“No deal certainly becomes a greater possibility the longer these negotiations take,” Mark Meadows said.
that negotiations with Democrats are falling apart for a new Covid-19 stimulus package before unemployment benefits expire and Congress' scheduled August recess, saying it's likely there will be"no deal" the longer talks go on.... [+]
House after visiting Walter Reed Military Medical Center with U.S. President Donald Trump on July 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump visited with combat wounded service members and their families as well as healthcare staff who have been caring for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic.
While House Democrats passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill called the HEROES Act in May, which included an extension of the unemployment benefits, but Senate Republicans refused to negotiate the bill and instead waited until Monday to introduce its splintered proposal, the $1 trillion HEALS Act which represents more than one bill., and rejected a short-term measure or"skinny bill" as proposed by GOP leadership.
“No deal certainly becomes a greater possibility the longer these negotiations take,” Meadows told reporters, adding"I don't know that anything" could break the standoff.The main reason unemployment benefits are poised to expire on Friday is [because] Trump's White House and the GOP are refusing to extend them," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Twitter."They seem to think people can be starved into taking 30 million jobs that don't exist.
Responding to a tweet from Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accusing Democrats of letting"relief run dry," Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Numerous Senate Republicans have voicedfor the bill. Sen. Ted Cruz called the total price tag a"mistake." Sen. Mitt Romney wants to gradually phase out the $600 unemployment benefits while Sen. John Thune wants a separate bill to temporarily extend the weekly checks. Sen.
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