Nancy Pelosi threatens to end stimulus talks and says ‘no use continuing’ if Republicans do not come to table
NANCY Pelosi threatened to end the coronavirus stimulus talks on Wednesday, saying it's 'no use sitting in a room' with Republicans if they do not come to the table.
The impasse over the coronavirus relief package introduced in could send millions of Americans into financial ruin.
The – a $3.4 trillion package passed by House in May – was lowered to $2 trillion.
Dems say they agreed to lower their package by $1 trillion if met in the middle and raised their own $1 trillion package by the same amount.
Pelosi continued: "But until they’re ready to do that, it’s no use sitting in a room and letting them tell us states should go bankrupt.”
Speaking with on Wednesday, Mnuchin renewed a push for a more limited next-round pandemic relief package of “a little more than $1 trillion.”
"For weeks, speaker Pelosi and Democratic leader in the Senate stalled and stalled..." McConnell said.
"Clearly this isn’t about Covid," McConnell said. "Democrats think they smell an opening they’ve wanted for years to make Uncle Sam bail out decades of mismanagement and broken policies in places like New York, New Jersey and California."
Last weekend, President President after the $600 guarantee expired at the end of July.