Lawmakers have passed four major relief packages to address the damage from the coronavirus as the unemployment level surged to levels unseen since the Great Depression and many businesses remain shuttered.
Kudlow said the Trump administration is in informal talks with lawmakers from both parties.
The White House has halted formal negotiations with Congress until late May or early June as it waits for more information about how state re-openings impact the economy. Larry Kudlow, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, speaks to members of the media in Washington, D.C., on Friday, May 8, 2020.said on Sunday that the Trump administration is in informal talks with U.S. lawmakers from both parties regarding the next coronavirus relief package.
"It's not that we're not talking. We are. It's just informal at this stage," Kudlow, the director of the White House's National Economic Council, said on ABC's "This Week."
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