House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is optimistic about the prospects for a mid-sized COVID-19 relief bill and a separate $1.4 trillion government spending bill.
- - house speaker nancy pelosi is - optimistic about the prospects- for a mid-sized covid-19 relief- bill and a separate $1.4- - - - trillion governmentwide spendin- bill.
After months of - a partisan impasse.
- pelosi says democrats are - "excited" about a $908 billion- proposal from a bipartisan grou- of senators introduced- earlier this week.- the speaker has previously- demanded a $2 trillion dollar - relief bill.- pelosi says she and senate- majority leader mitch mcconnell- are now in sync on a plan to- pair covid-19 relief with a - massive - omnibus spending bill.- when asked why she's now open - to a smaller package... pelosi- says it's because joe biden is- becoming president and- could have an effective covid - plan, along with pending- vaccines.
- the $908 billion dollar bill- includes aid to state and local- governments, school funding,- $300 weekly federal - unemployment insurance and some- liability protections for - businesses from covid-related - lawsuits.
Representative Pam Marsh discusses special session
[NFA] U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed in talks..
[NFA] A bipartisan group of U.S. senators and members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday proposed a $908 billion COVID..
