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Trump Urges Big COVID-19 Stimulus, McConnell Disagrees as Talks Continue

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October 16, 2020 at 7:31 am
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Trump Urges Big COVID-19 Stimulus, McConnell Disagrees as Talks Continue

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Des Moines International Airport in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., October 14, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is willing to raise his offer of $1.8 trillion for a COVID-19 relief deal with Democrats in the U.S. Congress, but the idea was shot down by his fellow Republican, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The White House proposed the $1.8 trillion in stimulus last week in negotiations with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, rejected the offer and has stuck to her demand for a $2.2 trillion deal. The talks appear unlikely to produce an agreement before the Nov. 3 election.

Trump, who is running against Democratic challenger Joe Biden, told Fox Business Network he has directed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to put forward a bigger stimulus offer, with additional money to help U.S. workers. Pelosi and Mnuchin were expected to speak again on Thursday.

“We like stimulus, we want stimulus and we think we should have stimulus,” Trump said.

The president ruled out accepting Pelosi’s proposal outright “because she’s asking for all sorts of goodies.”

McConnell, the top Republican in Congress, noted that a higher amount was under discussion. But he said nearly all Senate Republicans favor a much smaller $500 billion aid bill in response to the pandemic that has killed nearly 217,000 Americans and damaged the economy.

“My members think what we laid out – a half a trillion dollars, highly targeted – is the best way to go. So that’s what I’m going to put on the floor,” McConnell said during an appearance in Henderson, Kentucky.

The Senate bill, expected to come to a vote next week, has money for small businesses, aid to schools, liability protection for businesses, unemployment benefits and assistance to hospitals. Democrats have already rejected a similar measure.

Later Thursday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who has been negotiating a larger relief deal with Democrats, told Pelosi that Trump would “weigh in” with McConnell if agreement on a comprehensive package is reached, Pelosi’s spokesman said in a series of posts on Twitter.

Pelosi and Mnuchin spoke for an hour and 22 minutes and their staff “will be exchanging language on several areas,” Drew Hammill, Pelosi’s spokesman, added. He said Mnuchin stated he would accept Democrats’ language for a national coronavirus testing plan with “minor” edits.

Many economists as well as Federal Reserve officials have pushed for another stimulus to blunt the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, which has put millions of Americans out of work.

U.S. stocks have slumped in the past couple of days on signs the talks had reached an impasse.

Many Republicans, especially in the Senate, already view the White House’s current $1.8 trillion offer as too big. Republicans voiced those concerns in a weekend call with administration officials.

At a news conference Thursday, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy sidestepped questions about whether he would support a $1.8 trillion package, or go even bigger.

McCarthy said he does not expect agreement on a fresh coronavirus relief package before Election Day as long as Pelosi is involved in negotiations.

(Reporting by Lisa Lambert, Doina Chiacu, Andrea Shalala, Alexandra Alper, Tim Ahmann and Susan Cornwell; Writing by David Morgan; Editing by Paul Simao and David Gregorio)

Tags: CongressCoronavirus OutbreakDonald TrumpEconomyMitch McConnell
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