Congress Fails to Reach Agreement on Covid-19 Relief Bill
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We ran the numbers: There are 1481 news articles covering this topic. 36% (539) are left leaning, 43% (637) center, 21% (305) right leaning.
Congress is stalled in the latest round of stimulus talks, as they try to negotiate another Covid-19 relief bill. While left-leaning articles highlight that millions of Americans are facing the expiration of $600 in weekly unemployment benefits, right-leaning articles highlight that Republicans are pushing for a package with a price tag of $1 trillion.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that while the Hill deal making is stalled, millions of Americans are confronting the expiration at the end of last month of $600 in weekly enhanced unemployment benefits. Differences between Republicans and Democrats include Democrats advocating extending the $600 payments through January, while Republicans proposed an extension at $400, which Democrats rejected.
NPR published a centrist article reporting that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that while there are a lot of issues Congressional leaders are close to a compromise position on, there’s still a handful of very big issues that are still “very far apart.” One of the big differences include spending trillions of dollars, as Republicans don’t think the federal government should be the place where all the money is coming from, while Democrats say the federal government must step in.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Democrats were willing to compromise at $2 trillion for the coming coronavirus stimulus package, but the Trump administration rejected their offer. Senate Republicans are pushing a package with a price tag of approximately $1 trillion.
From the left
The Finance 202: Trump administration Democrats reach Wile E. Coyote moment in virus relief talks
Washington Post