Speaker Nancy Pelosi said during her weekly press conference on Thursday that she believes the bipartisan group of legislators, who are engaged in negotiations. Corona virus The relief bill is close to a deal.
Pelosi said she has “great respect” for the bipartisan, bipartisan group of legislators engaged in negotiations on the 90 908 billion relief proposal.
“I think they’ve made a lot of progress, and I salute them for that,” Pelosi said of the negotiators. However, the group has not yet published the legal text for their proposal. The six-page summary of the structure obtained by CBS News does not include specifics about liability protection for companies and organizations whose workers receive COVID-19 and receive assistance from state and local governments, which are the two main issues in the negotiations.
This structure is not a solid bill, and legislators remain divided on the scale and scope of the relief package. The time has passed for the relief proposal to be passed by Congress, as the government will have to approve it by negotiating a universal government funding bill before December 18 to avoid a shutdown.
Although Pelosi was previously unwilling to consider legislation below tr 2 trillion, he said that with the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and the development of the vaccine is now a “completely changed dynamic”. Pelosi said he is now ready to consider a smaller package because of these two factors, adding that negotiations will continue next year.
“This is not a stimulus package. This is an emergency supplement,” Pelosi said. “I think the values and priorities they have established are what we need to do right now.”
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Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Steven Manucci said in a statement Posted on Twitter Tuesday that he spoke with Speaker Nancy Pelosi this evening and offered 916 billion for the relief bill. But Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said he “should not be allowed to interfere in bilateral congressional negotiations.” They also rejected the White House’s proposal – reducing the unemployment insurance fund from 180 180 billion to 40 40 billion. “It’s unacceptable,” they wrote.
Munchin told reporters Thursday that the relief talks have made “much progress” and that “there will be more discussions today.”
“I spoke to senators on both sides last night. We had a very productive call with a lot of people yesterday. So I think we’re making a lot of progress.”
Schumer and Pelosi also rejected a suggestion by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that Congress would again remove the most controversial items from any coronavirus package earlier this year.
Coronavirus has killed about 290,000 Americans, and more than 15 million people have contracted COVID-19. Pelosi compared the death toll to more than 291,000 Americans killed during World War II on Thursday.
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