McConnell Moves on Quick Aid Vote While Pelosi Urges More Cash
April 9, 2020 1588
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pressed ahead with his plan for a quick vote Thursday on a $250 billion boost in a small business aid program, putting him at odds with the two top Democrats in Congress, who want to double the size of an interim stimulus package.
McConnell has offered an amendment to the record $2.2 trillion pandemic response package to boost the total available to the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses to $600 billion.
His plan for quick Senate approval by unanimous consent rests on no objections being raised by Democrats after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proposed adding $100 billion for hospitals and $150 billion for state and local governments.
The next stimulus package “must provide transformational relief as the American people weather this assault on their lives and livelihoods,” the Democratic leaders said.
Pelosi said later Wednesday that McConnell’s plan wouldn’t win quick passage in the House by Friday.
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