WASHINGTON (WBAP/KLIF) _ Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows continue to debate a new coronavirus stimulus package.
Pelosi said that she still wants a sweeping stimulus deal this week to the tune of $3.4 trillion — but she made it clear she is not budging on the price tag put forward by House Democrats, reflecting how far apart the two sides are despite days of talks.
That price tag has been rejected by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who last week put forward the Senate GOP plan that would cost roughly $1 trillion and has attacked House Democrats’ $3 trillion-plus bill that passed their chamber more than two months ago.
And even some centrist House and Senate Democrats are squeamish about backing such an eye-popping price tag proposed by the speaker
During a news conference, President Trump explained that he was looking at various options on unemployment aid that does not involve Congress and was asked if one of those options was an executive order.
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