What needs to change for Democrats and Republicans to make a deal.
Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows after a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell about relief package negotiations.Each day for the past week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have met with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
“No movement,” Indiana Sen. Mike Braun told reporters after the lunch. “The Secretary’s comment was, he didn’t think they were any closer to a deal now than this time last week,” Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley said. If anything, according to North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer, at least the “tone” of the discussions had changed.
Republicans describe the problem as Democrats refusing to budge from their starting negotiating positions, most of which they outlined in the $3.4 trillion HEROES Act that passed the House in May. Schumer didn’t exactly deny that in his Tuesday press conference, arguing that the scope and price tag they sought was a straightforward reflection of existing needs.
“Leader McConnell just said he’s not going to get a whole lot of Republican votes for whatever is going to pass,” Schumer said. “So I’d remind the Republican leader, and the negotiators, that if this bill is going to pass with all Democrats in the House and a majority of Democrats in the Senate, it’s got to be something that Democrats like and support.
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