The legislation is believed to contain around $2 trillion in aid for workers and businesses.
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said late Monday that they were nearing a deal on a roughly $2 trillion stimulus package to help American workers and businesses survive the coronavirus outbreak.
Mnuchin said that he and Schumer had consulted with both President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Monday about the progress made on the legislation. Though no deal was reached, staff was expected to continue drafting the massive package overnight. The two main issues that Democrats wanted — protecting workers and a"Marshall Plan" for hospitals — are"very strongly in the bill," said Schumer, who declined to go into detail.
He tweeted around 11:30 p.m. ET,"Republicans had a deal until Nancy Pelosi rode into town from her extended vacation. The Democrats want the Virus to win? They are asking for things that have nothing to do with our great workers or companies. They want Open Borders & Green New Deal. Republicans shouldn't agree!"
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