President Trump, in an extended pout over impeachment, hasn’t spoken with Nancy Pelosi in months. So she’s pursued other avenues for negotiations
Pelosi talking to Mnuchin since Trump is still pouting about impeachment. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Republicans concerned about the coronavirus crisis and the economic and political fallout from it were probably relieved that their warrior-king in the White House has evolved from full-on denial to some sort of response, however incomplete and even troubling.
Trump himself, in an extended pout over impeachment, hasn’t spoken with Pelosi in months. So she’s pursued other avenues for administration feedback: The draft bill is pretty comprehensive, and includes 14 weeks of paid sick leave, extended unemployment insurance, a new paid emergency leave benefit, food assistance for low-income people and kids whose schools have closed, mandatory waiver of insurance co-pays for virus testing, and supplemental Medicaid money for states that declare a public-health emergency.
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