Source: David Lerman, ROLL CALL, 10/13/20


The Senate will vote next week on a roughly $500 billion COVID-19 relief package that mirrors an earlier Republican proposal, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday. The decision to push another “skinny” relief bill marked a new attempt to jump-start negotiations that have been stalled for months over the size and shape of the next round of economic aid for the pandemic. A $1.8 trillion relief offer last week from the Trump administration landed with a thud on Capitol Hill...

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