{"id":59679,"date":"2020-09-08T18:29:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T18:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/08\/will-gops-targeted-stimulus-include-defense-dollars\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:28:26","slug":"will-gops-targeted-stimulus-include-defense-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/09\/08\/will-gops-targeted-stimulus-include-defense-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP\u2019s \u2018targeted\u2019 stimulus doesn\u2019t include defense dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday introduced and set up a floor vote for a leaner Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/coronavirus\/\" target=_blank>coronavirus<\/a> relief bill, but it does not contain the billions of dollars the defense industry has sought to diffuse the economic impact of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill, which includes some of the elements of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/07\/27\/gop-coronavirus-bill-includes-at-least-7-billion-for-weapons-programs\/\" target=_blank>$1 trillion package the GOP proposed in July<\/a>, is intended to break a weekslong partisan stalemate. However, it has a slim chance of passage in the face of Democrats&#8217; insistence for more sweeping aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Senate Republican majority is introducing a new targeted proposal, focused on some of the very most urgent health-care, education and economic issues. It does not contain every idea our party likes,\u201d McConnell said in a statement. \u201cI will be moving immediately today to set up a floor vote as soon as this week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what the differences, if any, were to an earlier version that Senate Republicans floated last month. Both draft bills excluded the $29 billion for defense that the GOP included in its previous $1 trillion package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $1 trillion proposal from July contained $11 billion to reimburse defense contractors for coronavirus-related expenses, as authorized by Section 3610 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. which expires Sept. 30. Defense firms and trade associations have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/07\/15\/defense-execs-press-lead-lawmakers-for-covid-reimbursements\/\" target=_blank>lobbied<\/a> for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/07\/27\/extend-contractor-reimbursement-period-trade-groups-urge-congress\/\" target=_blank> an extension of Section 3610<\/a> as well as the funding, fearing the Pentagon would otherwise have to tap modernization and readiness accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move comes as lawmakers straggle back to Washington for an abbreviated preelection session, as hopes are dimming for another coronavirus relief bill \u2014 or much else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passage of an extension for Section 3610 and any funding may have a better chance if lawmakers can attach it to and pass a stopgap <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/11\/18\/what-is-a-continuing-resolution\/\" target=_blank>continuing resolution<\/a> before Sept. 30, when the fiscal year ends and 2020 appropriations run out. However, defense industry observers were pessimistic on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t see any of the COVID package procurement money making it into the CR, and the CR is a high hurdle in any event,\u201d a defense industry source told Defense News. \u201cThis Senate bill is a \u2018press release\u2019 bill and not a piece of legislation that has a chance of passing into law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Republican senators in tough reelection bids are eager to show constituents they are working to ease the pandemic\u2019s strain on jobs, businesses and health care. But many Senate Republicans are resisting more spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.cq.com\/person\/150\"> <\/a>Grassley, R-Iowa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/2020\/09\/08\/mcconnell-announces-vote-on-targeted-coronavirus-aid-package\/\" target=_blank>told reporters<\/a> Tuesday that the GOP conference would discuss the legislation during a meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell\u2019s move Tuesday would clear the way for a Thursday test vote in which the $500 billion, scaled-back bill \u2014 roughly half the size of a measure McConnell unveiled earlier this summer \u2014 is sure to be blocked by Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConnell\u2019s bill would provide more than $100 billion to help schools reopen, enact a shield against lawsuits for businesses and others that are powering ahead to reopen, create a scaled-back supplemental jobless benefit of $300-per-week, and write off $10 billion in earlier post office debt. (The National Defense Industrial Association is among groups that have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/05\/02\/interview-ndias-wesley-hallman-on-a-liability-shield-and-other-defense-priorities-for-the-next-stimulus\/\" target=_blank>called for<\/a> a liability shield.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the bill won\u2019t contain another round of $1,200 direct payments going out under President Donald Trump\u2019s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., continues to demand $2.2 trillion, and while Trump\u2019s negotiators have signaled a willingness to inch further in her direction, a significant gap remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., rapped McConnell in a statement Tuesday for resisting earlier calls to work on an economic stimulus bill. 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