Washington were crippled by the current Covid-19 crisis.

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/76585/general-who-would-command-the-us-if-coronavirus-cripples.html

First Joe, now Hillary… This is a war with China.. they are working together to steal the election

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/first-joe-now-hillary-this-is-a-war-with-china-they-are-working-together-to-steal-the-election/

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tells his employees that things are going to get worse before they get better but reveals he will hire 100,000 people to meet demands brought on by the coronavirus outbreak

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has informed his employees in a letter that he believes things are going to take a turn for the worse before they get any better and reveals the company will hire 100,000 people to meet demands amid the coronavirus outbreak.

'This isn't business as usual, and it's a time for great stress and uncertainty. It's also a moment in time when the work we're doing is its most critical,' the billionaire wrote in the memo shared on his Instagram.

Bezos said: 'Across the world, people are feeling the economic effects of this crisis, and I'm sad to tell you I predict things are going to get worse before they get better.'

He then put a call out for those who have been laid off from their jobs to work for Amazon

http://www.stationgossip.com/2020/03/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-tells-his.html

What would happen if corona virus was left to run its course

https://twitter.com/jeremycyoung/status/1239975682643357696