“We need a 4th bipartisan bill.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls for more coronavirus relief, after the historic $2 trillion stimulus package was signed last week. “It’s not enough.”
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivers a statement on a coronavirus economic aid package ahead of a vote in the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 13, 2020.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday called for another bill to expand the provisions in the $2 trillion package Congress passed last week to limit the economic devastation from the coronavirus pandemic.
"It's not enough," Pelosi told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" about the last relief measure, after the government employment report showed the U.S. economy lost 701,000 jobs in early March as businesses started to close. The California Democrat said she wants more direct payments to individuals, beyond the chunks of up to $1,200 lawmakers previously approved. She pushed for more small business loan funding beyond the $350 billion in the last law, and to extend beefed up unemployment insurance for two more months.
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