WASHINGTON – Democrats who control the House narrowly approved a COVID-19 relief bill of $2. 2 trillion on Thursday night, a resolution that came when high-level discussions about a smaller, potentially bipartisan move to a dubious end. part invaded the Capitol.
The Democratic bill passed after a 214-207-vote partisan debate without any Republican support, this resolution does not bring lawmakers to the effective provision of aid as the most benefited weekly unemployment benefits, greater assistance to small businesses and especially those suffering economic problems. sectors such as restaurants and airlines, and set of direct bills from $1,200 to the maximum of Americans.
Approval of the $2. 2 trillion plan came after a series of negotiations this week between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat. a pandemic and a particularly higher overall value of $1. 6 trillion, but that failed to convince Pelosi.
“It’s not part of a bar, it’s the basis of bread,” Pelosi said in a television interview Thursday. Pelosi spoke after the White House attacked her saying it’s “not serious. “
Accelerated negotiations come at a time when politicians continue to face complicated economic news: airlines are licensed by some 30,000 employees with the expiration of aid previously approved this year, and a report released Thursday showed that another 837,000 people claimed jobless benefits. for the first time last week. Most of the economic benefits of a COVID immediate relief package can accumulate under the next administration, and failure can now mean that it will not be meaningful to families and businesses suffering until February.
The vote was announced as a way to show that Democrats were making a good faith offer about coronavirus relief, yet 18 Democrats defected from the party and among the more moderate Democrats the feeling of making more concessions and reaching an agreement before Election Day remains. the Senate was divided.
Talks between Mnuchin and Pelosi took a strong position and the president told reporters that no agreement would be reached on Thursday. Mnuchin’s $400-a-week offer for unemployment benefits puts him in the same stadium as Democrats who support a $600 benefit. However, a value of $1. 6 trillion or more can drive many Republicans away, even if he failed to satisfy Pelosi.
“We have an offer of more than $1. 6 trillion,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Thursday. “It’s an offer you’re not interested in. “
Mnuchin and Pelosi spoke on the phone on Thursday, but he publicly rejected the White House’s most recent plan. Discussions continue, Pelosi said.
The White House plan, proposed Wednesday, was delivered with a $250 billion proposal to fund state and local governments and supported $20 billion in aid for the problematic airline industry.
Details of the White House offer were shown through Congressional attendees, who spoke under anonymity to discuss closed-door conversations.
As the talks progressed, parliamentary leaders announced a vote Thursday night on their reduced “PROJECT HEROES Bill,” which began with a $3. 4 trillion bill in May, but has now fallen to $2. 2 trillion after Pelosi cut his applications for state aid and the law came here. after the moderate party officially criticized his position.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has drawn a line in the sand and is warning that Trump will not pass legislation that approaches a threshold of $ 2 trillion. as alarming as feared when Democrats spent more than $ 900 billion on state and local governments in May.
Pelosi said Thursday that the administration still lacks help from governments and state and local areas.
“Some of you have asked, “Is there nothing but anything?”No,” Pelosi told reporters, mentioning the “opportunity cost” of provisions that are sought through Democrats but are potentially lost in any rush to an agreement.
The factor is a long-delayed package that would increase some other circular of direct stimulus bills of $1,200, repair unemployment premiums in the event of a pandemic, increase school support, and increase support to airlines, restaurants, and other companies suffering. . A historic $2 trillion relief bill in March passed galore and is known to have helped the economy in the spring and summer, yet recovery is being considered to blow up without additional relief.
Pelosi has largely adopted a hard line so far, but he has never had a reputation for leaving huge sums of cash on the table and his tactical stance, opposed to a Republican-controlled White House and Senate, is not as strong as she is. demands may indicate.
The White House is also much more interested in reaching an agreement than Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell. Any compromise that can be approved by the House and Senate will surely push much away from the Senate Republican Party. some other bill, but he’s not chasing the effort. But some of its members appear involved in the impasse that stagnation will hurt their re-election bids.
“I’d like to see a rescue program. We’ve been looking for months to get there,” McConnell told reporters on Thursday. I wish you the best of luck. “
Even if Pelosi and Mnuchin reached a precept agreement on “higher” spending levels, dozens of main points would be resolved. A particularly sensitive issue, Pelosi told his colleagues earlier in the day, remains McConnell’s insistence on a liability. for corporations that care about COVID-related lawsuits after their doors reopen.
The most recent Democratic bill would reactivate a pandemic allocation of $600 a week and send a circular of direct bills to the maximum number of people, reducing a state and local government aid program to an even huge $436 bill would send a $225 bill to schools and universities and provide some other trade subsidy circular under the payout coverage program. Airlines would get an additional $25 bill to aid a wave of layoffs.
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