John Kennedy responds to Sen.
"The reason we've made no progress," Kennedy told host Sandra Smith, "is because Senator [Chuck] Schumer and Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi's position ... is Speaker Pelosi's $3 trillion HEROES act, take it or leave it.".
"I would say at this juncture and with respect to this particular moment, Senator Schumer is very well-versed in the stuff that he's making up," said Kennedy, who added that Senate Republicans plan to propose another bill on Wednesday that would extend unemployment compensation benefits, and urged his "Democratic friends" to vote for it.
When asked about the possibility of Trump taking matters into his own hands, Kennedy replied: "Normally, I would say 'no' because this is Congress' job, but if we are not going to do our job and given the fact that the American people, through no fault of their own, find themselves in a pool of misery, I think the president would have to act.".
When Smith asked Kennedy if he could provide an approximate timeline for the arrival of unemployment relief, the senator said, "all I can do is look you in the eye and look the American people in their eyes and tell them the truth, that we are not making any progress."
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