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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 09, 2020, 07:56:04 pm
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McConnell accuses Democrats of sabotaging COVID-19 relief talks
By Alexander Bolton - 09/09/20 03:35 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday accused Democrats of purposefully derailing negotiations on another round of coronavirus relief legislation, arguing they see a political benefit to delaying additional aid until after the election.
McConnell asserted that Democrats of having no real interest in a deal after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said this week that a new pared down measure crafted by Senate Republicans is “headed nowhere.â€
“The conclusion you can honestly draw from this is they don’t want to do a deal. They don’t want to do a deal before the election because they think that somehow that adversely affects their prospects in the election,†McConnell told reporters after the Senate Republican conference met for lunch to discuss a vote scheduled Thursday on their $500 billion to $700 billion bill.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/515717-mcconnell-accuses-democrats-of-sabotaging-covid-19-relief-talks