Stimulus talks: White House, Dems still agree on $1,200 checks but deadlocked on unemployment
Familiar fault lines continue to separate the White House and congressional Democrats on the next coronavirus stimulus package a day after an extended meeting between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and administration officials including Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and chief of staff Mark Meadows.
The key sticking point separating Democrats and Republicans continues to be the federal boost to unemployment assistance, which was set at $600 a week in March but recently lapsed. Pelosi and Mnuchin both took to the airways on Sunday morning to lay out their competing visions for the rescue bill. The key sticking point separating Democrats and Republicans continues to be the federal boost to unemployment assistance, which was set at $600 per week in March but recently lapsed.
During an interview on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, Pelosi said that Trump was standing in the way of an agreement.
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