House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke by phone for nearly an hour about the stimulus—could a deal and a second round of $1,200 checks be on the way? by theothersarahh
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke by phone for 50 minutes on Tuesday morning, according to Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill, in a final push to make a deal on the next round of federal coronavirus aid before members of Congress return to their home districts next week to campaign ahead of the November election.The Democratic leader and White House negotiator resumed conversations on Sunday after weeks of deadlock. a pared-down version of the $3.
Senate Republicans have also floated their own pared-down plan with $300 billion in new spending, but Democrats blocked it from coming to a vote in that chamber earlier this month because they thought it was too small. House Democrats are reportedly preparing for a Wednesday vote on their new plan if the top policymakers can’t come to an agreement.
It’s not clear, however, whether Pelosi and Mnuchin made any progress towards a deal during their conversation.“Our conversation was a positive one,” Pelosi told MSNBC on Tuesday morning after the call.$1.5 trillion. That’s the largest stimulus bill the White House has said it will support so far. The GOP has drawn the line at $1 trillion.
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