Pelosi knocks GOP for insufficient funds in COVID-19 relief offer
By Mike Lillis - 10/01/20 12:27 PM EDT
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that White House negotiators seeking a coronavirus relief deal have simply not offered enough money to bring Democrats on board.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday had delivered the White House's latest COVID-19 stimulus offer, which dedicates funding to many of the same areas Democrats want to target, but at much lower levels.
Pelosi said she's holding out hope that the sides can reach a deal before the Nov. 3 elections, but they remain far apart on issues like funding for state and local governments.
"We're hopeful that we can reach agreement because the needs of the American people are so great. But there has to be a recognition that it takes money to do that," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol.
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