The bipartisan group of legislators is splitting its $ 908 billion coronavirus relief proposal into two packages as it prepares to release the text on Monday.
The plan has been confirmed by a source familiar with the negotiations, which will include a 160 160 billion proposal that will combine two of the most controversial elements: more money for state and local governments and protection against coronavirus-related lawsuits.
The second proposal would total 8.8 billion and would include broad support for funding for small businesses, including paycheck protection program funding, unemployment benefits and more funding for vaccine distribution, testing and schools.
Sen. J Manchin
Joseph (J) Manchinsunde preview: Nation to prepare for inoculation after FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine window (DW.Va.), a member of the group, announced early Sunday that it would release the text on Monday.
“The plan is alive and well, and there’s no way we’re going to leave Washington without taking care of the emergency needs of our people,” Manchin told Fox News Sunday. “We have a 90 908 billion bill for the American people tomorrow.”
Congress has quickly set aside time to cut a big deal on coronavirus relief, with legislators having until Friday to pass a government-funded bill that would serve as a vehicle for any deal. But the bilateral group has been negotiating for weeks, including the weekend, to try to finalize its bill after announcing the framework earlier this month.
Sen. Bill Cassidy
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“We’re going to introduce a bill tomorrow night. Now, the leadership can discard it. I can’t execute it. I can only do what is before me. … What Leader McConnell decides to do, I “There’s no control over T. I can only do what I can,” Cassidy told CNN.
Separating the two most controversial items could make it easier to sign at least one small coronavirus contract as part of a government-funded deal across the country, as hospitals have warned of overcapacity, and some states and cities are improving lockdown measures. With a harsh winter warning to public health experts.
Members of the GOP leadership, while saying the bipartisan group is helping to find common ground, argue that the final agreement will be carried out by a Senate majority leader. Mitch McConnell
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Democrats see state and local finance as a top priority, and the Senate G.O.P. The leader has long called the defense against coronavirus claims a “red line.”
But McConnell last week suggested dropping both issues and including areas with a bilateral agreement in the deal at the end of the year, which could be closed in a government-funded deal.
“We know what that common ground looks like. A new round of paycheck protection programs so that hard-hit small businesses can pay their people. Investments needed in distribution to deliver life-saving vaccines to our people. Expansion of some unemployment programs.” It will be over in a few days, “McConnell said.
Sen. Dick Durbin
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“If we can get it [state and local assistance]”We want to get that, but we want to get help from people who are really, really struggling and in great danger,” he told CNN’s Abby Philip in an interview on “Inside Politics.”
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