on a pandemic aid package and then get both chambers of Congress to approve it by midnight Friday, the new deadline for government funding to expire. They are trying to merge it with a broader federal spending bill to fund agencies into next year.
Negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy accelerated on Tuesday — they met twice in Pelosi's office for several hours. They did not set up another meeting on Wednesday. McConnell told reporters as he departed Capitol Hill: "We're still close, and we're going to get there."on Monday. One contained $748 billion in funding for provisions that most lawmakers support, including $300 weekly federal unemployment benefits for 16 weeks from late December until April 19, 2021.
The other was made up of the liability shield and $160 billion in state and local government funding. The acrimony around those issues forced the senators to split them off into a separate plan.that negotiators had tried to maintain the overall cost of the legislation under $1 trillion to address GOP concerns about excessive federal spending.
Nancy screwed up. They offered both pre election. Including retro unemployment. Anything less and the Dems look foolish and people start thinking that Trump would have been better for their wallet
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thanks
Idk about inhumane, inhumane was waiting until now to pass it. At least in my opinion.