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Headline Roundup August 28th, 2020

Trump 'Willing to Sign' $1.3 Trillion Relief Bill; Democrats Hold Out for $2.2 Trillion

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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Friday that President Donald Trump was willing to sign a coronavirus relief bill totaling $1.3 trillion. Meadows' remarks come after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that economic stimulus talks are stalled after a roughly 25-minute phone conversation with Meadows. Meadows said that the while the $1.3 trillion package was over the $1.1 trillion package that Senate Republicans had proposed, Pelosi stood firm on House Democrats' proposed $2.2 trillion. However, Pelosi's umber is a decrease from the $2.4 trillion offered earlier this month. In May, House Democrats approved a $3.4 trillion relief bill. Negotiations on the fifth package began in July, when Senate Republicans proposed a $1.1 trillion. There are currently no details as to how the money would be distributed among Americans. As of Friday afternoon, coverage from all sides of the political spectrum remain consistent.

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COVID-19 relief negotiations stall as lawmakers fail to compromise
COVID-19 relief negotiations stall as lawmakers fail to compromise

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WASHINGTON — Coronavirus aid negotiations continue to stall between lawmakers in Washington as millions of Americans face a financial breaking point amid the pandemic — with Nancy Pelosi vowing “we’re not budging.”

A call between the powerful House Speaker and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows — their first communication in weeks — proved fruitless on Thursday with both sides far apart on how much should be spent.

Democrats in the House in May passed a generous $3.4 trillion aid package but Republicans balked at the large price tag...

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Senate Republicans look to add money for child care in Covid relief measure
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Senate Republicans are likely to include a provision to provide billions of dollars for child care providers in the GOP’s narrow coronavirus relief bill, according to GOP sources.

The child care component of the bill is expected to resemble the language in the Senate Republicans’ $1 trillion coronavirus relief bill, unveiled in late July. That provision allocated $15 billion for child care providers, including grants to help child care centers reopen and follow health and safety guidelines.

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Meadows says Trump willing to sign $1.3 trillion coronavirus relief bill
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White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Friday that President Trump would sign a coronavirus relief package totaling $1.3 trillion, an increase over the $1.1 trillion proposed by Senate Republicans.

“The president right now is willing to sign something at $1.3 trillion,” Meadows told reporters at the White House, saying that the figure had been offered privately to Democrats. He had previously said the White House was willing to go “north” of $1 trillion but did not offer a precise figure.

He said, however, that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)...

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