'Insufficient': Pelosi rejects latest White House aid offer
by Susan Ferrechio, Chief Congressional Correspondent
October 10, 2020 11:33 AMIt’s looking far less likely that Congress will pass a new coronavirus aid package in 2020.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi again rejected a White House compromise offer on a coronavirus aid package, telling fellow Democrats in a letter Saturday that “the Trump proposal is insufficient.â€
President Trump on Friday signed off on a $1.8 trillion proposal that White House negotiators hoped would facilitate a deal with Democrats, who control the House.
While the offer proves $200 billion more than a previous package offered by the Trump administration, it’s far short of the $2.4 trillion Pelosi had been asking for in private talks with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. It’s also far less than the $2.2 trillion measure that House Democrats passed earlier in September.
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