Mnuchin, Meadows make rare weekend trip to Capitol as GOP prepares coronavirus package
By Jordain Carney - 07/25/20 06:51 PM EDT
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows made a rare weekend trip to Capitol Hill as part of negotiations on a GOP coronavirus proposal.
The meeting, in an otherwise empty Capitol, comes as Republicans are preparing to unveil their coronavirus package on Monday, after having to punt amid lingering sticking points over key pieces of the legislation.
The trip to Capitol Hill by two the top administration officials to meet with Senate staff — no lawmakers were present — is unusual.
But Meadows and Mnuchin said they were working on the details of the unemployment insurance provision in the forthcoming GOP language, which has been one of the unresolved sticking points in talks between the White House and Senate Republicans.
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