CASH CLASH
Stimulus checks worth $1,200 in doubt after Mnuchin accuses Pelosi of being ‘unwilling to meet and continue talks’
STIMULUS checks worth $1,200 are in doubt after Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of being "unwilling to meet and continue talks."
According to a statement obtained by the ,Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer during a phone call Wednesday.
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“reiterated the Administration’s refusal to budge on their position on the size and scope” of the bill, Pelosi and Schumer reportedly said.
According to and : “An overture was made by Secretary Mnuchin to meet and he made clear that his televised comments from earlier today still stand."
"The White House is not budging from their position concerning the size and scope of a legislative package.”
They added: “ have compromised.
“Repeatedly, we have made clear to the administration that we are willing to come down $1trillion if they will come up $1trillion.
"However, it is clear that the Administration still does not grasp the magnitude of the problems that American families are facing.”
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On Wednesday, blasted top Democrats over failed negotiations for the coronavirus stimulus bill and during the coronavirus crisis.
“The Speaker & Democratic Leader say not another dime for testing, treatments, or vaccines unless they get a huge tax cut for blue-state millionaires," he tweeted.
“Taking our health system hostage over longtime, non-COVID-related, liberal demands.
“This is a crisis. Let's govern like it.”
McConnell said the closed-door negotiations over have stalled because liberals have demanded funding for non-COVID-related issues, though did not specifically clarify what Pelosi had demanded.
However, , also tucked away funding for non-coronavirus issues, including $1.75billion funding for a new FBI building, $181million for space exploration and $34.6million to pay the salaries of the ATF bureau.
McConnell that the impasse would not be resolved without cooperation from the Democrats.
“It is a bit of a stalemate, but look the American people are sick of the stalemate. They want to get it resolved and the resolve better be directly related to the crisis,” McConnell said.
All provisions must pertain to getting kids back in school, or providing jobs, healthcare and to low-income people who need help, he added.
“Those items should not be in dispute.
"This hang-up is over sending almost a trillion dollars to state and local government, we’ve already sent them $150billion and they’ve only spent 25 percent of what we’ve sent them before.”
McConnell, who opposed executive actions by President Barack Obama, also defended Donald Trump’s .
“It’s not the first choice of anyone but this is a genuine emergency. We haven’t had a pandemic in 100 years and the president is trying to get assistance to those who are unemployed,” he said.
Pelosi returned fire at Republicans -- for the unending delay in stimulus checks.
“Right now, children in America are going hungry – and yet Republicans refuse to deliver the unemployment insurance & nutrition assistance their families need,” Pelosi said.
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, “Republicans refused to take action to feed hungry children nationwide during this pandemic – but they did make sure to give business a massive tax break for corporate lunches.”
McConnell has also come under recent protest from picketers with signs reading “Mitch Better Have My Money,” .
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