Current Events > Biden admin defends its decision not to extend the federal eviction moratorium

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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/white-house-defends-its-decision-not-to-extend-the-eviction-moratorium.html

A top White House aide defended President Joe Bidens decision not to extend the federal Covid-19 eviction moratorium on Monday, two days after nearly a yearlong nationwide halt on rental evictions expired. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court declared on June 29 that the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] could not grant such an extension without clear and specific congressional authorization, said economist Gene Sperling, who leads the White House effort to distribute Covid relief funds. That authorization has not been granted, he said, and as a result the CDC director and her team have been unable to find legal authority to extend the moratorium. Sperling then outlined new measures Biden had authorized, which largely consisted of directing agencies to keep trying to prevent evictions. The White Houses argument that it lacks the legal authority to extend the eviction ban has not gone over well with the progressive wing of the Democratic party, which has been pressuring both Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for weeks to extend the moratorium by any means necessary.

This court order came down on the White House a month ago, and the White House waited until the day before the House adjourned to release a statement asking Congress to extend the moratorium, progressive Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, N.Y. said Sunday on CNN. President Biden would have strongly supported a decision by the CDC to further extend this eviction moratorium, the White House said in a statement last Thursday. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has made clear that this option is no longer available. Biden then called on Congress to extend the eviction moratorium to protect such vulnerable renters and their families without delay. Bidens statement caught some Democrats by surprise, and with the House scheduled to adjourn for almost two months of recess the following day, party leaders scrambled to determine what steps they could take. But it quickly became clear that Pelosi lacked the votes within her own caucus to extend the ban. This was in part because Democratic House members knew that even if they voted to pass an extension, it would be DOA in the Senate.



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so what you're saying is that the issue is that our Congress, who has the authority to make the decision, does not want to pass the extension.

fuck people for blaming Biden/the WH.

pay your rent

Is this even something Biden can do with an executive order?

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Fam_Fam posted...

fuck people for blaming Biden/the WH.

Perhaps he shouldn't have called on them to do it right before a recess. Biden either did this as a calculated political maneuver where he didn't actually want this to pass so he popped it in a way that made it look like he cared and Congress didn't, OR he's senile and has no idea what he just did.

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Lebronwon posted...

But it quickly became clear that Pelosi lacked the votes within her own caucus to extend the ban. This was in part because Democratic House members knew that even if they voted to pass an extension, it would be DOA in the Senate.

Wait, don't da Democrats own da white house, da senate, and da House????
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Fam_Fam posted...

so what you're saying is that the issue is that our Congress, who has the authority to make the decision, does not want to pass the extension.

fuck people for blaming Biden/the WH.

Yeah, TC full of crap
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Crazyman93 posted...

Perhaps he shouldn't have called on them to do it right before a recess. Biden either did this as a calculated political maneuver where he didn't actually want this to pass so he popped it in a way that made it look like he cared and Congress didn't, OR he's senile and has no idea what he just did.

I don't see why they couldn't have been working on something without him telling them to

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Fam_Fam posted...

so what you're saying is that the issue is that our Congress, who has the authority to make the decision, does not want to pass the extension.

fuck people for blaming Biden/the WH.

It says that the Biden admin knew only Congress could a month ago, then waited until the day before the recess began to request an extension. They had an entire month and waited on purpose. "Oh, Congress didn't do it, we're innocent" one will say while the other goes "we didn't have time to" and just. You know. Democrats doing their best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

I don't see why they couldn't have been working on something without him telling them to

Agrees. Lots of blame to go around but...

Congressional GOP>>>>>>Congressional dems>Biden in who deserves blame.

Biden definitely doesn't have the power to do this via simple executive order.

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we'll hit a recession bigger than 2008, the government doesn't care about the average American, as long as corporations keep making a profit.

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

I don't see why they couldn't have been working on something without him telling them to

because they didn't want to do it. either because they don't want it to happen, or they know it will fail anyways, so they don't want to look incompetent. this path gives (stupid) people someone else to blame for congress's inaction

wtf now republicans hate evicting the poor

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hockeybub89 posted...

wtf now republicans hate evicting the poor

they don't...what gives you that idea?

lilORANG posted...

Yeah, TC full of crap

Im not the one that has caused White House to defend its decision. It was other individuals who caused it. Im just posting the news.

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Lebronwon posted...

Im not the one that has caused White House to defend its decision. It was other individuals who caused it. Im just posting the news.

My bad. I thought you came up with the disengenuous topic title, but I see it's the article headline. Carry on.
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Fam_Fam posted...

they don't...what gives you that idea?

Biden is evicting people

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Kaiganeer posted...

pay your rent

people are broke because of covid

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Biden is just trying to wash his hands of the matter. They all are. If everyone blames some conveniently non-specific other, then its no ones fault really! They wish they could help, but its really the fault of the states or Republicans or whatever.

The only people who really care are the ones on the Capitols steps. The ones demanding a Dem trifecta take responsibility, postpone their vacations, and do everything and anything possible to avert the oncoming catastrophe or fail trying.

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Don't worry though, landlords will get a tax break on the empty units now, and large scale property management corps will get bailouts. The people who get evicted will get nothing.

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gunplagirl posted...

