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Lawmakers also face a imaginable government shutdown that can prolong economic suffering. The pandemic has exacerbated the economic difficulties of Indian farmers, who are committing suicide.
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Japan has a plan to spend more than $6 billion of its emergency budget reserves on coronavirus vaccines.
Senators return to Washington on Tuesday after their annual summer vacation, no closer than when they left 3 weeks ago to sharp divisions over some other coronavirus assistance program and now face an imaginable government shutdown that may make the crisis worse. financial pain.
The impasse amounts to a tense political scenario for both parties less than two months before the November election, with millions still unemployed and towns and states beginning to pass primary budget cuts as a promise of congressional relief.
According to Republican Aides familiar with the discussions. The plan represents an effort to increase pressure on Democratic leaders, who need to repair $600 in unemployment benefits and have refused any measure of less than $2. 2 trillion.
The Republican bill would likely bring a $500 bill value tag to a $700 bill, less than the $3 trillion measure democrats approved in the House and less than the $1 trillion measure that Senate Republicans brought in July.
A procedural vote promoting the law could take a position starting this week, according to Republican advisers, but it’s unclear whether Republicans can join around it.
Even if they do, Democrats block it. In a letter to his group, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, called the bill “emaciated” and suggested Democrats push for “another comprehensive bipartisan bill that responds to the moment of our nation’s face. “
Legislators are more positive about the chances of a budget invoice project closing at the end of the month; President Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reached a casual settlement on the bill. However, it is not known how long the measure would provide investment after the start of the new fiscal year on 1 October, but it would almost be guaranteed that it will last beyond the November 3 election.
“The most thing is to make sure that at the end of the month we don’t close the government and get something after the election,” Mnuchin told Fox News Sunday.
For now, however, lawmakers are focusing on a stimulus bill, with the Republican measure still taking shape. At least one Republican, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, has asked the White House to come with refundable tax credits for the tuition of the house as it may be. , according to a user close to the request.
For his part, President Trump does not seem willing to play the role of negotiator. At a press conference in the White House on Monday, he said he saw no desire to meet with Democrats because they “don’t want to make a deal because they think it’s smart for politicians if they don’t agree. “
“I don’t want to meet with them to be rejected, ” he said.
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