Jockeying begins in Congress over the next coronavirus relief bill

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Jockeying begins in Congress over the next coronavirus relief bill
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Early jockeying over the focus of a potential fourth aid package is already beginning to show deep partisan fault lines, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlining Democratic priorities and Senate Republicans pushing back.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has issued his own warning to House Democrats.

Pelosi dismissed allegations that Democrats are politicizing the congressional response, saying everything she is suggesting is directly related to fighting the coronavirus outbreak. Pelosi said the first two bills were about tackling the emergency, the third was about mitigation and the fourth should be about recovery.

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