Democrats and Republicans are already drawing red lines over what they hope will be included in the next round of coronavirus relief legislation, signaling there will be hard-fought negotiations to come on Capitol Hill.
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Congressional Democratic leaders have made clear that a top priority for any upcoming aid measure will be funding for cash-strapped state and local governments whose resources have been stretched thin by the crisis. Republicans are signaling they may be willing to accept that, but only if it comes along with conditions for liability protection that they want to see in the legislation, that Democrats are so far pushing back against.
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