Nancy Pelosi’s “notable areas of concern” include giving more aid to state and local governments, and more money to help those who are out of work.
The snags holding up a second big coronavirus economic aid package include money for state and local governments as well as for the unemployed, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her colleagues Friday.
She said President Donald Trump’s testing positive for the coronavirus may boost deal talks with Secretary Steven Mnuchin, which have stepped up in recent days. “This kind of changes the dynamic because here they see the reality of what we have been saying all along” in terms of how dangerous the virus is, she said.Pelosi and Mnuchin met again Friday, for about 65 minutes by phone, their fourth straight day of talks, including an in-person meeting Wednesday.
In telling House members they were free to leave Washington on Friday, as had been scheduled, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer warned they could be recalled with 24-hour advance notice as talks continue. Pelosi in her letter to Democratic members listed five areas of disagreement she was working with Mnuchin to resolve, some of which have been longstanding disputes since the passage in March of the first big coronavirus bill, the $1.7 trillion CARES Act.
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