Bipartisan lawmakers offer coronavirus relief solution in effort to break logjam

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers Tuesday unveiled a compromise coronavirus package that worked out some of the thorniest divisions between Democrats and Republicans in an effort to jump-start relief to Americans still reeling from the health and economic crisis.

The Problem Solvers Caucus released its $1.5 trillion coronavirus plan as proof bipartisanship is still afoot and to deliver a pre-packaged solution to Republican and Democratic leadership that would meet the nation's most pressing needs for the next six to 12 months.

There's been no progress on a new coronavirus package in the last four months, although schools, families and businesses continue to suffer and the coronavirus continues its deadly spread, having killed more than 193,000 Americans.

So the 50-member caucus -- equally divided between Democrats and Republicans -- spent six weeks trying to find a solution they believe can pass the House, Senate and be signed into law by President Trump.

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Four of the caucus lawmakers spoke to Fox News to preview the plan before its public release and they lamented that talks between the White House and Democrats are "stuck." They viewed their newly minted proposal as a "framework" to break the logjam.

"Our goal is to get people back to the table," one lawmaker told Fox News.