White House officials and top Democratic leaders signaled that they can’t agree to meet face-to-face, much less forge a compromise, on a Covid relief bill to help the battered U.S. economy or tens of millions of Americans facing financial hardship
The White House and Senate Republicans want to keep the cost of the package around $1 trillion, while Pelosi and Schumer initially pushed for the nearly $3.5 trillion HEROES Act that the House passed in May.
During negotiations last week, Pelosi and Schumer offered to come down $1 trillion if the White House came up $1 trillion, but Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows rejected that offer. Democrats have repeatedly pointed to that offer as a sign that it’s the White House that’s being unreasonable and blocking a bipartisan agreement.
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