Agreement on a bipartisan coronavirus relief package remains elusive as top congressional leaders continue to negotiate and their efforts spilled into the weekend. While they’ve had a framework for days, they are struggling to close out several details, and a new issue emerged as a key sticking point.
Lawmakers from both parties insist they will not leave Washington for the holidays until they get a deal that wraps together an aid package and a broader spending deal.
As the midnight Friday deadline grew closer for federal agencies to run out of money, President Trump signed a two-day stopgap funding bill to avoid a shutdown. The House of Representatives and Senate approved the bill earlier Friday evening. Negotiations will continue over the weekend.
But some outside the small group of the top leaders finalizing the roughly $900 billion package — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer — are frustrated the details of the emerging deal haven’t been shared more widely.
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So when will I be receiving my $1200 check?
Did Benjamin Franklin wear any face protection when he flew that kite into the lightning bolt?
Maskeraders would not read articles with photos attached from anyone maskless.
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