'We'll keep at it and at it and at it': COVID-19 aid package talks making progress

[mystery-ak]

'We'll keep at it and at it and at it': COVID-19 aid package talks making progress
by Susan Ferrechio, Chief Congressional Correspondent |
 | August 03, 2020 04:29 PM

House Democrats said they are making progress with White House officials on a deal to pass a new round of coronavirus aid after meeting for more than two hours Monday. But Republicans are accusing Democrats of putting politics ahead of a deal.

“We are really getting an understanding of each side's position,” Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said after a Monday afternoon meeting with Trump administration officials. “And we're making some progress on certain issues, moving closer together. There are a lot of issues that are still outstanding, but I think there is a desire to get something done as soon as we can.”

The Democrats met with top White House officials, among them Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who has been an integral part of negotiating four previous coronavirus spending bills totaling $3 trillion. Mnuchin left the meeting Monday afternoon and walked over to the Senate, where he planned to brief Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the two sides “still have our differences” and are now “trying to have a clearer understanding of what the needs are.”

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[Smokin Joe]

That's because Pelosi's "needs" include a couple trillion that a chunk gets kicked back to the Democrat Party and other communist organizations out there.

Nuh-uh, we ain't gonna see eye to eye, and rather than get a paltry donation from the fedgov we could really use right now, I'd rather starve the Democrats of the additional funds.