Pelosi: Democrats open to tweaking virus bill, but won't wait long for GOP backing
By Mike Lillis - 03/12/20 12:02 PM EDT
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that Democrats are open to amending their legislation to stimulate the economy amid the coronavirus turmoil, but warned that she won't wait for Republicans to get on board.
"I don't want to stick around because they don't want to agree to language," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. "Everybody could have a complaint about this or that," she added. "Save it for another day."
The remarks both highlight the significant leverage the majority House Democrats have in the coronavirus debate and signal that Pelosi is not backing down from her initial plan to pass a relief bill through the House and then recess the lower chamber, putting enormous pressure on the Senate to act.
"I don't think we would wait until there's a signed bill," she said. "We will have done our work, and we hope that that would be an incentive for the Senate to move quickly."
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