McConnell not sure there will be a fifth coronavirus package

Leader of the First Chamber Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi calls on House to return this week over post service crisis Schumer: McConnell must return to House early as House goes through Post Service bill Trump hits bill for suffragist monument in DC MAY (R-Ky.) Monday doubted whether negotiators could break the impasse on a fifth coronavirus package, though he said he thinks there should be another bill.

“We need another bill and I hope this impasse ends soon. …[But] “I can not tell you here today whether there will be additional relief for health care providers,” McConnell said at an event in Kentucky.

“I hope we talk today is not the last tranche we will make, but from the moment, today, I can not tell you with certainty that we will reach an agreement,” he said, adding that the talks ” further complicated “were by the elections in November.

McConnell’s remarks come after negotiations between the Trump administration and the Democratic Democrats broke down earlier this month, amid deep policies and political differences.

Republicans have driven behind support totaling roughly $ 1 trillion, while the House passed a more than $ 3 trillion package in May. As part of the talks, Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiPelosi calls for House to return this week over post-crisis crisis House House for oversight calls for ‘urgent’ hearing with Postmaster-General Eyes turns to Ocasio-Cortez as she tries to encourage Biden MORE (D-Calif.) And Leader of the Senate Minority Charles SchumerChuck SchumerHouse Oversight Committee calls for ‘urgent’ hearing with Postmaster-General Pelosi, who plans to return home from August recession early on USPS issues: reports In the next relief package, Congress needs FEMORE universal COVID tests (DN.Y.) offered to drop their price tag by $ 1 trillion as Republicans agreed to add $ 1 trillion to their topline.

“We are miles apart in our values,” Pelosi told reporters last Thursday.

“Maybe you missed them for someone who gave a damn,” she added, referring to Republicans. “That’s not the case. This is very far apart.”

Asked when her next conversation with Treasury Secretary would be Steven MnuchinSteven Terner MnuchinChris Wallace scolds both parties for coronavirus package misconduct: ‘Pox on both their homes’ The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Trump goes further again; no deal on COVID-19 package Overnight health care: First Chamber leaves until September without coronavirus relief deal | American records deadliest day of summer | Georgia’s governor is suing over Atlanta MORE’s mask mandate and Chief of Staff of the White House Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsMail — a ballot box controversy is sparked as Democrats call for Postmaster General to testify. Meadows says Harris is set to become vice president by pushing back on birther claims Sunday shows – Mail-in-vote controversy dominates MORE, Pelosi replied, “I do not know. If they come in with $ 2 trillion.”

That strategy would then require Democrats and the administration to hash a topline between $ 2 trillion and about $ 2.5 trillion.

However, Mnuchin and Meadows rejected the offer.

McConnell said on Monday that a $ 2.5 trillion bill would be “difficult to justify”.

The Kentucky Republican also gave no indication that he was preparing to return the room early from its three-week break from August, even though the House will return this week for legislation to block changes to the U.S. Postal Service for the presidential election.

He said “nothing was lost” by allowing members to return to their home states, as most were not directly involved in the negotiations.

“The house has not been there most of the time and the talks are taking place between the top leaders. … There was no point in keeping them there, we did not vote on other matters,” McConnell said.

Mnuchin and Meadows enter Senate Republicans every day.