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Daily Kos: Republicans in disarray! Not everyone agrees with McConnell's desire for their states to go bankrupt

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By JOAN McCARTER

It's worth noting that while House and Senate Democrats and their presidential candidate, Joe Biden, are all in agreement about the need for and elements of the next big coronavirus crisis response bill, Republicans are most definitely not. Particularly when it comes to help for their states.

Republican governors blasted Sen. Mitch McConnell over his assertion that the states should just go bankrupt rather than getting federal aid. Some of McConnell's senators don't like that idea any better, or care for his assertion that Congress has done enough for now and should wait and see how bad it gets before committing to more.

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