Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package, but the measure was flatly rejected by Senate Republicans
The new legislation, which would more than double Congress’ financial response to the crisis, includes nearly $1 trillion in long-sought assistance for state and local governments that are bearing the brunt of a pandemic that has infected 1,359,000 in the United States and killed at least 80,600.
But Congress appears to be heading for a legislative stand-off over rival partisan demands, including a Republican push to protect businesses from lawsuits related to the novel coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease that it causes.“It’s dead on arrival here,” Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said of the House bill.
“We should provide growth incentives and not go through various wish lists which ... have been submitted before and failed,” Kudlow said.FILE PHOTO: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer walks inside the U.S. Capitol prior to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended the initiative’s scope by emphasizing the unprecedented social and economic challenges that coronavirus has foisted on the United States.
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