Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he is cautiously optimistic that a Covid-19 vaccine will be proven safe and effective by the year's end. But he said that’s unlikely to happen by Election Day.
From CNN's Haley Byrd Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a television interview at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on September 8. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Senate GOP leaders for their plan to move later this week on a scaled-down coronavirus stimulus package.
“What they have is so meager that it insults the intelligence of the American people,” Pelosi said Tuesday during an interview with Bloomberg TV.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is proposing a $500 billion measure, about half the size of Republicans’ initial offer. The bill is not expected to receive the 60 votes needed to pass, as Democrats are likely to oppose it. Democratic leaders have called instead for a $2 trillion relief package.“It’s only to check the box so some of his endangered Republican senators can go home and say, ‘Well, see I tried.’ But it isn’t trying. It’s not even an attempt to do the right thing, and Mitch McConnell knows that because he has to satisfy those Republicans in his caucus who don’t want to spend one more dollar,” said Pelosi.She said Republicans should negotiate among themselves to come to some consensus on how to move forward, noting that the new GOP plan differs from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s proposal to Democratic leaders. “They are in disarray,” Pelosi said.But Pelosi projected confidence on a separate front that Republicans and Democrats will move to keep the government funded ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.She said she believes it would be hard for President Trump to veto a clean continuing resolution. “It’s not in anybody’s interest for the government to be shut down. It is to be avoided at all costs,” Pelosi said.
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