GOP hunts for 'Plan B' as coronavirus talks hit wall

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GOP hunts for 'Plan B' as coronavirus talks hit wall
By Jordain Carney - 07/29/20 07:01 PM EDT

Republicans are hunting for a backup plan on coronavirus relief as bipartisan negotiations tasked with finding a deal appear to be making no measurable progress.

The discussions come as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows have met every day this week with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) but are, in their own words, “nowhere close to deal” and “very far apart.”

With the clock ticking — the House was supposed to start a five-week break on Friday and the Senate on Aug. 7 — Senate Republicans and the White House are floating myriad alternative ideas as they try to figure out how to break the logjam.


Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Senate Republican, said that if they can’t get one large agreement, they’ll have to look for a “Plan B” — just don't ask what that would be.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/509702-gop-hunts-for-plan-b-as-coronavirus-talks-hit-wall

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The discussions come as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows have met every day this week with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) but are, in their own words, “nowhere close to deal” and “very far apart.”

Talk about punishment...

[rustynail]

' Senate Republicans'.....master politicians.  Top men. 

God help us because they won't.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Why isn't it ever "Pelosi and Schumer hunt for "Plan B" as coronavirus talks hit wall"?