Trump Now Wants Bigger COVID-19 Aid Deal
President Donald Trump urged negotiators Friday to "Go Big" amid the latest restart in talks for the next COVID-19 aid bill. National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow told reporters Trump approved a "revised" aid package for more talks between Treasury…
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Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. The offer is reportedly for $1.8 trillion in aid. That would be $400 billion less than the House-passed, revised version of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (Heroes) Act. HR-8406 includes more than $15 billion in broadband funding (see 2010020044). Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., meanwhile, said he thinks passage of an aid measure is "unlikely" before the Nov. 3 election.