It says that the Biden admin knew only Congress could a month ago, then waited until the day before the recess began to request an extension. They had an entire month and waited on purpose. "Oh, Congress didn't do it, we're innocent" one will say while the other goes "we didn't have time to" and just. You know. Democrats doing their best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

this was not secret information, it was a public ruling. congress is supposed to be full up of politicians that actually understand how the fucking government works and should have been able to understand that a ruling from the supreme court saying the white house cant extend a ban means THE WHITE HOUSE CANT EXTEND A BAN!

this shit isn't rocket science, the legislators saying otherwise are just jackasses trying to pass the buck.

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Kaiganeer posted...

pay your rent

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ElatedVenusaur posted...

Biden is just trying to wash his hands of the matter. They all are. If everyone blames some conveniently non-specific other, then its no ones fault really! They wish they could help, but its really the fault of the states or Republicans or whatever.

The only people who really care are the ones on the Capitols steps. The ones demanding a Dem trifecta take responsibility, postpone their vacations, and do everything and anything possible to avert the oncoming catastrophe or fail trying.

This.

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I liked Maxine Waters response

'It doesnt matter of the executive powers can or cant do it. Do it and let the courts decide afterwards.'

This is how police think

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https://mobile.twitter.com/JordanUhl/status/1422314134855692289

I dunno, it kind of seems like these powerful Democrats don't actually want to extend the moratorium but aren't willing to admit that.

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Democrats control the House, Senate and WH

Still cannot do anything

Lmfao

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Fam_Fam posted...

so what you're saying is that the issue is that our Congress, who has the authority to make the decision, does not want to pass the extension.

Correct.

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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

I liked Maxine Waters response

'It doesnt matter of the executive powers can or cant do it. Do it and let the courts decide afterwards.'

This is how police think

Oh so now we want biden to be as power hungry as Trump?

We desperately needed a president who respected the rules of the system, glad we got one

After years of Trump doing everything he could to be a dictator, it is a relief to see Biden respect the rule of law even when its inconvenient
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If the rule of law says we need to kick people out on to the street then the law is bad and should be changed.

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People already have a lot less to lose up to this point. I guess creating a situation where people have absolutley nothing left to lose is exactly what this country needs during a global pandemic. Surely that will make things better.

Also it seems like someone didn't get the memo on who to blame

https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1421914530200887304
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What a dumb ass comment from Nancy Pelosi.

Shablagoo posted...

If the rule of law says we need to kick people out on to the street then the law is bad and should be changed.

Sure, but the law should be changed, not broken.
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ScazarMeltex posted...

The people who get evicted will get nothing.

ncsonic posted...

we'll hit a recession bigger than 2008, the government doesn't care about the average American, as long as corporations keep making a profit.

lmao you guys spend so much time crying about the government not helping people that you don't even notice the government helping people.

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/emergency-rental-assistance-program

You literally don't have to pay back rent if you were financially impacted by the pandemic thanks to the rescue plan. And the US spent so much more money on covid aid than any other country that poverty declined by 42% and disposable income increased. In a pandemic!

https://www.vox.com/22348364/united-states-stimulus-covid-coronavirus

All the money in the world can't stop you guys from being nihilistic losers though I guess.

g980 posted...

Sure, but the law should be changed, not broken.

if only we had a government body that had the responsibility to do that

and then they actually did it appropriately

Initiating a housing crisis to own the [undetermined]

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as long as orange man didnt do this :P

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let me know when the Biden administration defends incentivizing tens of thousands of illegal southern border crossings by potentially COVID infected people, while pretending to be concerned over COVID spread or that they believe it is half as dangerous as they say. All while keeping travel restrictions in place from many other parts of the world including fucking Canada. Of course it was xenophobic when the last guy did that. Not good ol Joe though

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Broseph_Stalin posted...

lmao you guys spend so much time crying about the government not helping people that you don't even notice the government helping people.

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/emergency-rental-assistance-program

Basically none of that has actually gotten to people, though
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/21/rental-relief-cdc-eviction-moratorium/

But housing experts caution there is a long way to go. Only about $3 billion was spent on rent, utilities and arrears through June just a fraction of the $46 billion, in total, Congress appropriated for emergency rental aid. The vast majority of the money has not been spent while states and cities struggle to prop up programs that get money out the door.

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Sounds like landlords giving them some property as a bribe.

Incredible that people ITT are defending Biden and Pelosi as though they actually care about extending the moratorium

Yall would've been Whites in the Russian revolution

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Doe posted...

Incredible that people ITT are defending Biden and Pelosi as though they actually care about extending the moratorium

The moratorium only exist because of those people, as does the trillions of dollars we spent on aid during the pandemic.

And lmao at using "you would have fought against the Bolsheviks" as an insult holy shit get some self-awareness.

g980 posted...

After years of Trump doing everything he could to be a dictator, it is a relief to see Biden respect the rule of law even when its inconvenient

It's not the law, though
https://twitter.com/PplPolicyProj/status/1422593882525769738

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https://twitter.com/BryanRAnderson/status/1422654155269844993

So can they or can they not do something about this lol
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https://www.npr.org/2021/08/03/1024345276/the-biden-administration-plans-a-new-eviction-moratorium-after-a-federal-ban-lap

Im still a little unclear how this works relative to the scotus ruling, but its something im ok being wrong about
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