Pelosi Says She Needs Mnuchin Responses to Resume Aid Talks
Source: Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a letter Thursday that she’s still awaiting responses on a raft of outstanding issues blocking a stimulus deal, while President Donald Trump accused her of stalling before the election.
Pelosi listed seven major areas of disagreement in her letter: a national virus testing-and-tracing program; funding for state and local governments; school safety measures; child-care funding; tax credits for working families; unemployment insurance; and workplace protections and liability issues.
“Your responses are critical for our negotiations to continue,” Pelosi wrote. She and Mnuchin last spoke Monday, when they were unable to resolve what’s become a three-month impasse over a Covid-19 relief plan.
Trump reiterated his call for a package even bigger than the $2.4 trillion favored by the speaker. “But Nancy Pelosi does not want to do it,” he said in a podcast with Jon Taffer. Trump said he’ll push for “a very big package as soon as the election’s over.”
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Its all the Dems fault for this not happening.
