U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is 'very confident' Democrats and Republicans in Congress will agree on strong new coronavirus relief legislation after lawmakers return from their July break.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to reporters following a classified intelligence briefing on reports that Russia paid the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. military in Afghanistan, during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Speaking to reporters during a conference call with public union members, Pelosi said she has received overtures from individual Republicans about the need for further legislation and that the Trump administration is seeking to peg spending at $1 trillion as coronavirus cases surge in the United States.
The Democratic-led House passed a $3 trillion relief package in May that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to consider. Instead, McConnell is expected to move his own bill through the Republican-controlled Senate in late July. “We need $1 trillion for state and local. We need another $1 trillion for unemployment insurance and direct payments. Something like that, but probably not as much, for the testing, tracing, treatment,” Pelosi told a news conference.
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