Coronavirus Stimulus Talks With White House at Impasse
Posted on AllSides October 12th, 2020
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President Trump says Republicans still want a coronavirus aid deal, but some GOP lawmakers are wary of more spending.
The latest, beefed-up White House offer on a new coronavirus package hit resistance from both Democrats and Republicans over the weekend, deflating hopes that a bipartisan agreement was imminent.
Democrats criticized the nearly $1.9 trillion offer from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as insufficient, particularly in its funding and strategy for coronavirus testing and tracing. Senate Republicans, meanwhile, balked at the offer’s cost and its proposed expansion of the Affordable Care Act....
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