Republicans doubt Mnuchin and Pelosi can come up with a deal they can back
As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin continue their negotiations for a stimulus package, Senate Republicans are largely looking at their talks with skepticism, doubtful they will reach an agreement and warning that it will face a tough climb in the Senate even if one is brokered.
"If there is an agreement, I think we should try to vote before the election, but I am skeptical that there could be an agreement," said Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri and member of party leadership in the chamber.
Pushed on what would happen if a deal were around $1.8 trillion, Blunt said, "You'd have to ask the whip. That is all pretty hypothetical. It depends on what is in it and how you spend it."
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the Republican whip in the Senate, said such a deal "would have to be something that would attract a significant amount of Republicans both in the House and the Senate" for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring it to the floor.
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America? Let them eat cake, the GOP.
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