What US Republicans’ $1-trillion Covid-19 relief plan looks like
A package of separate bills, it gives US Congress the option of passing parts of the agenda now and leaving the rest for later
Washington — US Senate Republican leaders unveiled a draft plan to provide $1-trillion in coronavirus relief funding on Monday, ahead of talks with Democrats. A package of separate bills, it gives Congress the option of passing parts of the agenda — such as extensions of unemployment insurance or schools funding — now and leaving the rest for later.
The GOP had been divided on the overall cost of the plan and how to extend unemployment benefits expiring this week. Democrats, who are backing their own $3.5-trillion stimulus bill already passed by the House, said that only when the GOP was united over its own plan could talks begin about a bipartisan compromise...
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