Nancy Pelosi blasts the White House's $1.8 trillion stimulus offer and lists 8 areas with 'deficiencies'
Speaker Nancy Pelosi fiercely criticized the Trump administration's $1.8 stimulus offer for the third time on Tuesday, and outlined eight areas where Democrats say the plan falls woefully short.
She argued that President Donald Trump's interest in an economic relief package stems from a desire to send another wave of $1,200 stimulus checks and juice the stock market. "A fly on the wall or wherever else it might land in the Oval Office tells me that the President only wants his name on a check to go out before Election Day and for the market to go up," Pelosi
The White House plan includes $1,200 direct payments, $400 weekly federal unemployment benefits, $300 billion in aid to state and local governments, and funds for virus testing and tracing.Aid to state and local governments.Federal funds for states to conduct safe elections.Read more:
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