Pelosi cast serious doubt on the likelihood of an agreement during a private call with House Dems Thursday, stressing that Republicans don’t “share our values” on the need to provide trillions of dollars in health and economic Covid relief to Americans
Speaker Nancy Pelosi was highly pessimistic Thursday about the chances of clinching a coronavirus relief deal with the White House, leaving House Democrats on a path to approve their ownPelosi cast serious doubt on the likelihood of an agreement during a private call with House Democrats Thursday, stressing multiple times that Republicans don’t “share our values” on the need to provide trillions of dollars in health and economic relief to Americans impacted by the pandemic.
“We come from two different places," Pelosi told reporters at a press conference later Thursday. "Hopefully we can find our common ground on this and do so soon." "It just says, you asked, here’s what it is. This is how we came down," Pelosi said of her decision to move forward with the vote. Pelosi and Mnuchin held several phone calls since Sunday and huddled in the speaker’s suite for a 90-minute meeting Wednesday, their first face-to-face discussion since the talks fell apart in early August. Mnuchin offered Democratsbut the GOP proposal was still far below Democratic demands in terms of state and local aid and education funding, among other issues, POLITICO Playbook reported Thursday morning.
White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said Thursday that Pelosi “is not being serious” in the negotiations.
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